[DeTomaso] window glass

[Dave McManus]

Chris,
Based on what I paid for the Taurus motors, you could buy 14 of them for the
$177. You would never have to worry about not finding a Taurus replacement
motor, and still have $177 in your pocket.
IndyDave

-----Original Message-----
From: Curt Hall [mailto:cuvee at sbcglobal.net] 
Sent: Thursday, October 29, 2009 1:58 AM
To: Pantera List Serve; Christopher Kimball
Subject: Re: [DeTomaso] window glass

Chris...
 
How many Panteras are still running 37 year old window motors (slow or not)
and we can still get a stock replacement. How many Taurus's were made with
twice the doors??? LOL I don't think finding a new or used Taurus window
motor will be a problem in the Future! Hell if a new window motor, Taurus or
not lasts another 37 years, let the new owning deal with it! LOL
 
Curt 
 
--- On Wed, 10/28/09, Christopher Kimball <chrisvkimball at msn.com> wrote:


From: Christopher Kimball <chrisvkimball at msn.com>
Subject: [DeTomaso] window glass
To: "Pantera List Serve" <detomaso at realbig.com>
Date: Wednesday, October 28, 2009, 9:27 AM



I just spoke to Dave (I think it was) at Panteras by Wilkenson.  He has side
window glass without the Pantera logo which he's selling for $110!  That's
almost a third the price I've seen.  He said they were made without the logo
by accident and that's why they're so inexpensive.  I've been waiting a long
time to replace the driver's side window in my Pantera which was scratched
by the previous owner replacing the cat whiskers incorrectly.



He and I also discussed the window motor.  He has new, bolt-in replacements
for $177, which seems like a lot of money to me.  He said they are faster
than the originals.  I asked him about the Taurus motor retrofit, and he
said that after modifying the mechanism to get that to work, if Taurus
motors ever became unavailable, one would have to buy an entire new window
mechanism to get it to work again with the stock motor.  Currently my motor
seems to work OK, although a bit slow, so I'm not sure if it's worth buying
a new motor just because I want to save the labor of having to take the door
apart twice in case the original motor breaks two weeks after I've replaced
the glass!



Any thoughts on the window motor discussion?  I know there's been a lot of
talk on the forum about window motors, but I just wondered if there had ever
been a final, satisfactory solution.



Thanks,



Chris
                          
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