[DeTomaso] Seats: Specifically the Passenger Side Seat, and the Emergency Brake Housing.

[Rob Dumoulin]

When I dropped my passenger floor pan and added Kirk's bulkhead reduction
kit, I took a saws-all to the brake box to make it thinner by probably
about 1/2 inch. I then welded the cut off piece back in recessed. The boot
is not attached on that side, but you can't tell it was modded without
looking closely. 1/2" is not much in the big scheme of things, but it gave
me more options to mount the seat since I drilled new holes in the drop pan
anyhow.

Rob

On Thu, May 30, 2013 at 4:21 PM, Chris Difani <csdifani at gmail.com> wrote:

> Guys:
>
> My passenger seat won't slide as far back as it could/should because the
> inside edge hits the outside corner of the e-brake mount housing.
>
> This is a second pair of seats that I picked up, which theoretically is a
> driver's side, and a passenger's side seat.  But since it's been quite a
> while since I had the original seats installed, I don't remember if this
> e-brake-housing-to-passenger-seat interference is normal, or simply
> something special.
>
>
> Which brings me to my questions;
>
> Is it normal for the passenger seat to hit the e-brake housing when you try
> to slide it back?
>
> If this is "normal", is there a solution besides using a graduated set of
> hammers?
>
> I realize that the passenger seat can't slide as far back as the driver's
> side due to the bulkhead hatch curve, but I've got to believe that it will
> slide farther back than the e-brake housing!  But before I begin doing
> irrevocable metal bashing, I'd like to hear from anyone that has solved
> this problem.... preferably using something more sophisticated than a large
> hammer....
>
> ...or am I suffering a irreversible bout of metallic fabrication optimism?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Chris
>
> Chris Difani
> '73 L #5829 "LITNNG"
> Sacramento, CA
> Email: csdifani at gmail.com
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