[DeTomaso] WANTED: Pantera Seats/Corvette C5 seats

Terry Appleby taappleby at bigpond.com
Sat Mar 31 00:34:43 EDT 2012


I have just fitted a pair of Recaro BMW performance seats, they are so
comfy.

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michael at michaelshortt.com
Sent: 2012-03-31 12:15
To: Bjoern Flesland
Cc: panteralist
Subject: Re: [DeTomaso] WANTED: Pantera Seats/Corvette C5 seats


That was probably 4 years ago, sure they are more now.
On Mar 30, 2012 7:57 PM, "Bjoern Flesland" <bflesland at gmail.com> wrote:

> Julian,
> Thanks for info. Were the C4 seats $800 for the pair?
> How much will it be to restore/recover those two Pantera seats?
> Cheers Bjoern
>
>
> On Sat, Mar 31, 2012 at 1:29 AM, Julian Kift <julian_kift at hotmail.com
> >wrote:
>
> >
> > Bjoern,
> >
> > I actually have both.... a pair of seats out of a 1973L that need
> > recovering as the vinyl is torn. I offered them to someone in Europe on
> the
> > PI forum for the cost of shipping, but he didn't take them. Scott at
SACC
> > Restorations has quality replacement foam and seat covers available at
> > reasonable pricing. If it was shipped to my place I could box it all up
> and
> > ship onward.
> >
> > http://pantera.saccrestorations.net/index3.html
> >
> > The Gary Herrig seats were the C4 1984-93 square style, I have no idea
> > whether he is still offering those, they were something like $800, but a
> > lot of that cost is the base Vette seats which fetch good money. What I
> > have is the later 1994-96 style (more rounded) which personally I
> prefer. I
> > haven't finished them, but I got a set of custom seat covers made with
> the
> > De-Tomaso logo embroidered, they just need fitting to the seats... too
> many
> > projects.
> >
> > I don't know of anyone using a C5 seat, but no reason it would not fit.
> > The C5 seats don't have as much side bolster for support, so not as
> > constraining as the earlier seats, which was a complaint by C5 owners as
> > the driver tends to slide around more. I have seen a set of Dodge Viper
> > seats in a Pantera and they looked good, albeit they were custom
> > upholstered for the job.
> >
> > Cheers,
> > Julian
> >
> >
> >
> > > From: bflesland at gmail.com
> > > Date: Sat, 31 Mar 2012 00:54:21 +0200
> > > To: DeTomaso at realbig.com
> > > Subject: [DeTomaso] WANTED: Pantera Seats/Corvette C5 seats
> > >
> > > Gents,
> > > I am looking for 2 good Pantera seats. Either in Europe or in the US.
> > > How much should I expect to pay?
> > > What about the modified Corvette C5 seats that Gary Herrig made?
> > > Are they still available?
> > > Cheers Bjoern
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