[DeTomaso] Pantera Steering Rack Interchange Ferrari 308

[Julian Kift]

Thomas,
 
My GT5 is an early one, #9178. It has the cam gear rack, old style heater and handbrake position. From what I can determien a transition started around 1983, first the heater panel to the Maserati unit, then the handbrake location and maybe the rack at this time? as De Tomaso propbably started running out of old Ford parts on the shelf.
 
Julian
 
> Date: Mon, 24 Feb 2014 07:42:38 +0100
> From: thomas at hax.se
> To: MikeLDrew at aol.com
> CC: julian_kift at hotmail.com; detomaso at poca.com
> Subject: Re: [DeTomaso] Pantera Steering Rack Interchange Ferrari 308
> 
> 2014-02-24 05:23, MikeLDrew at aol.com skrev:
> >
> > In a message dated 2/22/14 2 33 58, thomas at hax.se writes:
> >
> >
> >> I just checked some photos from the rebuild and the rack is a Cam Gears
> >> rack, which is the old Pantera rack, right?
> >
> >
> >  >>>Correct.  When you see photos of a "GT5" rack from a later car, you
> > will see they look very different.
> 
> So what is considered a "later car" (GT5)? Mine is one of the late 
> (#9321) cars, but apparently there are differences there too, not
> 
> What SN is your GT5 Julian, and is your rack a TRW unit?
> 
> 
> >
> > Mike
> 
> Cheers,
> Thomas
> 
 		 	   		  
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   Thomas,

   My GT5 is an early one, #9178. It has the cam gear rack, old style
   heater and handbrake position. From what I can determien a transition
   started around 1983, first the heater panel to the Maserati unit, then
   the handbrake location and maybe the rack at this time? as De Tomaso
   propbably started running out of old Ford parts on the shelf.

   Julian

   > Date: Mon, 24 Feb 2014 07:42:38 +0100
   > From: thomas at hax.se
   > To: MikeLDrew at aol.com
   > CC: julian_kift at hotmail.com; detomaso at poca.com
   > Subject: Re: [DeTomaso] Pantera Steering Rack Interchange Ferrari 308
   >
   > 2014-02-24 05:23, MikeLDrew at aol.com skrev:
   > >
   > > In a message dated 2/22/14 2 33 58, thomas at hax.se writes:
   > >
   > >
   > >> I just checked some photos from the rebuild and the rack is a Cam
   Gears
   > >> rack, which is the old Pantera rack, right?
   > >
   > >
   > > >>>Correct. When you see photos of a "GT5" rack from a later car,
   you
   > > will see they look very different.
   >
   > So what is considered a "later car" (GT5)? Mine is one of the late
   > (#9321) cars, but apparently there are differences there too, not
   >
   > What SN is your GT5 Julian, and is your rack a TRW unit?
   >
   >
   > >
   > > Mike
   >
   > Cheers,
   > Thomas
   >