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In a 1923 single six open touring car is the front seat essentially a pedestal or is there room under the seat that can be easily accessed?

Have to take a picture of one that is some miles away and want to figure if I can insert a tripod leg extension under the seat to take an inside picture.

No sages out there? Tsk Tsk!

Pat,
There is a small area under the front seat on the 126" 5 passenger , 133" 7 passenger model open tourers. Its about 3" deep at the front of the seat tapering down to about 1" deep at the back so there is not much room. It is accessed by lifting out the seat. If the car is the 4 passenger Sport tourer which has a lower profile, the front seat sits flat on the floor with no storage space underneath.
Incidentally the bodies for all First and Second Series 6 & 8 cylinder cars are the same from the scuttle or firewall back. The extra length of the eights is all in the hood.

This may be too late for your needs, but here is a photo I took last week when visiting my 1924 Packard single six Touring. It is with the driver's door open looking across the front of the seat at the floor.

I hope it helps.

Seth Gartner
Charlotte, NC

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