[DeTomaso] To Drop or Not to Drop

[Garth Rodericks]

Don't do it!  
>From everything you've told us, you don't need to, so don't.  If and when the time comes that you need to make an adjustment for more headroom (e.g. because of a new seat), you can modify it then.  And frankly, there are less intrusive ways to get more headroom before going to dropped floor pans.
That's my 2-cents, and it's only worth what you paid for it!  :)

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   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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   Don't do it!
   From everything you've told us, you don't need to, so don't.  If and
   when the time comes that you need to make an adjustment for more
   headroom (e.g. because of a new seat), you can modify it then.  And
   frankly, there are less intrusive ways to get more headroom before
   going to dropped floor pans.
   That's my 2-cents, and it's only worth what you paid for it!  :)
-------------- original message --------------
   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