[DeTomaso] GT5-S Targa Info Request of 2/7/14 - RE: DeTomaso Digest, Vol 116, Issue 25

Montana@montanas.com montana at montanas.com
Thu Feb 27 18:07:43 EST 2014


2/27/14
All,
I own an Amerisport GT5-S titled as a 1997 / VIN #: A9PN8740HD111017
I am requesting any information available about the "Targa" conversion.
Thanks,
Ken Montana
Biloxi, MS 228-832-1313 / montana at montanas.com


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Sent: Tuesday, February 25, 2014 1:00 PM
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Today's Topics:

   1. Re: Si hub carrier - retrofit? (Julian Kift)
   
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Message: 1
Date: Mon, 24 Feb 2014 11:05:51 -0800
From: Julian Kift <julian_kift at hotmail.com>
To: "MikeLDrew at aol.com" <mikeldrew at aol.com>, Charles McCall
	<charlesmccall at gmail.com>
Cc: De Tomaso List <detomaso at poca.com>, Mike Thomas
	<mbefthomas at comcast.net>
Subject: Re: [DeTomaso] Si hub carrier - retrofit?
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The name Olaf Roks rings a bell, didn't he come over to teh US and view some
Pantera's for himself?
 
Simon sent me a photo yesterday of his Lamborghinin Dianblo SV loaded on a
trailer and headed off for sale!
 
Julian
 
> CC: julian_kift at hotmail.com; mbefthomas at comcast.net; detomaso at poca.com
> From: MikeLDrew at aol.com
> Subject: Re: [DeTomaso] Si hub carrier - retrofit?
> Date: Mon, 24 Feb 2014 10:51:47 -0800
> To: charlesmccall at gmail.com
> 
> Charlie,
> 
> Simon has a whole pile of Panteras. :)
> 
> He has two of the 12 GT5-S Pavesi Targas. You saw the white one at Spa.
His red one was modified by a prior owner with Si-look front and rear
bodywork, so he is continuing the conversion by fitting Si suspension,
brakes and wheels. 
> 
> I was wrong--the parts didn't come off the wrecked car, they were just De
Tomaso spares. 
> 
> Simon also has a black Si that was also at Spa. 
> 
> He used to own the gold Si targa that we saw at Le Mans. He sold that to
his friend Alexander Oet. Alexander actually owned it when we saw it. Simon
was driving his Iso Grifo, the orange one that was parked in the De Tomaso
enclosure. 
> 
> Simon bought a yellow Pantera L in Arizona while attending the fun rally,
but he has already sold that to a guy named Olaf Roks. Simon also recently
completed the ground up restoration of a yellow Mangusta. He just bought an
ERA GT40 last week and is looking for a Longchamp. 
> 
> Yeah, his life sucks! :)
> 
> Mike
> 
> Sent from my iPhone
> 
> On Feb 24, 2014, at 10:23, Charles McCall <charlesmccall at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> > Simon has a white (86?) GT5-S Pavesi, and a gold SI Pavesi, right? The
Gold
> > Si is a conversion and isn't one of the 4 Pavesi Sis? Or has the white
car
> > been converted "under the skin"? 
> > 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: DeTomaso [mailto:detomaso-bounces at poca.com] On Behalf Of Julian
Kift
> > Sent: lunes, 24 de febrero de 2014 18:52
> > To: Mike Thomas; MikeLDrew at aol.com; De Tomaso List
> > Subject: Re: [DeTomaso] Si hub carrier - retrofit?
> > 
> > I think that answer is yes, as long as you have an earlier wide body
car.
> > Simon Vels has a GT5S Pavesi Targa converted to Si specs, he said the
a-arms
> > fit, but shocks and sway bar need to be the earlier GT5S (same as std
> > Panetra) varaints, not Si.
> > 
> > The a-arms wouldn't be hard to fabricate (and potentially cheaper) if
you
> > could get ahold of the hubs. the question is were they unique to the Si
or
> > borrowed from some other vehicle?
> > 
> > Julian
> > 
> >> From: mbefthomas at comcast.net
> >> To: MikeLDrew at aol.com; detomaso at poca.com
> >> Date: Mon, 24 Feb 2014 08:35:08 -0800
> >> Subject: Re: [DeTomaso] Si hub carrier - retrofit?
> >> 
> >> So, if you were to go to a wheel with the appropriate offset, could
these
> > A
> >> arms/rear hub carrier be used on an earlier car?  Not cheap, granted,
but
> > I
> >> would suspect a significant improvement in handling with the longer
> > radius.
> >> 
> >> Mike Thomas
> >> VP, POCA
> >> VP, Panteras Northwest
> >> Yellow '74 #6328
> >> 





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