[DeTomaso] Advice from the Ironbutts

[michael at michaelshortt.com]

Here's my Carpet and Seat removal and reinstall ( Corvette Seats ) pix set.

http://www.michaelspantera.com/Carpet.htm

Michael in Savannah

On Thu, Oct 16, 2008 at 2:02 PM, David & Marilyn Bell <
davidabell at worldnet.att.net> wrote:

> There are a couple of articles on early and late C-4 Corvette seats (with
> photos) here: http://www.spacecitypanteras.com/technical.html.
>
> Since I wrote Curing the Bends 4 or 5 years ago, I've removed the Corvette
> tracks completely as I couldn't get enough clearance while wearing a helmet
> (with no helmet clearance was OK though).  Eventually I refurbished my old
> Pantera seat tracks (new brass rollers and springs) and bolting the
> Corvette
> seats to them instead.  Using the Pantera seat tracks gave me a couple of
> inches of additional head room, and really a more comfortable driving
> position as well.
>
> The C-4 seats are really comfortable for longish drives and also fairly
> supportive at the track.
>
> I highly recommend them.
>
>
> Muscat Dave
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: detomaso-bounces at realbig.com [mailto:detomaso-bounces at realbig.com]On
> Behalf Of Dave Londry
> Sent: Thursday, October 16, 2008 12:19 PM
> To: DeTomaso Forum
> Subject: [DeTomaso] Advice from the Ironbutts
>
>  My first 2 hour drive in the cat had only one negative result.
> That was a big pressure ridge, just above the tailbone, from the stock
> seats (73L).
> Now Google maps tells me it's 15 1/2 hours from here to Reno, so I'm
> thinking those seats have got to go.
>
> Fiero seats are the "standard" replacement aren't they?
> tks
> dave
>
> --
> Dave Londry
> Embedded Spaces Inc. (ESI)
>
>
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