[DeTomaso] GT5 Seat

[Charles Engles]

Dear Erik,


         I did something like that twenty years ago.  My Pantera then had
about 5000 miles on it and I wanted to keep it stock (gad, what a long, long
time ago that was....).   I didn't fit the stock seats well.   I obtained a
well used seat from Pantera Performance Center and took it to a local fellow
with a good reputation for custom seat upholstery.  Apparently he had a
respectable resume in upholstering airplane seats for private planes.   I
told him what I wanted and  he proceeded to strip it to the bare frame and
begin from there by building in some lumbar support and a few other subtle
tweaks (remember the goal was to keep it looking stock even though it was
not).   I specified a much thinner, high density seat foam for a thinner
seat to provide more headroom.   The finished seat was excellent and fit me
much better than a stock seat.  The cost  twenty years ago was comparable to
buying a new standard Recaro seat........ FWIW.


                     Warmest regards, Chuck Engles




-----Original Message-----
From: detomaso-bounces at realbig.com [mailto:detomaso-bounces at realbig.com] On
Behalf Of Erik Anderson
Sent: Saturday, February 20, 2010 3:52 PM
To: detomaso at realbig.com
Subject: [DeTomaso] GT5 Seat

I am considering having new seats built from scratch.  

I am definitely NOT going to destroy the perfect bone stock seats that I
currently have ... so I am interested to know where I can source some GT5 or
GT5-S seat frames/structures.  

My goal would be to work from the bare metal frame of, say, a GT5 seat,
which would include the rails, seat back mechanism, lever and seat tray ...
everything except the foam and leather.

If you have any ideas or some bare metal seats for sale, please let me know.

Thanks,

EA #3528

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