[DeTomaso] To Drop or Not to Drop

[Will Kooiman]

Drop 'em.  It's an easy mod with few downsides.

It gives you more options if you decide to change seats later on.

If you don’t like how low they are, it's easy to raise them.

You can always drop them later on, but as long as you're in bare metal, now is the time to do it.

On 4/28/21, 2:18 PM, "DeTomaso on behalf of Charles Engles" <detomaso-bounces at server.detomasolist.com on behalf of cengles at cox.net> wrote:

    Dear Mike,

                  Ah, an opinion question.

                 I am 6'4" and have just enough head room in both Panteras with
    modifications that do not include lowering the floor pan. Decades ago, I got
    to sit in a GT5.  I remarked to the owner that it was so much roomier than
    standard Panteras and he pointed out the factory dropped floor pans.   I was
    impressed by the improvement.  I would say that it will give you more room
    and comfort.  Should you ever want to take to the track, the extra room for
    the helmet is a plus. You'll have more choices of seats.  Finally, there is
    no better time to do it than while the car is on the rotisserie.  

                                   Warmest regards, Chuck Engles


    -----Original Message-----
    From: DeTomaso [mailto:detomaso-bounces at server.detomasolist.com] On Behalf
    Of Mike & Elizabeth
    Sent: Wednesday, April 28, 2021 12:23 PM
    To: detomaso at server.detomasolist.com
    Subject: [DeTomaso] To Drop or Not to Drop

    OK, the forum has been pretty quiet lately so I'll throw this one out there.



    Doug Braun and I are both having our cars restored at the same time by the
    same guy.  Doug has done a dropped floor pan for more clearance when he has
    a helmet on but so far I'm not planning to do a drop.  Since my car is in
    bare metal right now and about to go on the rotisserie for all of the other
    metal work, I'm wondering if I should reconsider while I have the
    opportunity.  Headroom for me has always been just 'adequate' and I do have
    the seat springs removed from the bottom cushion of my C4 seats so I'm
    basically sitting on the floor.  I don't plan to track or autocross the car
    so don't need helmet clearance but it would be nice to be able to consider a
    seat upgrade sometime in the future if the C4's get old.



    Thoughts . . .



    Thanks, Mike Thomas

    Panteras Northwest


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