What is the cockpit length of a long cockpit chassis?

[JonWWW]

Ive a guy interested in my 1997 K series 7 (that im selling in Australia, its a rare beast down here) and as he is tall and had heard there was a long chassis version of the 7 and asked if mine was one. Ive checked the VIN but it doesnt say that it is (as it doesnt say LCR in the numbers etc.) but in chatting to the guy who built my car (well known on here a few years back - George Zammit) he also wasnt sure as he thought that the seats of non long chassis models did not have the slide adjustment...

 

Is there a full proof method to find out? ie can I measure the door aperture or the distance between the top of the dash and the rear bulkhead? If so can some one tell me the measurements for normal and long cockpit chassis? your help is much appreciated guys!

Jon.

[elie boone]

AFIAK the long or short cokpit applys only to the live axle chassis, you can always propose that he can have a lowered floor on a DD S3 chassis

[Dickie Normuss]

I think all cars post '95 are of the long cockpit measurement as it became standard then.

 

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[CAB]

Jon

 

I think that all long cockpit cars have a three position pedal box. My old (90H reg) had only 2 (I think) my 2002 car has 3.

 

CAB

[rj]

CAB

 

That's not correct.

 

All DeDion cars are long cockpit. Some of those haven't even got a pedal box.

 

The "long" came from moving the rear bulkhead.

 

Of course moving the pedals may give even more leg-room.

 

A short cockpit -which will be a live axle - car is easily identified as the upper chassis member between the rear shocks is a round tube without fixings for full harness.

 

HTH

 

/regin

[JonWWW]

Cool, cheers guys, thats much appreciated :)

 

I need to look at the moving the pedal box thing I guess, I assume thats done by taking off the cover for the pedal box under the bonnet and working from there?