DeTomaso Mailing List: March 1997, Message #147
     



From: MikeLDrew@aol.com

Subject: Re: Pantera fit Check #1 (and POCA rooms)

Date: Wed, 19 Mar 1997 22:55:55 -0500 (EST)



Capt Mike Drew

150 Westgate Dr.

San Francisco, CA  94127



Home/FAX:   (415) 334-7860



E-mail:  MikeLDrew@aol.com





All,



I'm in the midst of trying to convert my early-style interior to a late-style

(later L-model) interior, and found out a bit about legroom.



Not only are the dashboards different, but both the front and center consoles

are completely different too.  The later-model console is contoured

differently, and actually allows less legroom.  This is all very hard to

describe in words, but the panel with the four instruments, window and

headlight switches, etc. is shaped very roughly like a human hand, with the

fingers pointed down and the thumb pointed at the ignition switch.



Are you with me so far?  I just discovered that the 'web' of this piece, i.e.

the curved section between the 'thumb' and 'fingers' is about an inch lower

on the later console.  I placed a borrowed late console in the car, then

tried to fit my early gauge/switch plate in place, and found there was all

sorts of extra console sticking out below.



It's amazing how much there still is to learn about these cars, even after 10

years of hard-core Pantera geekery!



Anyway, all other things being equal, Big People might be happier in an early

car, or at least with the early-style interior.



And, if there are any Big People (or little people for that matter) who would

like to sell me a later-style front and center console and gauge plate, why,

I'd be more than happy to take them off your hands.  I'd also be happy to

offer my great-condition early pieces as a partial trade.



Lemme know directly at MikeLDrew@aol.com.  Thanks!



BTW, I called Kent Snyder in a panic when the question of room availability

was raised.  Kent says that he still has PLENTY of rooms available for the

POCA event.  The rest of the town is booked solid because of the air show,

but the Union Plaza still has a bunch of rooms for us.  He'll have to give

them some unused rooms back at the end of the month, though, so send those

checks in now!



Mike