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

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See if this will give you any ideas:

http://www.rc-tech.net/pantera1/index.htm


> Motor mounts
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> Boil out / referb the gas tank
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> Replace fuel lines
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> Move water bottles
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> 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
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> Single belt pulley system
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> Bulk head reduction kit
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> A/C conversion
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> New Clutch
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> Newe half shaft u joints
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> Wiring refurb.
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> Move the MSD box and other ignition items to front boot
> and lower battery in the box underneath it.
>
> Oil Cooler
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> ?????
>
> Top of my head...
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> 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
>>
>> 1985 DeTomaso Pantera GT5-S #9375
>>
>> "Raising Pantera Awareness Across Europe"
>>
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