Re: 1953/4 Caribbean 4-door hardtop sedan exploration

Posted by Mahoning63 On 2020/4/24 15:23:27

Realized I forgot about occupant packaging in the earlier Clipper-based '55 Hudsons of a few comments ago so updated the images with many changes. Check them out if interested.

One of the changes was to raise the seats and steering wheel back to standard height, which raised something else... a question. What happens to headroom front and rear and visibility out the windshield, specifically the up-angle, if roof and windshield header are lowered 1.5 inch inches? If you are curious, have a '53-54 sedan and a 1.5 inch thick book, would appreciate what you discover if you sit on the book in the front and rear seat. If you are 6' or taller I'd be extra specially double secret curious.

Also, after going round and round and back and forth on a solution, moved the windshield wiper assembly rearward a bit. Of course, what's up top is only the tip of the iceberg so the motor below might have also needed to move, were space available. And the wipers would have needed shortened a bit since windshield header was lower. Thought about sinking the assembly below the cowl to keep the wipers low on the windshield when in resting position but that might have opened up an very slimy can of worms.