[DeTomaso] A Thing of Beauty - My Fresh ZF

Bill Lewis lotus0005 at hotmail.com
Sat Apr 23 16:25:21 EDT 2011


I've always wondered, and thanks to Google - What is a Drophead Coupe?  As far as I can tell, that is a fancy name for a convertible??????





> From: mbefthomas at comcast.net
> To: detomaso at realbig.com
> Date: Fri, 22 Apr 2011 20:06:44 -0700
> Subject: [DeTomaso] A Thing of Beauty - My Fresh ZF
> 
> Got my freshly rebuilt ZF home today, what a thing of beauty.
> 
> Byron Sanborn, Vintage Racing Motors in Redmond Washington, bead-blasted the
> entire case, so it looks brand new.   Probably won't paint it.  Fresh seals
> and gaskets, four new syncros (courtesy of Dennis Quella) and a new (25K
> miles used) ring and pinion.  Black painted end cap and side plates,
> stainless acorns.  All in parts, labor and tax for $3K.
> 
> That's a good deal less than I expected when I found out I needed a new ring
> & pinion.  Can't wait to get it back in the car and head for Reno!
> 
> As I was standing the shop getting the particulars of the ZF work, I'm
> looking at a '74 BMW 2002 Turbo (yes, factory turbo) in racing trim with a
> full flare kit and front air dam, a Facel Vega convertible, a '27 Bentley
> 6.5 Litre drophead coupe, a '57 Jag D Type, a '57 Ferrari Testa Rosa, and an
> early '60's Lotus mid-engine Formula 1 car, all in various states of loving
> attention.  My ZF mechanic says he just finished restoring his own Turbo
> 2002: wanted one ever since he took driving lessons at the 'Ring in Germany
> in one in '76.  This fellow cut his ZF chops as mechanic for the BMW M1
> Racing team in the '80's.  This shop is in the heart of Microsoft
> money-land, and they are doing just fine, thank you very much.  We're lucky
> to have Byron to help us out as you couldn't meet a nicer guy.
> 
> Mike Thomas
> Panteras Northwest
> Yellow 74 L #6328
> 
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