[DeTomaso] Dropped floor pans

[Rob Dumoulin]

This is a tube steel member that goes down the length of the car.  Not part
of the floor pan.

On Fri, Nov 5, 2010 at 5:55 PM, <MikeLDrew at aol.com> wrote:

>
> 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




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