Austin 7 Trials Special

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Thanks for all your advice.I did try removing the seat squab, there’s nothing underneath, so had to put cardboard to sit on, was’nt that much better.The Ruby wheel sound interesting, as does the Bluemels hub,I’ll look into those, do’nt suppose anyone here has either they want to sell.I still think the way to get a decent amount of space would be to cut into the boat back, it’s alloy with a plywood former so is not impossible.It would then allow me move backwards which would then lower my legs,freeing them from the steering wheel.Re the “running in” 700 miles seems a lot , maybe better safe than sorry, but do’nt know how I’ll have the time to do this,and is this a slow running episode, or should I vary the speed?The pedals, I’ve looked at them and will be able to do something there, the floor already has a step down built in, this definitely helps, and I may be able to do a little more here,The model A is an ongoing project, it’s nearly as uncomfortable as the 7 , but I’m sure the 7 will be better at trialling in the long term, it’s done many of the VSCC events with its last owner since 1995, thanks again to all for the suggestions, Peter