Do all Pantera year models have the same interior space.. particularly at the pedals? Aside from surgery to remove 50% of my foot and shorten my left leg by 6 inches what modifications are recommended?
thx- Gimpy
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None needed for a 6� 6� person in a stock 71 Pantera http://www.panteraplace.com/page48.htm
Mike you have just about everything on your website! How about adding a section (with pics for us dummies:-) on how to set the correct timing on the Pantera.
Mike, thanks and yes I saw your article. Perhaps its just an acclimation but I found that I had very little foot room in a '73. Shoes knocking against each other when working the peds. Back to my original question though, is space the same between '71 and an '85?
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Originally posted by Kevin Perry:
Mike you have just about everything on your website! How about adding a section (with pics for us dummies:-) on how to set the correct timing on the Pantera.
It�s already there on this page http://www.panteraplace.com/page69.htm Don�t forget that the website has a cool search function too at http://www.panteraplace.com/page144.htm
Mike.
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Originally posted by Cousteau:
Mike, thanks and yes I saw your article. Perhaps its just an acclimation but I found that I had very little foot room in a '73. Shoes knocking against each other when working the peds. Back to my original question though, is space the same between '71 and an '85?
The foot room is the same on 1971 through 92?
Mike
yeah, I saw that Mike...but it's not too detailed for a timing-dummy like me. THANKS!
The following will make things easier:
You can cut/fabricate fillers/weld and thus lower the floor pan below the seat, getting some head room and maybe a bit more leg room in the process.
You can gain a little shoe/pedal interference improvement by cutting a triangle piece off the lower right corner of the brake pedal
You can get rid of the Redwing work boots and drive in heavy mocassins or deck shoes.
You can get a smaller diameter steering wheel to get some knee room. And for more knee room, search out one of the steering wheels that, for lack of a better term, is squished flat on the bottom, sometimes referred to as a "D" shaped wheel.
There are folks of 6'4" and better driving Panteras. It can be done. I think the interior dimensions are all the same, regardless of year. good Luck
Larry
You can cut/fabricate fillers/weld and thus lower the floor pan below the seat, getting some head room and maybe a bit more leg room in the process.
You can gain a little shoe/pedal interference improvement by cutting a triangle piece off the lower right corner of the brake pedal
You can get rid of the Redwing work boots and drive in heavy mocassins or deck shoes.
You can get a smaller diameter steering wheel to get some knee room. And for more knee room, search out one of the steering wheels that, for lack of a better term, is squished flat on the bottom, sometimes referred to as a "D" shaped wheel.
There are folks of 6'4" and better driving Panteras. It can be done. I think the interior dimensions are all the same, regardless of year. good Luck
Larry
All Panteras as-stock, are the same interior size. But there are in fact some things that can be done short of surgery. First, the floor pans can be dropped a max of 2-1/2" for more headroom.
Second, if its simple leg-room and not your torso thats the problem, the pedal plate visible in the front trunk, can be spaced into the trunk up to about an inch using a custom spacer. Since this moves all the pedals, I suggest you proceed slowly as brake lines, power booster hoses and the hydraulic clutch are all involved.
Second, if its simple leg-room and not your torso thats the problem, the pedal plate visible in the front trunk, can be spaced into the trunk up to about an inch using a custom spacer. Since this moves all the pedals, I suggest you proceed slowly as brake lines, power booster hoses and the hydraulic clutch are all involved.
You ask if all Panteras, 71-85, have the same interior space. The answer is NO.
All Ford-era Panteras, 71-74, have the same interior space. Sometime after the Ford era, DeTomaso started installing dropped floor pans as standard. Therefore a later-model car will have more headroom. This is a popular modification, so you may find some earlier model cars with the additional headroom as well.
As far as I know, the same footwell problem exists in all cars. On widebody cars it is worse - the front wheelwell protrudes more into the cabin on my GT5-S than it did on the early cars. When I first bought my Pantera I used to drive in my socks, but now I am used to it. I can't wear clunky hiking boots or something, but normal shoes I can wear just fine.
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Charlie McCall
1985 DeTomaso Pantera GT5-S #9375
"Raising Pantera Awareness across Europe"
http://briefcase.yahoo.com/gt5s_1985
All Ford-era Panteras, 71-74, have the same interior space. Sometime after the Ford era, DeTomaso started installing dropped floor pans as standard. Therefore a later-model car will have more headroom. This is a popular modification, so you may find some earlier model cars with the additional headroom as well.
As far as I know, the same footwell problem exists in all cars. On widebody cars it is worse - the front wheelwell protrudes more into the cabin on my GT5-S than it did on the early cars. When I first bought my Pantera I used to drive in my socks, but now I am used to it. I can't wear clunky hiking boots or something, but normal shoes I can wear just fine.
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Charlie McCall
1985 DeTomaso Pantera GT5-S #9375
"Raising Pantera Awareness across Europe"
http://briefcase.yahoo.com/gt5s_1985