[DeTomaso] Moving the E-brake handle to the driver's side

Bill Lewis lotus0005 at hotmail.com
Sat Aug 29 18:45:33 EDT 2015


Has anyone ever discussed changing out the front-trunk release for something more petite!  I always grab it and say, "Hmmm!"   ---BILL Lewis

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From: DeTomaso <detomaso-bounces at poca.com> on behalf of Will Kooiman <will.kooiman at gmail.com>
Sent: Saturday, August 29, 2015 6:50 PM
To: thomas; Mike Thomas
Cc: De Tomaso List
Subject: Re: [DeTomaso] Moving the E-brake handle to the driver's side

I removed the e-brake to allow me to fit my passenger¹s seat.

I don¹t have an e-brake yet.  I didn¹t miss it before, so maybe I won¹t
use one.

My wife has an electric e-brake in her Porsche.  I don¹t like it.

My Cobra has a chrome e-brake from a Jag.  That¹s one possible source for
the lever, if you want to do something other than the Pantera black
plastic handle.  The Cobra replica market can provide new reproductions.

You could even mount it in the same general location, but perhaps move it
inward enough to allow enough room for the passenger¹s seat.

On 8/29/15, 1:15 PM, "DeTomaso on behalf of thomas"
<detomaso-bounces at poca.com on behalf of thomas at hax.se> wrote:

>Correct, and It also allows you to install a wider seat on the passenger
>side. I replaced the worn down wrinkle leather seats in my GT5 with the
>same type seats as in the Guara from BF Torino.
>
>Roland Jäckel said that these seats would not fit a car with the parking
>brake on the passenger side.
>
>Thomas
>
>> 29 aug 2015 kl. 18:40 skrev Mike Thomas <mbefthomas at comcast.net>:
>>
>> Good point, thanks Julian.  Just brainstorming things at this point.  It
>> looks like the set up they put in the 9000-series cars also had a more
>> slender profile than earlier design, not taking up so much room
>> side-to-side.
>>
>> Mike
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: DeTomaso [mailto:detomaso-bounces at poca.com] On Behalf Of Julian
>>Kift
>> Sent: Saturday, August 29, 2015 9:27 AM
>> To: Asa Jay Laughton <asajay at asajay.com>; De Tomaso List
>><detomaso at poca.com>
>> Subject: Re: [DeTomaso] Moving the E-brake handle to the driver's side
>>
>> The 9000 series later cars with the handbrake on the driver side have it
>> relocated much further forward, in front of the seat and the console is
>> modified to accommodate it. It is a different assembly altogether,
>>although
>> you might be able to replicate it with some custom cables and existing
>> parts. It seems a lot of work, how often do you sue your handbrake?
>>Mine has
>> been removed altogether and I never miss it!
>> Julian
>>> Date: Sat, 29 Aug 2015 08:41:04 -0700
>>> From: asajay at asajay.com
>>> To: detomaso at poca.com
>>> Subject: Re: [DeTomaso] Moving the E-brake handle to the driver's side
>>>
>>> Just my opinion mind you, but I wouldn't do it.  At least in my
>>> Pantera, there is NO room on the drivers side of the console.  There
>>> is so little it's hard for me to get my seat belt through there.  Why
>>> would you want to move it?
>>>
>>> Asa  Jay
>>>
>>> Asa Jay Laughton - W7TSC, MSgt, USAFR, Retired &  Shelley Marie
>>> Spokane, WA
>>> ******************************
>>> http://www.racingagainstautism.com
>>> http://www.teampanteraracing.com
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>>>
>>>
>>>> On 8/29/2015 8:13 AM, Mike Thomas wrote:
>>>> As part of my restoration planning, I've been coming up with a short
>>>> list of mods that I could have done that "just make sense".  Why
>>>> they located the e-brake handle on the far side of the console where
>>>> it's not that easy to reach has always been a puzzle to me - probably
>>>>a
>> seat clearance issue.
>>>> Don't the later cars, GT5-S, have the brake on the driver's side of
>>>> the console?
>>>>
>>>> Since I'm going to have the car down to a bare shell at that point,
>>>> I can't think it would be that hard to re-engineer it to the other
>>>> side with everything out of the way: some fabrication work and
>>>> reverse the hardware under the car.  Has anybody done such a mod?
>>>>
>>>> Mike Thomas
>>>> Pres., Panteras Northwest
>>>> Yellow '74 #6328
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
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