[DeTomaso] To Drop or Not to Drop

Steve Lisa stevelisa at patentit.com
Wed Apr 28 19:24:34 EDT 2021 

We lowered ours because we need room for a helmet.  We cut the floor, not
the cross-member, dropped the back and re-welded triangular inserts on the
sides, along with taking the opportunity to gusset some of the areas of the
cross-members.  Except for worrying about shaving our ass on a curb, we are
happy.

Regards,

Steven G. Lisa, Esq.
The Law Offices of Lisa & Lesko, LLC
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On Wed, Apr 28, 2021, 16:09 Corey Price <coreyjprice at gmail.com> wrote:

> 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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   We lowered ours because we need room for a helmet.A  We cut the floor,
   not the cross-member, dropped the back and re-welded triangular inserts
   on the sides, along with taking the opportunity to gusset some of the
   areas of the cross-members.A  Except for worrying about shaving our ass
   on a curb, we are happy.
   Regards,A
   Steven G. Lisa, Esq.
   The Law Offices of Lisa & Lesko, LLC
   Email: SteveLisa at PatentIt.com
   Direct:A 480-442-0297
   [1]www.PatentIt.com
   Scottsdale OfficeA |A P:A 480.535.6656A  |A A F:A 480.535.6628A
   |A A A:A 7689 East Paradise Lane, Suite 2, Scottsdale, AZ 85260
   Chicago OfficeA |A P:A 312.752.4357A  |A A F:A 312.896.5633A
   |A A A:A 55 E. Monroe Street, Suite 3800, Chicago, IL 60603
   This email is intended only for the recipient above and may contain
   confidential and privileged information. If you received this email in
   error please destroy it and indicate such by return email to me. Thank
   you.
   A A A

   On Wed, Apr 28, 2021, 16:09 Corey Price <[2]coreyjprice at gmail.com>
   wrote:

     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
     <[3]mbefthomas2 at gmail.com> wrote:
     >
     > i>>?A  A OK, the forum has been pretty quiet lately so I'll throw
     this one out
     >A  A there.
     >
     >
     >A  A Doug Braun and I are both having our cars restored at the same
     time by
     >A  A the same guy.A  Doug has done a dropped floor pan for more
     clearance
     >A  A when he has a helmet on but so far I'm not planning to do a
     drop.
     >A  A Since my car is in bare metal right now and about to go on the
     >A  A rotisserie for all of the other metal work, I'm wondering if I
     should
     >A  A reconsider while I have the opportunity.A  Headroom for me has
     always
     >A  A been just `adequate' and I do have the seat springs removed
     from the
     >A  A bottom cushion of my C4 seats so I'm basically sitting on the
     floor.A  I
     >A  A don't plan to track or autocross the car so don't need helmet
     clearance
     >A  A but it would be nice to be able to consider a seat upgrade
     sometime in
     >A  A the future if the C4's get old.
     >
     >
     >A  A Thoughts . . .
     >
     >
     >A  A Thanks, Mike Thomas
     >
     >A  A Panteras Northwest
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