04-06-2015, 08:04 PM
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#369 (permalink)
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Changfa diesel + Suzuki
Join Date: Jul 2012
Location: Northern, NY
Posts: 527
Centurion - '74 FIAT X1/9 Centurion Full Race DNA Last 3: 143.5 mpg (US)
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Originally Posted by elhigh
I learned to drive in an Opel GT, and reading the specs on it at the time I found it was 48.2 inches tall.
I'm not terribly tall, and at the time I was as limber as a spider monkey, and even so sometimes it was expedient to put one hand on the ground to get out of the car.
The Centurion looks even lower. Just how tall is it, Jerry? That may be one of the lowest-slung cars on the road that isn't wearing a Raging Bull or Prancing Stallion badge.
Heh. But it could be wearing a Kubota badge, which adds to the raised eyebrow factor.
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Greetings elhigh,
It's very easy to open the door and touch the ground in this thing.
I know the feeling of being limber for entry and exit too. If I didn't have it down to a science, I'd probably just roll left, out onto the ground like a garden slug!
As soon as we get a good day I'll get a measurement from a flat parking lot on the height. Years ago after dealing with the roof and windshield rake I did take the following pic and it was about 41" at the highest point:
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The new lower springs are now in and it took longer to jack up the car than it did to knock the old ones off their perches and install the new ones.
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~CrazyJerry
Last edited by changzuki; 08-03-2018 at 11:46 PM..
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