I can not fit in my Targa

[aldolente]

I am restoring a 1980 Targa. I am 6'4" tall. I have short legs and all my height is in my upper boddy. when I sit, my height from the seat to the top of my head is like I am 6'7".
Other than driving with the top off, Is there a seat that will work better than the stock seat? Can I cut the brackets and have them re-welded lower? Is there a retro kit that has the seat bolt to the floor?
I need help here guys as I will hate to have to sell the car after restoring it.
Thanks

[BeauBlues]

There are plenty of seat choices that are lower to the floor. The stock seats are naturally thick. You might want to look into aftermarket choices: Recaro, Sparco, ect.

[kach22i]

I think the targa seat already sits 1/2" lower - could be wrong. There are kits to raise the seat 1/2", maybe they can be rigged to lower - just guess here.

I saw an old British sports car will a full roll bar once,. The driver bolted the seat directly to the floor so he would not knock his helmet on the overhead bar. It was of course non-adjustable.

Sorry I was no help - consider this a bump.

[KobaltBlau]

I was not aware that the targa seats were a different height. Doesn't seem that way to me.

a Recaro "Speed" for example, is reclining and very comfortable and would buy you some headroom Not cheap, but a great seat.

I just last weekend drove a sunroof coupe SC with the seat rails removed and new angle iron welded about 1.5" lower. It was a quality job, and made a huge difference to headroom in the car for a tall guy. As long as someone who does quality work is doing the welding, I don't really see this modification as a big deal. You might go through your friendly local independent porsche mechanic to see if they know a good person to do the job.

[masraum]

Hmm, what about if you recline?? You may want to check out the power seats in a later car to see if in the all of the way down position they are any better. Do a search, there are lots of threads on making seats mount lower.

[kach22i]

Originally posted by KobaltBlau
I was not aware that the targa seats were a different height. Doesn't seem that way to me.

I read it in someone elses catalog over a year ago - can't remember who.

I'm not sure this link covers 1980 - it should.



Sport seat and elevating hardware.

http://www.pelicanparts.com/catalog/shopcart/911M/POR_911M_INTsts_pg4.htm#item9