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Biggest problem I have with all of these dropped floorpans is, to have fore-and-aft adjustability you must cut a floor support crossmember- the one just in front of each seat- which weakens the whole floor structure. Choice #2- you leave the crossmembers in place and simply make a big hole in the floor, bolting the seat(s) solidly to the dropped floor with no adjustability.
With my 6'2", 200-lb body, I'm comfortable with stock floorpans- even with a helmet on, simply by having stock early seats reupholstered in good materals and adding a simple rake adjustment to the stock seat backs. We routinely make 500 mile trips with no backaches. FWIW....
 
Posts: 1065 | Location: Minden NV | Registered: December 22, 2002Reply With QuoteEdit or Delete MessageReport This Post
AmeriSport
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Jack--I think?

I totally redesigned the pans and was able to keep the front///bottom of the original cross-member in tact and supply a new reinforcement which makes it stronger than original---which is not that hard to do. I also supply new seat mount rails and my pans are 16 gauge steel rather than 20 gauge. These pans fit the car far better than any this built to date.

(side view of dropped floor seat install)

Kirk

 
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Stock seats mounted to dropped pans

 
Posts: 67 | Location: perrysburg,ohio,usa | Registered: October 17, 2003Reply With QuoteEdit or Delete MessageReport This Post
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Originally posted by Kirk Evans:
Jack--I think?

I totally redesigned built to date.

(side view of dropped floor seat install)

Kirk


These seats do not look stock? What are they??
 
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