[DeTomaso] Dropped Pans

[Asa Jay Laughton]

I've sat in Roger's car (like 10 years ago or so) and it was 
comfortable, and had plenty of headroom.

Thanks Jack.

Asa Jay

Asa Jay Laughton, MSgt, USAFR, Retired
&  Shelley Marie
Spokane, WA
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On 7/5/2010 10:48, JDeRyke at aol.com wrote:
>   So if you don't install the rails on the seats, then how do you get the
> seats bolted to the floor?
>
> You measure carefully and drill 4 new holes to exactly match the threade
> holes in the seat base, and eliminate the rails. The welded nuts in the floor
> won't fit anything except stock adjustment rails. With most kits, you'll
> likely need spacers in front, as a seat that sits perfectly horizontal is
> uncomfortable to drive- you constantly feel like you're sliding under the dash.
>
> 15 years ago at a Nor-Cal Tech Session, I suggested to Roger Sharp that a
> seat-pan 'kit' was a waste of money- if you don't need adjustment, all thats
> really needed is to slice the stock pan on the sides and back, bend it down
> at the front crossmember and use a sheet filler-piece around the edges. That
> tends to give a little fore-&-aft taper to the new seat base, avoiding the
> need for extra spacers. He promptly did this and the job was finished in a
> few hours (drivers side only). Do NOT cut right at the edge of the console as
> that makes welding in the 3-sided filler piece harder. Allow for some metal
> overlap in the filler piece(s); butt-welding long pieces of thin sheet
> metal is almost impossible due to heat-expansion/shrinkage. Some aftermarket
> seats will be much more difficult to fit than others. I once fitted a nice
> looking pair of Ferrari Boxer seats to a Pantera, and the bolsters were so wide,
> stock seatbelt plates and retractors in the rockers wouldn't fit, and the
> stock rake adjusters on the seats needed shaving in 3 places!
>
> As for how much drop is possible, measure your car to be sure you don't
> drop the floor so far that the seat pan becomes the lowest part of the car....
> especially if you don't use seat rails. One encounter with 'normal' road
> debris could have disasterous results to your sitter... I don't use (or need)
> dropped pans since we have two quite different-sized drivers, but I've driven
> a few with dropped pans several hundred miles, and if the seat base is
> higher in front than in back and your legs happen to match up to the location,
> they're at least as comfortable as stock. Good luck- J DeRyke
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