[DeTomaso] My little repaint project is growing....

Brent Stewart bjbstewart at yahoo.com
Thu Oct 8 14:13:03 EDT 2009


Motor mounts

Boil out / referb the gas tank

Replace fuel lines

Move water bottles

Add a shinny SS firewall! :-)




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From: "michael at michaelshortt.com" <michaelsavga at gmail.com>
To: Charles McCall <charlesmccall at gmail.com>
Cc: detomaso at realbig.com
Sent: Thu, October 8, 2009 11:05:04 AM
Subject: Re: [DeTomaso] My little repaint project is growing....

Well, cheap is relative.

Water Pump

Single belt pulley system

Bulk head reduction kit

A/C conversion

New Clutch

Newe half shaft u joints

Wiring refurb.

Move the MSD box and other ignition items to front boot
and lower battery in the box underneath it.

Oil Cooler

?????

Top of my head...

Michael Shortt

On Thu, Oct 8, 2009 at 1:44 PM, Charles McCall <charlesmccall at gmail.com>wrote:

> I dropped my car off in Galicia (8 hours away) a few weeks ago for what I
> hoped would be some minor bodywork and a re-paint. Like most things
> Pantera,
> it is becoming more complicated.
>
>
>
> The rocker panels on my car got crunched several years back by a careless
> tire shop. Not only that, after stripping the paint it appears as though
> some of the metal is bad, and there are some broken brackets and things
> that
> need welding. The gas tank got dented when the rocker panel got crunched.
> The body guy is nervous about welding right next to the gas tank, so it
> looks like the engine is coming out, since you can't pull the gas tank with
> the engine in place.
>
>
>
> The bright side is that this will give me a chance to repair the oil leaks
> that have sprung up. My question is what else should I do while the engine
> is out? It's the first time the engine has ever been out of the car (it was
> rebuilt twice with the engine in place (!!??) and I hope it's the last! No,
> I don't plan to paint the engine compartment, but are there any other
> maintenance tasks that are infinitely easier sans-engine?
>
>
>
> Thanks!
>
>
>
>
>
> Charles McCall
>
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