[DeTomaso] WANTED: Pantera Seats/Corvette C5 seats

Will Kooiman will.kooiman at gmail.com
Sat Mar 31 01:34:59 EDT 2012


I _really_ like my Corbeau LG1 seats.

My car still isn't on the road yet, but they look the part, they are the
right size, they are comfortable, they have the thinnest bottoms of any
Corbeau except for the shell racing seats, and the prices are comparable.

I had the floor dropped.  I don't recall how far - maybe 1".  The guy that
did my car didn't buy a kit.  It is easy enough to "roll your own".

I bought Porsche installation kits per a recommendation from the shop.  They
said Porsche floor pans are flat, similar to a Pantera, so the 911
installation kits work the best.

I can still bolt the seat to the floor pan if I want, but I'm going to try
doing it with adjustable seats.

-----Original Message-----
From: detomaso-bounces at realbig.com [mailto:detomaso-bounces at realbig.com] On
Behalf Of Terry Appleby
Sent: Friday, March 30, 2012 11:35 PM
To: michael at michaelshortt.com; Bjoern Flesland
Cc: panteralist
Subject: Re: [DeTomaso] WANTED: Pantera Seats/Corvette C5 seats

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

-----Original Message-----
From: detomaso-bounces at realbig.com
[mailto:detomaso-bounces at realbig.com]On Behalf Of
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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