I hear you, Ray. I'm in an IM (which sits deeper than a pan car), with Fibersteel seats and Spyder (thin) padding, mounted with the seat-base on the floor, and tipped back like I'm in a Saturn rocket. I sit behind the windshield-- I did not when the car was delivered, even though I worked at length with Henry to get his seat shells to sit as low as possible. Getting it like this took a lot of fab-work, and no small amount of money.
I love it. My wife said it feels like being 4 years old, and not being able to see over the dashboard.
The Spyders are just so very, very cool.