How do you raise the steering wheel!?

Interesting idea Andy. Think I'll try this too!

this is well worth it! with this, and fitting the earlier dished wheel I have plenty enough room, clutch rest removed as well so now my feet fit! would say that when i raised the centre column i used 4 2mm washers per side, so had to change to 25mm bolts but it was definitely worth it, when i get her running i can actually drive her now!

Another mod I have done is to cut off the seat runner stop (on the floor runner) this also allowed the seat to go back a bit further again another mod I can see me doing is to alter the seat base-take a chunk out of the metal and then alter the vinyl.
This will allow the seat to go back that little bit further again I hope?

Other than this I will have to have my legs shortened or worse still let my wife drive me every where!

Why do big people like small cars???!

I'll be doing this one in the near future.

At 6'3" and 16 stone, my car is "full" when I get in. It's comfy enough for the hour long commute (I take the X into work once a week) but a slightly raised steering wheel would help. And good call on the seat stop, that's going too!

If you do a search through the technical bits on the forum you will find over the years plenty of mods and ideas for the taller owner.
An idea that has been done is to move the position of the seat belt mounting 9behind the seat), then that would allow you to slide the seat further back. Also, you could take the spare wheel out as well thus giving a bit more room.

One more thought: earlier cars (up to about 1983) had the seat rails welded to the floor pan. Later cars have a cassette type sliding mechanism. This I think, makes the later seats sit slightly higher.

In a previous life I was involved with designing cabs and seating for diggers. It is amazing how just moving something a few millimeters can improve access and give more space.