When I drive this car there is little room for me. I could not fit in with my coat on at all, so I wore a long sleeve shirt and my thermal vest.

Getting back in the swing of getting all the five point belts fastened , was a bit of a challenge after the months long layoff for winter. The trick is to not sit on any of them getting in and remembering to loosen the shoulder straps before unhooking them. I cannot have anything in my pockets either.

My shoes which I had modified the pedals to clear last season were catching a bit on the edges. I had them resoled last fall and they added new wearing surface on the bottom, so I'll have to take that and get the bottom edges chamfered a bit. As for steering the car, the steering is a bit too slow and requires more turning than wanted. I found myself hitting a cone because my elbow was catching on a frame tube on the left. I remember now that I had to shuffle my hands to get it over and back.

I may see how much it would cost to reduce the turns needed. My Lotus had one turn lock to lock but used electric assist. This Van Dieman has 2.2 or so turns.

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[SIGPIC] Diesel loving autocrossing grandpa Architect. 08 Dodge 3/4 ton with Cummins & six speed; I have had about 35 benzes. I have a 39 Studebaker Coupe Express pickup in which I have had installed a 617 turbo and a five speed manual.[SIGPIC]

..I also have a 427 Cobra replica with an aluminum chassis.