[DeTomaso] Dropped floor pans

[MikeLDrew at aol.com]

In a message dated 11/5/10 2:53:45 PM, rob at dumoulins.net writes:


> I took measurements based on what Dan said and realized that there is a
> major structural member that runs between where my seat mount holes are 
> and
> the where the floor pan meets the center console.  I thought the pan would
> just drop in and tie into the frame.. There is no way I'm going to cut the
> frame.  Is my drop pan ill conceived?
> 

No, your fears are ill-founded, I believe.   The Kirk Evans/Pantera East 
dropped floor pans are HEAVY duty steel, and are almost assuredly stronger 
than any floppy Italian structure you cut out to install them.

Mike