Kevin I am 6.1 too and I bought my Ercoupe with bucket seats as well. They did not work for me. So I reverted the seat installation and replaced the bucket seat with the original seat frame plus the seat upholstery and some interior panels that set me back over $1000. I don't know if you want to do that. You can try to lower your bucket seats by lowering the backrest a bit. That gives your head more room and you are leaning a bit backwards so to say. Your arms will be long enough to reach the panel. If you don't like the bucket seats in general, the only way I see is to go with the original seat frame. All other seats will make you sit higher and being 6.1 this is not what you want.
Hartmut From: kevinustin Sent: Tuesday, May 11, 2010 4:37 PM To: [email protected] Subject: [ercoupe-tech] Seats 415 c I am a new owner and purchased a ercoupe with bucket seats but i need to lower the seats and not crtazy in putting in a sling seat I am 6' 1" and i purchased this airplane unseen but when i flew in one i fit ok in a sling seat so now i have a challenge so looking foward in to fixing my bucket seats which is very comfortable
