DeTomaso Mailing List: May 98, Message #177

Chuck, sorry it took me a while to get back to this.

The seat racks had to be extensivly modified to fit the pantera mounting
points but I made them work.  They also have to be swithced from drivers
and passengers sides to let the tilt mechanism to clear the seat belts
retractors.  They slide for and aft and tilt fully.  Great for taking the
engine cover out and storing stuff behind seats.  I belive only few cars
had the speakers.  I know 1984 did.  The speakers have very little base
(none) and loss of lower midrange so you may still need some speakers some
where else.  I am working on using the underside of the passenger dash as a
subwoofer.  I paid $200 for the pair I got and they were in good shape.
They are very comfy and very much reduce fatigue with long driving.  When
installing them you also have to cut away the foam on the bottom of the
seat to allow your butt to sit lower in the car.  You also need to
fabricate thin little pieces of sheet metal to sit between the seat tracks
and the carpet.  The seat tracks are not totally enclosed and will drag on
the carpet and tear it.  I just made small SS pieces to put under the seat
tracks and they worked great.

Dave D

At 06:33 PM 4/30/98 +0000, you wrote:
>What does it take to mount them ?  And are they still
>fully adjustable ?  What year has the speakers in the
>headrests ?  Anything else I should know before going hunting
>this summer ?
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>Chuck
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>JDeRyke wrote:
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>> In a message dated 4/29/98 6:20:13 PM, rpha@feist.com wrote:
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>> < will fit (like the Porsche 914 seat by Scheel that is no longer in
>> production) There are several racing seats available that on paper will
>> work but I would rather have seat adjustments available. >>
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>> Did you guys happen to see the stock Fiero cloth seats that Dave Doddek
uses?
>> Comfortable, good bolsters on the sides, cool to your butt/back and so
cheap,
>> the junkyards practically give 'em away. Yes, they adjust for rake &
position,
>> too.
>> J DeRyke (who's done many, many comfy miles on Fiero seats)
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