[DeTomaso] Bulkhead Reduction Kit
gpd4
gpd4 at juno.com
Thu Sep 24 17:43:57 EDT 2009
When I did mine a decade ago I didn't know about sliding everything back.
I just minimized all of the clearances and then upholstered the reworked
cover after dynamatting the inside. Gave me additional clearance for the
passenger seat.
http://www.qis.net/~gpd4/personal/Pantera/Interior01.JPG
On Thu, 24 Sep 2009 15:37:07 -0500 michael frazier <red3644 at hotmail.com>
writes:
>
> 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
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>
>
>
>
> > 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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