[DeTomaso] Carbon decklid, hood and wing for Pantera - made in Sweden
Ken Green
kenn_green at yahoo.com
Sun Jul 20 20:10:24 EDT 2008
Mike,
A while back someone talked about carbon graphite decks made in Europe which were made in an autoclave (SP?). I think that's a whole different game, more expensive, but also stronger for the same weight, or lighter.
Ken
--- On Sun, 7/20/08, MikeLDrew at aol.com <MikeLDrew at aol.com> wrote:
> From: MikeLDrew at aol.com <MikeLDrew at aol.com>
> Subject: Re: [DeTomaso] Carbon decklid, hood and wing for Pantera - made in Sweden
> To: joernco at online.no, detomaso at realbig.com
> Date: Sunday, July 20, 2008, 2:13 PM
> 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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