[DeTomaso] Driving Lights

[Dave]

Hmmm.....A long time ago I mounted aircraft landing lights behind a grill.  They were great to move someone out of the fast lane. Everything turned to daylight.  Would light up the tops of trees 1/4 mile away. It was a hell of a relay system. Illegal, yeah but it did not matter. The good old days.
IndyDave

-----Original Message-----
From: MikeLDrew at aol.com [mailto:MikeLDrew at aol.com] 
Sent: Saturday, April 19, 2014 1:09 PM
To: michael at michaelshortt.com; detomaso at poca.com
Subject: Re: [DeTomaso] Driving Lights


In a message dated 4/19/14 9 26 51, michael at michaelshortt.com writes:


> Not permanent. Just going for the rally look for this event.
> 

>>>Here is one in a Spanish rally years ago:

http://driverphoto.foroactivo.com/t390-detomaso-pantera-en-un-rallye-madrile
no-fuertes-fuertes

And here are before-and-after shots taken in period of a Gr3 car that rallied in Italy:

http://www.motorforum.it/rid/image_files_07/De_Tomaso_Pantera.jpg

Note in the second photo, the original spoiler has been replaced with a home-made kluge with brake cooling ducts, the bumpers are gone, turn signals jammed into the holes intended for L-model bumpers....

...come to think of it, it's quite possible this is not two photos of the 
same car, but rather, two different cars.   They are very similar, to be 
sure, but the transition from Pre-L to L model front end and the different paint scheme arouses suspicion....

Anyway, it seems the light cluster is probably bolted to the hood, not an optimal solution for you.

Here's a factory Gr4 car shown on the Giro d'Italia (Italy's version of the Tour de France Auto) which shows the twin round light configuration the Gr4 cars used for night running:

http://www.racecarsdirect.com/listing/43480/1972_de_tomaso_pantera_gr4_ex_wo
rks.html

Mike