[DeTomaso] Anyone of 6ft 4 in a Pantera ?

[Julian Kift]

The tallest owner I know of is probably Mark McWhinney, he's something like 6'7" and makes it work with a foam seat, although I'm not sure if he has dropped floor pans. I'm 6'1" and did similar in my first GT40, the Superformance seats I used were just dense foam covered in leather placed on the floor.

People can be tall in differing ways e.g. torso or long legs. It predominantly comes down to seat choice, degree of padding your butt favors and whether you want any adjustability for other drivers vs. fixed. The Corvette C4/C5 seats are low profile and frames can be bolted directly to the floor.  If you go the fixed seat route, consider also installing the flat firewall kit with quick access hatch to get to the engine without having to remove the seats!

For long legs you can space the pedal plate forward into the front trunk by up to 2" without too much difficulty (eventually the brake booster hits the front trunk lid), I have a 1-inch spacer in the GT5.

As Chuck originally stated the later 9000 series cars with Embo chassis' have a lower floor pan throughout by about 2 inches.

Julian

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Subject: Re: [DeTomaso] Anyone of 6ft 4 in a Pantera ?

Hey all, I am 6' one inch and I fit very comfortably in the original 1971 seats. What I 'did' do and which helped me greatly fitting in the car  was to remove all the spacers from the back of the seat which helps give you the most headroom. I also added extra spacers to the front of the seat which gives the seat a backward rake and gives much better support. That is a 1000% better than sitting in those seats where the bottom was parallel with the floor board.  Have you ever seen a good driving or racing seat where the bottom was flat and not raked backwards? Certainly not me! Although a little hard, I love the original seats now both in looks 'and' support. Marshall
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   The tallest owner I know of is probably Mark McWhinney, he's something
   like 6'7" and makes it work with a foam seat, although I'm not sure if
   he has dropped floor pans. I'm 6'1" and did similar in my first GT40,
   the Superformance seats I used were just dense foam covered in leather
   placed on the floor.

   People can be tall in differing ways e.g. torso or long legs. It
   predominantly comes down to seat choice, degree of padding your butt
   favors and whether you want any adjustability for other drivers vs.
   fixed. The Corvette C4/C5 seats are low profile and frames can be
   bolted directly to the floor.  If you go the fixed seat route, consider
   also installing the flat firewall kit with quick access hatch to get to
   the engine without having to remove the seats!

   For long legs you can space the pedal plate forward into the front
   trunk by up to 2" without too much difficulty (eventually the brake
   booster hits the front trunk lid), I have a 1-inch spacer in the GT5.

   As Chuck originally stated the later 9000 series cars with Embo
   chassis' have a lower floor pan throughout by about 2 inches.

   Julian
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   From: DeTomaso <detomaso-bounces at server.detomasolist.com> on behalf of
   marshallgsmith <marshallgsmith at sbcglobal.net>
   Sent: Monday, February 15, 2021 8:31 AM
   To: Larry Stock <larrys at panteraparts.com>; Patrick HALS
   <patrickhals at gmail.com>; detomaso at server.detomasolist.com
   <detomaso at server.detomasolist.com>
   Subject: Re: [DeTomaso] Anyone of 6ft 4 in a Pantera ?

   Hey all, I am 6' one inch and I fit very comfortably in the original
   1971 seats. What I 'did' do and which helped me greatly fitting in the
   car  was to remove all the spacers from the back of the seat which
   helps give you the most headroom. I also added extra spacers to the
   front of the seat which gives the seat a backward rake and gives much
   better support. That is a 1000% better than sitting in those seats
   where the bottom was parallel with the floor board.  Have you ever seen
   a good driving or racing seat where the bottom was flat and not raked
   backwards? Certainly not me! Although a little hard, I love the
   original seats now both in looks 'and' support. Marshall