[DeTomaso] To Drop or Not to Drop

[Corey Price]

Mike,

I debated the same thing on my car and ultimately decided not to. There are a few ways to do it, and I was headed down the road that lead to cutting the crossmember. I talked to Dennis Quella and he talked me out of it in favor of other less intrusive ways of gaining headroom. 

Corey

> On Apr 28, 2021, at 11:22 AM, Mike & Elizabeth <mbefthomas2 at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
>    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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