Fitting tall guys in Cab 11/12's

[Tony Wheeler]

Originally Posted by svdwal

my legs are to long to reach the clutch pedal

Or to put it more precisely Sjoerd - your lower leg is too long to fit between the steering wheel and the clutch pedal. I know because I have the same problem, I'm 192 cm and there's no way I can operate the clutch on a Cab 12, especially with my Size 13 boots!

I used to assume this meant I could never drive a Cab 12, which was no great problem because I had no plans to own one. Recently however I saved one from the scrappy, and pretty soon I started having ideas about restoring it one day. Of course there's not much point if I can never drive it, so I started investigating the possibility. Sure enough it turns out there's an easy fix - raise the steering wheel. Seems obvious when you think about, but no one ever does! We just accept these problems as a fact of life with Cab 12s. However it should be noted there was a field modification kit issued for this exact purpose.

There's more to the story of course but I won't bore you with details here. Suffice it to say I've raised the steering wheel now and I can operate the clutch quite comfortably. It's only temporary but it could easily be made permanent, by the same basic method employed in the field modification kit. It could even be improved upon without detracting from originality.

I guess what I'm saying here is that we don't always have to accept Cab 12 deficiencies as inevitable. In light of these possibilities Sjoerd you may want to reconsider the F8. It's a lot easier to reposition the steering wheel than rebuild your garage!