[DeTomaso] Before Paint - Frame & Body Stress cracks

[Curt Hall]

Ah Hell Dawg...
 
Just paint the damn thing the RIGHT color WHITE and be done with it!!! Baw ha ha ha
 
Flame suit on 
Curt

--- On Wed, 10/21/09, Mad Dog Antenucci <teampantera at yahoo.com> wrote:


From: Mad Dog Antenucci <teampantera at yahoo.com>
Subject: Re: [DeTomaso] Before Paint - Frame & Body Stress cracks
To: "bill gaino" <gaino at earthlink.net>, "Ken Green" <kenn_green at yahoo.com>, detomaso at realbig.com
Date: Wednesday, October 21, 2009, 12:58 PM


Thanks Wild Bill...frame has added reinforced  windshield posts and frame gusseting, but still expect to find new areas before we are done. 

After 40+ open road races the pantera still flexes enough to  occasionally reshape the quarter panels on good hits. Dick Drenske hasn't figured out a way to idiot proof this 
problem ;-]> 

He is working on a re-design of adding a safety "break-away" cockpit. On collision or on getting too much 'air' on dips and hills the entire rear area of the Pantera including the engine, ZF and everything behind the safety cockpit break off  while the front end and the cockpit area safely slide across the finish line on little emergency wheels and speed rated tires which are of course on hydraulics so I can 'jump-it' it SoCal style across finish line.  ;-]> 

Mad Dawg Antenucci 
Team Pantera Racing 
The 1st & still the only vintage race team in open road racing 
www.teampanteraracing.com




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From: bill gaino <gaino at earthlink.net>
To: Ken Green <kenn_green at yahoo.com>; detomaso at realbig.com; Mad Dog Antenucci <teampantera at yahoo.com>
Sent: Wed, October 21, 2009 12:19:42 PM
Subject: Re: [DeTomaso] Before Paint - Frame & Body Stress cracks

I use a 3 point rollbar and I still got cracks at the rear roof where the deck comes off...(just kidding) I mean the outer corners of the roof. And the front of the top windshield post. If you have it took apart, welding up and enforcing those places will at least make the paint look better. I'm sure your car has tubes all over the place to minimize flex. Front Porch Bill 1362

-----Original Message-----
>From: Ken Green <kenn_green at yahoo.com>
>Sent: Oct 21, 2009 3:10 PM
>To: detomaso at realbig.com, Mad Dog Antenucci <teampantera at yahoo.com>
>Subject: Re: [DeTomaso] Before Paint - Frame & Body Stress cracks
>
>Dennis,
> 
>    Did you have all the sheet metal "doublers" (right name) welded over the weak seams?  I think Quella sells a set?
> 
>Ken
>
>--- On Wed, 10/21/09, Mad Dog Antenucci <teampantera at yahoo.com> wrote:
>
>
>From: Mad Dog Antenucci <teampantera at yahoo.com>
>Subject: [DeTomaso] Before Paint - Frame & Body Stress cracks
>To: detomaso at realbig.com
>Date: Wednesday, October 21, 2009, 9:06 AM
>
>
>Getting Pantera ready for paint...we are not seeing any stress cracks on frame or chassis yet but did see a crack on left taillight housing area. 
>
>Aain what other areas need to be checked. 
> 
>Mad Dawg Antenucci 
>Team Pantera Racing 
>The 1st & still the only vintage race team in open road racing 
>www.teampanteraracing.com
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