[DeTomaso] Fantastic fiberglass Pantera parts score

[michael@michaelshortt.com]

Just make one big body and build a funny car, THAT would be fun!

Michael in Savannah

Seriously, you could build a kick ass GT-1 SCCA racer if you just built it
like a Ferrari 250LM or an original GT-40.

Use pins and pop the front and back clips on and off, the doors would use
Zeus Fasteners.
You could have the best of everything on a killer tube frame and still have
a classic look to your toy.




On Sat, Mar 8, 2008 at 9:20 PM, <JDeRyke at aol.com> wrote:

> In a message dated 3/7/08 10:37:03 PM, johnmckee at cox.net writes:
>
> > A carbon fiber Mangusta....... I can see hours of day dreaming coming
> on.
> >
> It would seem so, but I suggest you not be the first to try building
> one....
> I inspected the molds while we sorted them into 'known', 'unknown' and
> 'possible GM' piles; one appeared to be a mold for a Corvette Grand Sport
> hood while
> others might be Can-Am/Trans-Am race car parts. Look for an in-depth
> report
> with photos in your POCA Newsletter. Larry was told that no body was ever
> pulled
> from the 'Goose mold so no one really knows what "adjustments" might need
> to
> be made on that unused 6-piece mold (+ 4 more for doors & deck wings).
> Second,
> the complete 'glas bodies (a Pantera L, a GT-5 Pantera and a Mangusta)
> have
> no frames, nor did Long & Newman's frame jigs come with the mold
> collection. As
> someone who once built a fiberglas roadster from only a body shell, I can
> tell you it is a real exercise to mount any body-shell on any chassis and
> have
> door and hood/deck openings line up correctly. Scratch-building a frame
> for 4-
> wheel IR suspension with good geometry & handling is even more difficult.
> Can't
> remember what suspension parts Long & Newman used on their proprietary
> square-tube frame for the few V-8 kits they built, but I'm pretty sure it
> was GM.
> IMHO, the hundred or so molds for the many bolt-on parts for Panteras will
> make
> valuable additions to the world DeTomaso parts inventory. The body tubs
> will
> be less so IMHO. FWIW- J DeRyke
>
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