[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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