[DeTomaso] Can anyone help with this?

Boyd Casey boyd411 at gmail.com
Mon Jul 14 23:14:14 EDT 2014 

It's really a question of how much room you were lacking. If it was just
"tight" you might be able to have the seats reupholstered to reduce the
seat cushion thickness without loosing the "snazzy" appearance. Also if the
seat are still mounted on rails you could remove them. The combination on
less stuffing in the seat cushion and the seat rails you might gain enough
room to fit!



On Mon, Jul 14, 2014 at 11:00 PM, Troy Casey <hoosierdaddy at me.com> wrote:

> RE: Long of leg or torso?  - a little of both, at 6', 2.75" I have a 34
> inch inseam so I'm pretty evenly proportioned.  I'm getting the
> understanding that the main issue is/was the aftermarket seats in the car I
> "tried on" -- which is a bit of a shame because the seats were quite nicely
> bolstered and have a cloth insert that matches he exterior body color and
> really makes the interior look quite "snazzy", for lack of a better term...
>
>
> On Jul 14, 2014, at 10:37 PM, Pantdino <pantdino at aol.com> wrote:
>
> When I got my Pantera in 1989 I was 6' 1.5' or so and I fit OK.  (I'm a
> bit shorter now because of the age thing :)
> My car has a slightly smaller steering wheel, which helps -- I probably
> couldn't drive the car with a larger wheel because there wouldn't be room
> for my leg between the wheel and console.
>
> Are long of leg or long of torso?
>
> I'm sort of long of leg, which probably helps because they bend at the
> knee :)
>
> Jim Oddie
>
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Boyd Casey <boyd411 at gmail.com>
> To: Ed Mendez <edducati at mac.com>
> Cc: detomaso <detomaso at poca.com>; hoosierdaddy <hoosierdaddy at me.com>
> Sent: Mon, Jul 14, 2014 5:28 pm
> Subject: Re: [DeTomaso] Can anyone help with this?
>
>     Ed ,A
>    Six foot is normally about the limit for stock floors and stock seats.
>    You can pick up around three inches with dropped floors plus buy using
>    modern seats (like recaro racing seats that don't recline and doing
>    away with the rails ( for sliding the seats forward and backward) you
>    can gain an easy additional two inches of head room. Since you only
>    need the car to fit you , you don't need seats that slide. Mine are
>    mounted right to the floor. There should be some southern guys with
>    dropped floors. Ask Michael Short. He races and knows a lot of other
>    people with A modified cars he should be able to point you in the right
>    direction.
>    Boyd
>
>    On Mon, Jul 14, 2014 at 8:09 PM, Ed Mendez <[1]edducati at mac.com> wrote:
>
>      A  A Got this from a Facebook friend:
>      A  A Troy Casey of Atlanta, GA [1][2]hoosierdaddy at me.com
>      A  A Are there any members in the Atlanta area that have a Pantera
>      with the
>      A  A dropped floor pans? I tried to squeeze into a late '72 model in
>      North
>      A  A Carolina last weekend only to find my 6'3" frame wouldn't fit
>      A That car
>      A  A had aftermarket seats, so maybe that had something to do with
>      it - but
>      A  A this could be the deal-breaker that makes me give up my dream
>      of
>      A  A becoming a Pantera owner. Anyone in these parts that can help
>      me find
>      A  A out for sure? Thanks in advance for any replies...
>      A  A Ed
>      References
>      A  A 1. mailto:[3]hoosierdaddy at me.com <[3]hoosierdaddy at me.com?>
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> References
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>    1. mailto:edducati at mac.com <edducati at mac.com?>
>    2. mailto:hoosierdaddy at me.com <hoosierdaddy at me.com?>
>    3. mailto:hoosierdaddy at me.com <hoosierdaddy at me.com?>
>    4. mailto:DeTomaso at poca.com <DeTomaso at poca.com?>
>    5. http://poca.com/mailman/listinfo/detomaso_poca.com
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   It's really a question of how much room you were lacking. If it was
   just "tight" you might be able to have the seats reupholstered to
   reduce the seat cushion thickness without loosing the "snazzy"
   appearance. Also if the seat are still mounted on rails you could
   remove them. The combination on less stuffing in the seat cushion and
   the seat rails you might gain enough room to fit!

