[DeTomaso] Dropped floor pans

Asa Jay Laughton asajay at asajay.com
Fri Nov 5 18:19:58 EDT 2010


If you're not talking about the cooling tubes..... I for one need a picture.

Asa jay

Quoting Rob Dumoulin <rob at dumoulins.net>:

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