[DeTomaso] Carbon decklid, hood and wing for Pantera - made in Sweden

[Göran Malmberg]

They claim the weight to be 6,6p for a rear lid!!!
Anyother fabrication that will beat this number?
Understand if there is a certain flexibility then.
Goran
----- Original Message ----- 
From: <MikeLDrew at aol.com>
To: <joernco at online.no>; <detomaso at realbig.com>
Sent: Sunday, July 20, 2008 11:13 PM
Subject: Re: [DeTomaso] Carbon decklid,hood and wing for Pantera - made in 
Sweden


> Geoff Peters had an early prototype of the front hood on his Pantera.   It 
> is
> exceptionally well-made in terms of shape, fit and design.   He got an 
> early
> prototype which was a lemon, in that the carbon fiber wasn't laid up 
> properly,
> and the hood was flexible, like it was made of rubber! :>)
>
> They promise to send him a proper one soon, i.e. this week or next I 
> think.
>
> Shipping to the UK from England was so expensive that he found it cheaper 
> to
> buy a round-trip ticket, fly in and pick it up and then check it as 
> luggage
> and bring it back.   Few airlines would accept the package due to its 
> size; he
> had to fly SAS (Scandanavian Air Systems) who were more willing to work 
> with
> him.
>
> These would be cost-prohibitive to ship to the USA; fortunately Larry 
> Stock
> is making carbon fiber and fiberglass parts now that are of equal if not
> superior design and quality.   Wilkinson and PI have also been offering 
> similar
> units for years (all three shops have the same person in Reno manufacture 
> their
> respective parts, interestingly!)
>
> Mike
>
>
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