[DeTomaso] Amazing find!

[MikeLDrew at aol.com]

In a message dated 3/25/14 7 53 25, terry.himes at jpl.nasa.gov writes:


> Mike, where can I get those seats!  
> 

>>>Yes, they were fairly radical-looking, and presumably not very 
comfortable, so they didn't make it into production.   The thing is, De Tomaso had 
already produced quite a few of these (steel, not aluminum) shells.   Not 
wanting to waste anything, these were upholstered in the conventional manner, 
and became the factory racing seat as fitted to the Gr4 race Panteras.   A few 
European owners bought leftovers from the factory to fit to their street 
cars.

Bill Milburn owned a '72 Euro GTS that was the factory Geneva show car; 
when I was at his house years ago taking a million photos of it, he showed me 
some other bits and bobs that had come with it, including one of the factory 
racing seats.   I was amazed to see a row of holes running all the way down 
the back and the bottom, evenly spaced--a pair of holes for each of the 
horizontal bars from the prototype design....

Mike
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   In a message dated 3/25/14 7 53 25, terry.himes at jpl.nasa.gov writes:

     Mike, where can I get those seats!

   >>>Yes, they were fairly radical-looking, and presumably not very
   comfortable, so they didn't make it into production.  The thing is, De
   Tomaso had already produced quite a few of these (steel, not aluminum)
   shells.  Not wanting to waste anything, these were upholstered in the
   conventional manner, and became the factory racing seat as fitted to
   the Gr4 race Panteras.  A few European owners bought leftovers from the
   factory to fit to their street cars.
   Bill Milburn owned a '72 Euro GTS that was the factory Geneva show car;
   when I was at his house years ago taking a million photos of it, he
   showed me some other bits and bobs that had come with it, including one
   of the factory racing seats.  I was amazed to see a row of holes
   running all the way down the back and the bottom, evenly spaced--a pair
   of holes for each of the horizontal bars from the prototype design....
   Mike