Re: SP merger
Posted by Steve203 On 2015/3/22 12:16:53
<i>If Hudson's floorpan couldn't drop lower because of T-L, something else would have needed to give such as seat height or headroom.</i>
Everything was being cut to lower rooflines around 60. My dad's 64 Galaxie rolled on dinky, by today's standards, 14" wheels. It had a flat floor in front, but the seats were very low. There were footwells in back, because there was no length for people to stretch their legs out because the front seat was so far back to give it's occupants leg room. To make room for the footwells in back, the exhaust pipe was tucked up next to the drive shaft. Don't touch the inboard front seat belt anchors in a running 64 Galaxie, because the bolt is really hot from only being an inch away from the exhaust pipe. I found that out the hard way.
When my mom was shopping for a new car in 64, her big objection to the Olds F-85 was that the seats were so low. "I'm not sitting on the floor!" she said. She ended up with a Rambler Classic, which had footwells deep enough to give her the taller seat she wanted, and still have the lower roof the stylists wanted.
Here's a pic of a 63 Studebaker wagon. Studebaker was using a variation of the 53 frame, which did not allow footwells, until they folded the tent, but had to follow the styling trends for a lower roofline. In the front, the seat is very low and forces passengers into an excessively knees up position to fold them up enough to fit. In the back, the seat is higher, to provide more leg room, but at the expense of headroom, so the back seat is kids only.
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Everything was being cut to lower rooflines around 60. My dad's 64 Galaxie rolled on dinky, by today's standards, 14" wheels. It had a flat floor in front, but the seats were very low. There were footwells in back, because there was no length for people to stretch their legs out because the front seat was so far back to give it's occupants leg room. To make room for the footwells in back, the exhaust pipe was tucked up next to the drive shaft. Don't touch the inboard front seat belt anchors in a running 64 Galaxie, because the bolt is really hot from only being an inch away from the exhaust pipe. I found that out the hard way.
When my mom was shopping for a new car in 64, her big objection to the Olds F-85 was that the seats were so low. "I'm not sitting on the floor!" she said. She ended up with a Rambler Classic, which had footwells deep enough to give her the taller seat she wanted, and still have the lower roof the stylists wanted.
Here's a pic of a 63 Studebaker wagon. Studebaker was using a variation of the 53 frame, which did not allow footwells, until they folded the tent, but had to follow the styling trends for a lower roofline. In the front, the seat is very low and forces passengers into an excessively knees up position to fold them up enough to fit. In the back, the seat is higher, to provide more leg room, but at the expense of headroom, so the back seat is kids only.
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