DeTomaso Mailing List: April 1997, Message #188
     



From: Steve Stone <sstone@sybase.com>

Subject: Seats and louvres

Date: Tue, 22 Apr 97 14:27:13 NZS



Re recent comments on remodelling standard Pantera seats. My Pantera

mechanic has just rebuilt the seats on a Pantera here, and will be doing

mine shortly. He took the seats apart and welded new metal side-rails on

each side of the top and bottom of the existing existing seat frames. He

then built them up with foam and finally recovered them in glove leather.

The result is stunning, both in looks and support.



I have a question for the forum... I am considering putting louvres in the

front guards, alongside the front hood right above the wheels, a la 1980

GT5. (I think they have them on the red car pictured on the front of the

small red De Tomaso book.) From the photos I have seen it looks like they

are put in upside down, i.e. the louvres point down into the wheel-guard

rather than up, and point backwards rather than forwards. I presume this is

so that dirt thrown up by the wheel does not fly out the louvres onto the

windshield. Does anyone have any experience with these? Do the louvres

actually work (allow air to be released from the wheel arch thereby reducing

lift in the wheel arches)? Do they cause the car to get dirtier than normal?

Any input would be appreciated.





Steve Stone, Auckland, New Zealand

'73 Pantera #4576	'76 Porsche 930	   '88 Subaru 4wd