[DeTomaso] Plastic Seat Question

[Art Stephens]

Thanks Mark,
     I talked to Matt a couple of months ago about his seat.  He kindly 
offered to let me try it out in my car.  I haven't got around to that yet. 
Regarding the big side bolsters,  I agree.  I bought such a seat and had to 
return it after one day,  there was no way it was going to work for me. 
What I'm thinking about doing with the plastic seat is trimming out as much 
of the side bolstering as necessary to make it easy to get in and out of the 
car.  Hopefully removing the material won't cause the seat to be too flimsy 
or even break?  The seats are pretty cheap to start with,  I should be able 
to have one delivered for less than sixty dollars.

Art


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Mark McWhinney" <msm at portata.com>
To: "Art Stephens" <artstephens at verizon.net>; <detomaso at realbig.com>
Cc: "Matt Merritt" <mmerritt at EventVehicles.com>
Sent: Wednesday, June 24, 2009 5:08 PM
Subject: RE: [DeTomaso] Plastic Seat Question


Matt Merritt had an off-the-shelf foam-on-plastic seat that he was able
to shave at the bottom to fit into a dropped pan.  As I recall, it
worked OK for him.

Keep in mind that these side bolstered seats can be a PIA to get into
and out of.  You may find it is more of a hassle than it is worth in a
street car.


-----Original Message-----
From: detomaso-bounces at realbig.com [mailto:detomaso-bounces at realbig.com]
On Behalf Of Art Stephens
Sent: Wednesday, June 24, 2009 3:57 PM
To: detomaso at realbig.com
Subject: [DeTomaso] Plastic Seat Question

     Have any of you guys ever bought a plastic seat and then had it
upholstered?  If so,  were you happy with the results?  The link below
shows an example.

Thanks,
Art







http://www.summitracing.com/parts/SUM-G2100/?image=large


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