[DeTomaso] Seat Slides

[Julian Kift]

Mike Mayberry has a set listed on eBay.
 
http://www.ebay.com/itm/DETOMASO-PANTERA-71-74-PARTS-SEAT-TRACKS-/201315917996?hash=item2edf5d20ac&vxp=mtr
 
Julian
 
> Date: Wed, 25 Mar 2015 18:04:10 +0000
> From: cengles at cox.net
> To: steve at snclocks.com
> CC: detomaso at poca.com
> Subject: Re: [DeTomaso] Seat Slides
> 
> Dear Stephen,
> 
> 
>                   Wow.  That is a new one.  I happen to know some of 
> that car's history and it is hard to understand which of the previous 
> owners should take the rap for this miscarriage of mechanically secure 
> fastening!!
> 
>                   You might check with some of the vendors.  They may 
> have seat slides from customers going to Recaros, etc.  They may also 
> have some new slides.
> 
> 
>                                   Warmest regards,  Chuck Engles
> 
> 
> 
> 
> On Wed, Mar 25, 2015 at 10:12 AM, Stephen wrote:
> 
> > Bit of humor this am - attached is a shot of one of the fasteners used 
> > to
> > hold the front of the seats down in 5332.  Perhaps you recognize it - 
> > a
> > plastic panel retainer - it was shoved into one of the front bolt 
> > holes for
> > mounting the seats.  Yup, dude used 4 of them, two on each seat.
> > Was an amazing ride - give it gas, and rock back till the seatback 
> > rested
> > against the firewall.  Let off the gas, and, well, rock back forward. 
> > He
> > used thin strap steel to adapt the after-market seats mounting holes 
> > to the
> > holes in the floorboard.  Made a good hinge.
> >
> > Do any of you have a set of seat slides you want to sell?
> > Stephen Nelson
> >
> >
> >
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   Mike Mayberry has a set listed on eBay.

   [1]http://www.ebay.com/itm/DETOMASO-PANTERA-71-74-PARTS-SEAT-TRACKS-/20
   1315917996?hash=item2edf5d20ac&vxp=mtr

   Julian

   > Date: Wed, 25 Mar 2015 18:04:10 +0000
   > From: cengles at cox.net
   > To: steve at snclocks.com
   > CC: detomaso at poca.com
   > Subject: Re: [DeTomaso] Seat Slides
   >
   > Dear Stephen,
   >
   >
   > Wow. That is a new one. I happen to know some of
   > that car's history and it is hard to understand which of the previous
   > owners should take the rap for this miscarriage of mechanically
   secure
   > fastening!!
   >
   > You might check with some of the vendors. They may
   > have seat slides from customers going to Recaros, etc. They may also
   > have some new slides.
   >
   >
   > Warmest regards, Chuck Engles
   >
   >
   >
   >
   > On Wed, Mar 25, 2015 at 10:12 AM, Stephen wrote:
   >
   > > Bit of humor this am - attached is a shot of one of the fasteners
   used
   > > to
   > > hold the front of the seats down in 5332. Perhaps you recognize it
   -
   > > a
   > > plastic panel retainer - it was shoved into one of the front bolt
   > > holes for
   > > mounting the seats. Yup, dude used 4 of them, two on each seat.
   > > Was an amazing ride - give it gas, and rock back till the seatback
   > > rested
   > > against the firewall. Let off the gas, and, well, rock back
   forward.
   > > He
   > > used thin strap steel to adapt the after-market seats mounting
   holes
   > > to the
   > > holes in the floorboard. Made a good hinge.
   > >
   > > Do any of you have a set of seat slides you want to sell?
   > > Stephen Nelson
   > >
   > >
   > >
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   > >
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References

   1. http://www.ebay.com/itm/DETOMASO-PANTERA-71-74-PARTS-SEAT-TRACKS-/201315917996?hash=item2edf5d20ac&vxp=mtr