[DeTomaso] Question about Dropped Floor Pans..

[littofreakydevil at aol.com]

 John, Thanks for the link.. Ahhh these seats.. just like recaro.. sparco aftermarket seats.. well not exdactlyi aftermarket, some of them make oem seats as well. I've never sat in them so I can't say what they feel like :( but since I had an oppournity to buy the GT2 seats for 3000 dollars each, i decided to take them since they were a bargain compared to more expensive CLS AMG seats if I was to piece them together from the dealership and the GT2 seats were literally mint condition and they were comfortable for my body profile so I think i'm going to stick with them. But maybe if you get the cobra ones we can sit in each other's pantera and see what they feel like ;) hehe..

Larry


 


 

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From: John McKee <johnmckee at cox.net>
To: littofreakydevil at aol.com
Sent: Wed, 15 Aug 2007 11:34 pm
Subject: Re: [DeTomaso] Question about Dropped Floor Pans..









Larry,?

Forgot to add the link....?

http://www.cobraseats.com/misano.htm?
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To: <mmerritt at EventVehicles.com>; <detomaso at realbig.com>?

Sent: Wednesday, August 15, 2007 5:55 AM?

Subject: Re: [DeTomaso] Question about Dropped Floor Pans..?
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> 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 :)?

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> Sent: Mon, 13 Aug 2007 3:38 pm?

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