Measured the center console.
Not really much I admit, but it's cooooold out there
Was checking out the dimensions of my current (1980 model) center console so I could find out how it compared to the newer bertone ones.
I'd heard once that after bertone took over production that there had been another interior redesign that supposedly made it a bit easier for tall guys to fit inside again.
That made me wonder if they had narrowed the center console again for the newer models.
So I went to see what I had for comparison.
Widest part (near the top) was about 10-10 1/2 inches depending on how I measured it.
Not sure yet how that compares to the newer bertones yet.
Also don't know the dimensions of the 78 and older ones yet.
So far all I know is I never had any problems when I had a 78, but with the 80 center console my leg would have to make a U-turn to reach the gas pedal from a normal seating position.
Not really progress this time out, but next work that needs to be done is a big enough list (at least for me) that I need the weather to be a little better.
Need to: finish hooking up gas tank, reinstall fuel pump and filters, drop starter to attempt to clean it up and whatnot to make it more reliable, finish cleaning up some grounds and connections, reinstall battery, put gas in tank, turn ignition, *see what happens*?
Either that or: work on wife's car instead... Booo!
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