[DeTomaso] Pantera Steering Rack Interchange Ferrari 308

[Mike Drew]

Julian,

I am helping a GT5 owner whose rack was totally shot. It was rebuilt by a vendor at a cost of $400 but it failed almost immediately. The GT5 rack is different from the early Pantera rack; it appears to be the same as the 80's Ferrari Testarossa. Those suckers cost $1500 or more. But the Pantera uses adapters to adapt the TR rack; the GT5 appears to be set up to accept an old school Pantera rack, and the TR rack looks like a kluge. 

Believing the original 308 rack is the same as the Pantera rack, I ordered one a few days ago from the link you just listed. It arrived today but I haven't had time to compare it with the early Pantera rack I have here. I haven't even opened the box. 

I am going to do a detailed comparison this weekend and post the results. 

I do know that some 308s use a rack with similar internals but a completely different housing. But apparently others are the same as ours and the eBay ad makes me think this is going to work perfectly. 

Mike

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On Feb 21, 2014, at 21:12, Julian Kift <julian_kift at hotmail.com> wrote:

>   There are references to the Pantera steering rack being the same as the
>   Ferrari 308, but also references that the 308 can have different
>   steering racks. Searching I found guys at Ferrari chat having purchased
>   kits from Pantera vendors to rebuild their racks.
>   Anyone know if the Pantera rack is interchangeable with the Ferrari
>   308?
>   This is the reason for the question, very cheap if it fits and may even
>   be worth the $215 to find out.
>   [1]http://tinyurl.com/pqtl28t
>   Julian
> 
> References
> 
>   1. http://tinyurl.com/pqtl28t
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