[DeTomaso] FW: Pantera Starter

[Christopher Kimball]

Here's some info a fellow Pantera owner sent me.  I thought some of you might find it intersting.

Chris
#3846

> Subject: Re: Pantera Starter
> To: george.graupner at prudential.com
> CC: chrisvkimball at msn.com
> From: chris.kimball at prudential.com
> Date: Mon, 5 Nov 2007 10:15:44 -0800
> 
> Thanks for the info--I'll keep it for my own future use and pass it along
> to the club members.
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> Sincerely,
> 
> Chris
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> Hi Chris;   Was good talking to you at the meeting.  Sounds like you are
> having fun with the Pantera and the guys in that club over there.   As I
> told you,  I got tired of the starter in my car getting weak when hot, and
> it was so damn embarrassing to have it slowly grind and start....or not
> start in a car show or always at a time when a lot of people were standing
> around it.    The stock Ford starter in these things is a model 3132.....at
> least mine was!   My son worked for a company here in Spokane who buys
> things from an outfit called  Auto Electric Products Co.  6316  E.
> Springfield Ave    Spokane, Wa  99212.   Phone 509 536 8116   Fax is 509
> 5368118.   I bought one of the reduction drive starters from them and I got
> it for  105.00, and that was with a  discount for B and B Trucking.   I
> don't know what the regular price is, but maybe if you talk to them they
> would give you the same discount, and even have it shipped direct to you.
> These starters end all the troubles and are a lot easier to put in, since
> they are light and small.   This starter has a Solenoid built onto it,
> where the stock ford  3132 does not.   Therefore, you need to get the kit
> P84-114 which is really nothing but directions and wiring to bypass the
> solenoid thats mounted up on the firewall behind the passenger seat, on the
> engine side.   Its 7.02 with the discount.   The starter number that I got
> from these guys is 3223N on the invoice.   Its a lot better than the 350 or
> higher cost starters that the aftermarket sells, and works just as well.
> It spins it over real well, hot or cold.  I am tickled.   Give the guy a
> call and tell him that on  10 4 2007  I bought mine under invoice 22649 for
> a total of 121.65 and tell him you have the same situation and maybe they
> will give you that price.   I don't know how you will get it, but they had
> to order mine, so they could probably have it shipped to you anyhow.   If
> not, a few extra bucks for shipping would work, or I could pick it up and
> keep it until you can get here.  I am coming to the compliance meeting and
> could bring it, but they probably wouldn't let me take it on the plane,
> because they probably would think I was going to throw it a the pilot or
> something.......HA!      Feel free to share this with the club members.
> Almost everyone I know with a Pantera cusses the starter.
> 
> Thanks,   Gary    509 926 5734
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