[DeTomaso] Bulkhead Reduction Kit

[David in Durango]

Tip for go-fasters:  got a roll cage?  Gonna get one?

Do your "removalable" hump kit first.  (duh.)

I gotta tell you though, its nice on the porch!




----- Original Message ----- 
From: "michael frazier" <red3644 at hotmail.com>
To: <jderyke at aol.com>; <asajay at asajay.com>; "pantera list" 
<detomaso at realbig.com>
Sent: Thursday, September 24, 2009 2:37 PM
Subject: Re: [DeTomaso] Bulkhead Reduction Kit


>
> Jack,
>
>  That's whatI've been thinking of doing now.  Not using the bulkhead cover 
> at all.  Filling, insulating, and upholstering or carpeting the firewall 
> and doing the same to the removable cover.  That alone will give 3/4 or an 
> inch more room in the cabin.
>
> If you do the alternator move, then you can reduce the size of the cover 
> more.
>
>  And one more thing...it seems the geometry of the motor and tranny mounts 
> is pretty basic. It looks like lowering the engine & tranny an inch would 
> require simple mods to the mounts. You could move it back a bit too but 
> just lowering it straight down would give more room at the front of the 
> engine and the sometimes tight distributor area.
>
>   While very little is "simple" to do on these cars with the water lines, 
> shifter, throtle cable etc. being there, this doesn't seem any worse that 
> some of the other projects I and others do.
>
> Michael Frazier
> Gruppo Rompiculi Corsa ...........look out, I'm puttin' on my thinkin' 
> cap!
>
>
>
>
>> From: JDeRyke at aol.com
>> Date: Thu, 24 Sep 2009 14:29:50 -0400
>> To: asajay at asajay.com; detomaso at realbig.com
>> Subject: Re: [DeTomaso] Bulkhead Reduction Kit
>>
>> In a message dated 9/23/09 7:00:41 PM, asajay at asajay.com writes:
>>
>> > I'd have to have a new fiberglass piece made that has a smaller bubble
>> > size, even if I were to make mine a two-piece.
>> >
>> Not necessarily, Asa Jay. I insulated my modified steel door and
>> contact-glued the stock bubble-upholstery (which is a separate upholstery 
>> piece that
>> is bolted and glued to the fiberglas bubble), directly on the door
>> insulation. This decreased the size of the cabin protrusion by another 
>> 3/4". All the
>> fiberglas bubble-piece is, is a cosmetic cover. Good luck- J Deryke
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