Model A pickup headroom question

I posted awhile ago about my current project, it's a 30 closed cab pickup. I have the frame built and am mocking up the front and rear suspension. Anyway, I'm wanting to channel it 3inches and chop it, but if I sit in it now I don't have much room for my feet. I'm 6ft, and I'm just wondering if I'll still fit in it once its chopped and channeled. I also picked up a 30 sedan that I'm sure I'll fit in. So, any suggestions?

 

depends on comfortable you want to be. i'm 6 foot , 210 lbs and was very cramped in my `29 closed cab pickup that was not chopped or channeled.

there is a certain world famous `33 ford pickup ( rocky's) that i can not drive...i can't get my legs and arms into postion to drive it..my bad knees might be part of the problem ...but i have road in it several times ok

 

I'm only 5'10" and a stock Model A pick-up with a 4" recessed firewall didn't have enough room for me to sit comfortably in.
I couldn't even drive it unless the window was rolled down.

I would sell the cab and build the sedan.

 

Here is how I sit in mine :



I'm 6' and, the body is channelled 4' and the top is chopped 3'

And outside :

 

Hey P.Y. thanks for the pics, thats about how I figured I'd sit in the thing. I love the look of your truck and thats about the chop and channel I'm looking for. I just don't know if I can live with that seating position.

 

My A PU is not chopped and not channeled and I still have my knees and steering wheel in my face. I also have a manual trans, so the pedals and shifter for those take up space. If I were you, I'd consider only doing the chop. Channeling will take up alot more room and make it nuch less driver friendly.

 

My truck is not chopped, but channeled @ 4". I'm 6'3" with size 15 feet....it's TIGHT in the cab......but I do have plenty of HEAD room...hahahaha!

 

I'm 5'8" and my trucks top is chopped 2". with a 4" recessed firewall my head is 1" form touching the roof. Do yourself a favor and take the stock metal seat riser out and gain a couple of inches.

 

I'm building a 31 that has been chopped 4 inches.
It was channeled on the frame when I got it.
I'm 6'6" and just sitting on the frame I did not fit.
What I'm going to do is bring it back up and then add 6 1/2" to the cab length.
I will then add Continental Oval windows to this section and install suicide doors.
Hopefully then I will have a little more room.
If not, my wife is already eyeing it up.

 

my 30 A pick up is choppeed 4 1/2" channeled 3" sectioned 2" with a flat fire wall. to make up for leg room I streched the cab 4" and flush fit the doors giving me another inch. my freind can sit in the drivers seat and have plenty of room. he is 6'3" 250lbs.

I had too spend alot of time fitting the pedals, steering wheel, seats to get the most room .

others have said my truck feels better and more roomy then there stock cabs.

 

6" Channel
no chop
Manual Transmission
Recessed firewall

I fit fine and have logged 45,000 miles behind the wheel, but most people can't drive it.

If you don't fit now, I doubt it will get better after loosing 6"

 

I'm a pic ***** so here's my peek up.

 

I've been trying to get as close to an estimate for seating as I can, but there isnt currently a floor. I've been trying to mock up the seat position with blocks. I guess I'll have to go with the sedan. Although stretching the cab sound interesting.