[DeTomaso] Pushbutton
MikeLDrew at aol.com
MikeLDrew at aol.com
Thu Sep 13 10:39:06 EDT 2007
In a message dated 9/13/07 7 00 21, JJD1010 at aol.com writes:
> OK, thanks for the input. We have a local member who just bought the Mark
> Edwards pushbutton, 1089.
>
>>>That's the black one, right? Fascinating car! I love the 'feature' of
having two headlight switches! My guess is that one of them raises and
lowers the buckets and the other turns the lamps on--right?
> It has Euro gauges, single slot wheels, etc. Couple of
> questions for you all:
>
> 1. He has the euro GTS5 3block taillights from the 80's.
>
>>>You mean the Gr4 lights. Euro GT5-S cars came with the Euro lights,
which were the same as the US cars except that the turn signal portion was amber.
> He'd like to make
> it look stock. Would the car originally have had the early euro taillights
> with
> the long red, long yellow, and 2 square lights? And where would he get them?
>
>>>Fortunately the only difference between those and the stock US lights is
the lens. Brand new lenses are readily available from the Pantera vendors,
and stock turn signal buckets are a dime a dozen. And his existing taillights
are worth $400 in good shape, $500 in excellent shape. So he has PLENTY of
headroom to do some quality swapping. I would think just about any Pantera
vendor would be happy to make a straight trade.
>
> 2. What size tires would it have come with?
>
> >>>Original tires are available from Coker tire. The car wore Michelin XWX,
185/70-15 front and 225/70-15 rear.
> >3. What color carpet did those cars come with? It has new gray carpet
> that
> really doesn't look stock.
>
>>>The original carpet was a silver/gray color. I looked high and low
trying to find a modern carpet that matches it, and really wasn't all that
successful. I went with a charcoal, which by the time it got into the car, looks
black. :<(
Mike
**************************************
See what's new at http://www.aol.com
More information about the DeTomaso
mailing list