[DeTomaso] A Thing of Beauty - My Fresh ZF

[michael@michaelshortt.com]

Exactly. see the jaguar xk120 thru 160 model variants.

michael shortt
On Apr 23, 2011 4:58 PM, "Tomas Gunnarsson" <guson at home.se> wrote:
> I think it was a term used to distinguish between drop top cars with and
> without side windows etc which would make a drophead coupe more like a
coupe
> with the top up than a roadster would be.
>
> Tomas
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> Subject: Re: [DeTomaso] A Thing of Beauty - My Fresh ZF
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> 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??????
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>> 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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