[DeTomaso] Oklahoma Pantera radiator party

[Will Demelo]

Pantera Brotherhood. Gotta love it!
Will
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Cunnyngham, Christopher B (HSC)" <CHRISTOPHER-CUNNYNGHAM at OUHSC.EDU>
To: <detomaso at realbig.com>
Sent: Sunday, January 30, 2011 12:40 AM
Subject: [DeTomaso] Oklahoma Pantera radiator party


> I'd just like to recognize and thank my Oklahoma Pantera brain trust for a 
> job well done.
>
> A few weeks ago my aluminum radiator sprung a leak.  After a good deal of 
> research I decided to go with a Fluidyne replacement from Precision 
> Proformance.  Bob was very helpful in our email and phone correspondence 
> and delivered a good product.  I've got the OEM pusher fans and a single 
> aftermarket puller fan.  As my car hasn't had any overheating problems I 
> decided to keep this 3 fan set up in the original straight up orientation.
>
> Chuck Engles, Jim Gray and Todd Reid (and son) spent 6 hours of a 
> beautiful Saturday afternoon toiling in my garage.  Without too much 
> fanfare we were able to remove the original radiator.  We then found the 
> dimensions of the original and new Fluidyne were just slightly different, 
> such that the mounting bracket for my 3rd fan would not fit.  Todd and Jim 
> were able to alter that bracket to fit the new radiator.  With some 
> modification to the side grommets we were able to drop in the new 
> radiator.  Initial te
> sting indicates all is functioning well.
>
> Another HUGE bonus was Todd's success in removing a stubborn plug so that 
> I could transfer my temp sender from the coolant tank to the block.  This 
> bolt clearly hadn't moved in the 38 year life of the block and had been 
> quite resistant to my efforts over the past 2 weeks.  Todd pulled a few 
> tricks out of his bag... and it only required one trip to NAPA.  The plug 
> is out and the temp sender is in.
>
> Thanks again, fellas.  I owe you all.
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