[DeTomaso] Monterey cross-ram Gr4 Pantera sales result

Thu Aug 20 14:39:34 EDT 2009

Your total height has nothing to do with anything.

It is the length of your torso, butt up to top of head that matters.

I'm 5'11.5" tall and weigh considerably more than 180 lbs ( but aiming for
200 even.)

My inseam is 30", although not exact, subtract the 30" from the 71.5" to get
a torso and head height of 41.5 "
and then you need to consider that your back will be curved and not at
attention.

My entire car is only 43" tall from the ground.

I use the C-$ Corvette seats with the springs removed on the driver's side.

I now fit fine, even with a helmet on

Before these seats I had those poofy Pantera Replacements with the wrinkled
look ( like in a Mas BiTurbo )
and hated the way they looked and I also kept smacking my head on the roof.

You will love the Corvette Seats, nice side supports and a whole set can be
had new ly refurbished for less than $800.00

Michael Shortt

On Thu, Aug 20, 2009 at 10:14 AM, Thomas Tornblom <Thomas.Tornblom at hax.se>wrote:

> Bill Lewis skrev:
> > Mike, how tall/big are you?
> >
> > I am in the process of re-doing my car, and I have sat in several
> > friend's Panteras, and the problem is that my head hits the top of the
> > car in most other-than-stock seats.
>
> I just checked the clearance with my new seats, and the height from the
> seat to the roof is 86cm (~34"), straight up. I'm 175cm (5'10) and I can
> stuff 3-4 fingers between my head and the roof.
>
> I have used M10 nuts as spacers between the rails and the seat, to get
> enough clearance to get my fingers in to install the front bolts. I
> believe I can get rid of these if I use ARP small head M8 bolts, and
> that will provide an additional 1/2" or so.
>
> My car (1984 GT5) came with dropped floor pans from the factory btw.
>
> I'm just back from the annual safety inspection, and the guy doing the
> inspection was not tall, but quite wide, and he got in the drivers seat,
> with a big grin, and I don't think he had any complaints about the
> seats. :-)
>
> >
> > I'm not big - 6' (used to be, years ago), 180 pounds.
> >
> > Thanks, Bill Lewis
>
> Cheers,
> Thomas
>
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >  > Date: Thu, 20 Aug 2009 05:15:34 +0200
> >  > From: Thomas.Tornblom at hax.se
> >  > To: MikeLDrew at aol.com
> >  > CC: detomaso at realbig.com
> >  > Subject: Re: [DeTomaso] Monterey cross-ram Gr4 Pantera sales result
> >  >
> >  > MikeLDrew at aol.com skrev:
> >  > > In a message dated 8/19/09 19 26 29, lotus0005 at hotmail.com writes:
> >  > >
> >  > >
> >  > >> #1445 - the red Pantera that sold - does anyone know what the
> > seats are
> >  > >> in the car???
> >  > >>
> >  > >
> >  > > Yes--they are De Tomaso Guara seats. They are actually an
> aftermarket
> >  > > Italian seat, which has since been discontinued. Somebody told me
> > the other
> >  > > day he just got one of the last pairs available.
> >  >
> >  > I assume you mean the seats I just installed:
> >  >
> >  > http://bf-torino.de/BF-Sitze/MONZA/monza.html
> >  >
> >  > The owner of the shop said I got the last pair. I don't know if that
> >  > means that there will be no new ones produced or not, but they are
> gone
> >  > from the price list.
> >  >
> >  > I have just finished installing them, and they look and feel great. It
> >  > took some modification to the seats to install, and I know that
> >  > installing them on an early car, with the hand brake lever on the
> >  > passenger side, will require even more work.
> >  >
> >  > >
> >  > > They are supremely comfortable and light.
> >  > >
> >  > > Mike
> >  >
> >  > Thomas
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