19-02-2019, 08:25 AM
(19-02-2019, 07:58 AM)Martin Prior Wrote: The critical dimension that we're stuck with and have to work around is the position of the top of the driver's head relative to the rear hub. It's higher and further back than you might think and everything else has to be developed from that.
This is exactly what I found with my attempts at sleek, hardtop designs. They looked good until I introduced a scale drawing of a driver. Then the roof needed raising and the bonnet shortening, with the whole thing became dumpy and cartoonish. With the open top version, I have moved the seat back to a few inches in front of the vertical face of the rear seat and the bulkhead back a corresponding distance. When I make a start on the actual car, rather than drawings, I shall need to do plenty of checking and testing before committing to anything, just in case theory and practice are miles apart.
Jamie