[DeTomaso] Question about Dropped Floor Pans..

[littofreakydevil at aol.com]

 JT, Matt, and others, thanks for your response :) I've decided to go with the seats from the Porchse GT2, seats from a 200,000 dollar car.. It's not as fancy as the AMG seats like in the mercedes CLS 55 (they hug you and turn with you as you go into a turn hehe) but the GT2 seats are very comfortable, not that wide but a little tall, about 37 inches so I'll be dropping the pan just enough to get those seats in then i'm good :)

Larry


 


 

-----Original Message-----
From: Matt Merritt <mmerritt at EventVehicles.com>
To: littofreakydevil at aol.com
Cc: Detomaso at Realbig. Com <detomaso at realbig.com>
Sent: Mon, 13 Aug 2007 3:38 pm
Subject: [DeTomaso] Question about Dropped Floor Pans..



















Larry:




Don't drop your floor pans unless you absolutely have to (a la Mark McWhinney).




My blue street pantera had stock floor pans.? I'm 6'5" and my solution was to cut out the lowest part (about 14" wide x 4") of a fiberglass Racetech racing seat that I then mounted flat on the floor.? I then needed to cut down and redrill the holes in the aluminum brackets but the end result was enough headroom that I could even fit with a helmet.? It was also very sturdy.? 



My racing Pantera had a lowered floor pan.? I had it made with heavy-gauge steel but it was still a real attention-getter when "going agricultural".? On the big track in Pahrump there's a pretty sudden drop-off that you need to take perfectly straight.? Once I landed with a little too much weight on the left and just that one hard landing gave me a feeling I'll never forget as long as I live.? Afterward I had to replace the mounting bolts for the seat too.? 



Matt Merritt












 


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