[DeTomaso] First Mangusta assembly question. (I'm proud of myself!)

[steven.liebenow at att.net]

Jay,

As well as an ill fitting grommet, there is crack prone vinyl tubing of sorts that the wires are run thru.... Not a very glamorous solution, but then they really only had to run 3 or 4 wires thru it!  (Two for window motor and 1 or 2 for door open light).

Lemmeno and I can send you a picture of what it is...you may want it to  look better.  I've seen some interesting solutions in the hot rod catalogs!

Ciao!
Steve
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From: JDeRyke at aol.com
>
>  "I have really been resisting asking questions on this list. I have been 
> trying to be more helpful than needy, but when you are trying to reassemble a 
> car that was disassembled in 1974....well some things just have more 
> questions than answers.
> Right now I have reassembled the doors after painting, and I need to 
> know how are the power window wires covered on your Mangusta or Pantera as 
> they traverse the gap between the doorjamb and the body? Is there an 
> accordion booty or anything beside just an ill-fitting grommet?"
> 
> James, what you need to do is bypass all of us non-Mangusta owners on the 
> Forum, and contact Steve Liebenow- The Mangusta Guru- in Santa Clara, CA for 
> details like this. 'Gooses are SO different in most respects from Panteras, 
> that inevitably we'll lead you down blind alleys trying to reassemble the 
> thing correctly. Currently, Steve is rebuilding the aft end frame members of 
> his '69, after doing just what you are doing to a basket-case 'Goose, except 
> he did his reassembly15 yrs ago, knows the machine inside and out, drove it 
> thousands of miles and the saga continues today... I copied Steve on this as 
> he still works for a living and doesn't monitor the List much.   Good luck- 
> J Deryke
>