[DeTomaso] 71's are a crapshoot to match parts...agree or disagree

[Curt Hall]

So what your saying is...it just depends on how much wine the works had for lunch, as to which pile of parts he grabbed from! Too much Wine and your car got a part from the closest pile! As long as it worked good enough! LOL

--- On Thu, 4/28/11, Sean Korb <spkorb at gmail.com> wrote:


From: Sean Korb <spkorb at gmail.com>
Subject: Re: [DeTomaso] 71's are a crapshoot to match parts...agree or disagree
To: "Rob Dumoulin" <rob at dumoulins.net>
Cc: "pantera list" <detomaso at realbig.com>
Date: Thursday, April 28, 2011, 2:32 PM


Agree for some, disagree for others.  The -1 and -2 transmissions were
both available in '71, so it could be a crap shoot.  Aluminum gas
tanks vs steel, square vs round bumperettes, vented vs solid rotors,
various stainless trim pieces... but some differences if known at the
outset can make matching things up easier.  I think every Pantera in
the '70s had the same R&P steering and column and the same
master/booster and many more commonalities than differences.

sean

On Thu, Apr 28, 2011 at 5:14 PM, Rob Dumoulin <rob at dumoulins.net> wrote:
> First of all, thanks to everybody that helped me source the M22 plug for the
> side of my ZF. I got one from NAPA this morning.....but....it's not an M22
> like my vendor said. It only cost me a quart of tranny oil on my garage
> floor to determine the hole is larger than an M22. I put the top plug on the
> side and now have this nifty looking periscope on the top of my Ziff, but I
> was able to mount my driver side tranny mount. I've drilled out the broken
> lower sway bar mount and noticed that with the driver side mount installed,
> the passenger side mount is about 1/4 inch off center.  Looks like I'll be
> making these mounts "adjustable".
>
> The vendor states all the '71s are a crap shoot to get parts to fit. Agree
> or Disagree?
>
> --
> Rob
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