   On Mon, Jul 14, 2014 at 11:00 PM, Troy Casey <[1]hoosierdaddy at me.com>
   wrote:

   RE: Long of leg or torso? A - a little of both, at 6', 2.75" I have a
   34 inch inseam so I'm pretty evenly proportioned. A I'm getting the
   understanding that the main issue is/was the aftermarket seats in the
   car I "tried on" -- which is a bit of a shame because the seats were
   quite nicely bolstered and have a cloth insert that matches he exterior
   body color and really makes the interior look quite "snazzy", for lack
   of a better term...
   On Jul 14, 2014, at 10:37 PM, Pantdino <[2]pantdino at aol.com> wrote:

   When I got my Pantera in 1989 I was 6' 1.5' or so and I fit OK.A  (I'm
   a bit shorter now because of the age thing :)

   My car has a slightly smaller steering wheel, which helps -- I probably
   couldn't drive the car with a larger wheel because there wouldn't be
   room for my leg between the wheel and console.

   A

   Are long of leg or long of torso?A

   A

   I'm sort of long of leg, which probably helps because they bend at the
   knee :)

   A

   Jim Oddie

   A

   A

   A

   A

   -----Original Message-----
   From: Boyd Casey <[3]boyd411 at gmail.com>
   To: Ed Mendez <[4]edducati at mac.com>
   Cc: detomaso <[5]detomaso at poca.com>; hoosierdaddy
   <[6]hoosierdaddy at me.com>
   Sent: Mon, Jul 14, 2014 5:28 pm
   Subject: Re: [DeTomaso] Can anyone help with this?
   Ed ,A
   Six foot is normally about the limit for stock floors and stock seats.
   You can pick up around three inches with dropped floors plus buy using
   modern seats (like recaro racing seats that don't recline and doing
   away with the rails ( for sliding the seats forward and backward) you
   can gain an easy additional two inches of head room. Since you only
   need the car to fit you , you don't need seats that slide. Mine are
   mounted right to the floor. There should be some southern guys with
   dropped floors. Ask Michael Short. He races and knows a lot of other
   people with A modified cars he should be able to point you in the right
   direction.
   Boyd

   On Mon, Jul 14, 2014 at 8:09 PM, Ed Mendez <[1][7]edducati at mac.com> wrote:

     A  A Got this from a Facebook friend:
     A  A Troy Casey of Atlanta, GA [1][2][8]hoosierdaddy at me.com
     A  A Are there any members in the Atlanta area that have a Pantera
     with the
     A  A dropped floor pans? I tried to squeeze into a late '72 model in
     North
     A  A Carolina last weekend only to find my 6'3" frame wouldn't fit
     A That car
     A  A had aftermarket seats, so maybe that had something to do with
     it - but
     A  A this could be the deal-breaker that makes me give up my dream
     of
     A  A becoming a Pantera owner. Anyone in these parts that can help
     me find
     A  A out for sure? Thanks in advance for any replies...
     A  A Ed
     References
     A  A 1. [9]mailto:[3]hoosierdaddy at me.com
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References

   1. [12]mailto:edducati at mac.com
   2. [13]mailto:hoosierdaddy at me.com
   3. [14]mailto:hoosierdaddy at me.com
   4. [15]mailto:DeTomaso at poca.com
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References

   1. mailto:hoosierdaddy at me.com
   2. mailto:pantdino at aol.com
   3. mailto:boyd411 at gmail.com
   4. mailto:edducati at mac.com
   5. mailto:detomaso at poca.com
   6. mailto:hoosierdaddy at me.com
   7. mailto:edducati at mac.com
   8. mailto:hoosierdaddy at me.com
   9. mailto:[3]hoosierdaddy at me.com?
  10. mailto:DeTomaso at poca.com
  11. http://poca.com/mailman/listinfo/detomaso_poca.com
  12. mailto:edducati at mac.com?
  13. mailto:hoosierdaddy at me.com?
  14. mailto:hoosierdaddy at me.com?
  15. mailto:DeTomaso at poca.com?
  16. http://poca.com/mailman/listinfo/detomaso_poca.com
  17. mailto:DeTomaso at poca.com
  18. http://poca.com/mailman/listinfo/detomaso_poca.com

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