[DeTomaso] window glass

Doug Braun doug at silicondesigns.com
Thu Oct 29 12:31:11 EDT 2009


Chris,

	What did he tell you about the tint of the glass?

Doug

-----Original Message-----
From: detomaso-bounces at realbig.com
[mailto:detomaso-bounces at realbig.com]On Behalf Of Christopher Kimball
Sent: Wednesday, October 28, 2009 8:28 AM
To: Pantera List Serve
Subject: [DeTomaso] window glass

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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