[DeTomaso] Roll Bars - Opening for Nebraska Sand Hills Road Race - august 7-9, 2008

[Chuck Adkinson]

When I had my Pantera dipped a few years ago I observed up close how strong
the car seemed to be. After I had backed it into the shop, we unstrapped it
from the trailer and I then became distracted by something else. A few
seconds later I looked back at the car and it was hanging from a fork lift.
"Holy sh_t Batman!" came to mind as I waited for the windshield posts to
give way and watch the car crash to the concrete. It didn't. Obviously most
of the weight of the car is aft of the posts but I was surprised by the way
they picked it up. The boss told me they had picked up many Pantera's
exactly the same way and never had a failure. Probably not for everyone but
it worked for me.

http://pantera.ws/Tough.htm

http://www.americanmetalcleaninginc.com/services/automotiveservices.html


Chuck Adkinson




-----Original Message-----
From: detomaso-bounces at realbig.com [mailto:detomaso-bounces at realbig.com] On
Behalf Of JDeRyke at aol.com
Sent: Thursday, June 12, 2008 5:00 PM
To: teampantera at yahoo.com; Detomaso at realbig.com
Subject: Re: [DeTomaso] Roll Bars - Opening for Nebraska Sand Hills Road
Race - august 7-9, 2008

In a message dated 6/11/08 3:14:02 PM, teampantera at yahoo.com writes:

In a roll over condition you don't want to be wearing a Ricky (Mikey) Racer
4 
or 5-point harness without a roll bar or cage to keep your head and neck off

the asphalt or dirt.

Correct. Some sanctioning bodies won't let cars without roll bars compete 
using 4-or 5-point harnesses, just for this reason. There are times when its

smart to head for the basement..... Having said that, I find the Pantera to
be one 
of the most surviveable sportscar designs ever built -with stock belts- in 
spite of the wimpy-looking front windshield posts. FWIW- J DeRyke
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