[DeTomaso] No parts inventory today....

[MikeLDrew at aol.com]

P.S.   I will say that my parts stash did make itself known on more than 
one occasion.

The car was equipped with one of those made-in-China "De Tomaso" clutch 
master cylinders; the reservoir is rather generic and the threads didn't match 
my pressure bleeder adapter which is set up for stock masters.

So I dove into one of the parts rooms (I now have two bedrooms of my house 
completely dedicated to storing Pantera parts!) and came up with a used M/C 
with an excellent reservoir; a bit of presto-chango and it was installed on 
the unit in the car.   (I also have at least 2-3 brand new reservoirs in the 
original Ford boxes, but in this instance a good used one was more than 
adequate).

Late in the afternoon I noted that this 1971 Pantera was still equipped 
with a half-height quarter panel splash shield, and as always happens, rust was 
starting to appear in the front of the left quarter panel as a result.   By 
coincidence, from my parts stash I had a brand new late-style quarter panel 
splash shield, part number D26Y 6328371A, "Shield, Quarter Panel Splash", 
still in the original box, invoiced to Joe Kerley L-M on 9/06/78.   A deal 
was done on the spot and the thing was installed (and there's a funny story 
there I'll tell later sometime).

Interestingly, these beasties are pretty expensive; Wilkinson's site shows 
a price of $220.19!   For a splash shield?   Needless to say, Lori got a 
*much* better deal than that!

Okay, time for bed!

Mike


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