[DeTomaso] Pantera Space Saver Spare

[Will Kooiman]

It is much more likely a normal Campy rim with a different space saver
tire.

Some people just like polishing rims.
--
Will





On 7/29/14 7:03 AM, "michael at michaelshortt.com"
<michael at michaelshortt.com> wrote:

>   ?
>
>   What about the highly polished lip?
>
>   Michael Shortt
>
>   On Jul 29, 2014 3:22 AM, "Tomas Gunnarsson" <[1]guson at home.se> wrote:
>
>     A  A To me that looks like how a 7" rim would sit on the trunk
>     floor. What
>     A  A makes you think it's narrowed? In my trunk I have a 4.5" rim on
>     top of
>     A  A a 3.5-4" box and still have room for some stuff on top of the
>     wheel.
>     A  A Tomas
>     A  A <-----Ursprungligt Meddelande----->
>     A  A  A  A From: Mike Drew via DeTomaso [[2]detomaso at poca.com]
>     A  A Sent: 29/7/2014 2:52:55 AM
>     A  A To:
>     [3]cengles at cox.net;[4]mgreene at hiwaay.net;[5]detomaso at poca.com
>     A  A Subject: Re: [DeTomaso] Pantera Space Saver Spare
>     A  A In a message dated 7/28/14 14 52 53, [6]cengles at cox.net writes:
>     A  A >
>     A  A >
>     A  A > A  A  A  A  A  A  A  A  Thanks for the info. A It has been so
>     long since I
>     A  A have
>     A  A > looked at a spare, I can't recall if there is one or two
>     valve
>     A  A stems. A I
>     A  A > assumed that all SSSpares were same size. A Obviously wrong.
>     A  Oh,
>     A  A well. If
>     A  A > it wasn't complicated, then it would less interesting.
>     A  A >
>     A  A >>>They originally had a single, conventional stem (1971 and
>     early
>     A  A 1972).
>     A  A Later there was a recall by BFG because people were
>     overinflating the
>     A  A tires, which would blow off the rim and injure (kill?) them.
>     BFG
>     A  A retrofitted a
>     A  A new metal stem which had a pressure relief valve built in (not
>     'two
>     A  A valve
>     A  A stems', strictly speaking).
>     A  A Customers were first notified via certified letter of the
>     recall; if
>     A  A they
>     A  A didn't respond, BFG then sent them a postcard (see attached).
>     A  A Later Panteras came from the factory with the metal valve stem.
>     A  A Cheers!
>     A  A Mike
>     A  A P.S. If you want to see something crazy from back in the day,
>     here's a
>     A  A photo of a Pantera where the owner had a 15x7 Campagnolo
>     magnesium
>     A  A wheel
>     A  A narrowed to 15x5 (?????) and fitted with a 15-inch space-saver
>     spare!
>     A
>     A [7]http://www.clubcobra.com/photopost/data/500/medium/10170spare_L
>     arge_.jp
>     A  A g
>     A  A Don't ask me how....????
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>References
>
>   1. mailto:guson at home.se
>   2. mailto:detomaso at poca.com
>   3. mailto:cengles at cox.net
>   4. mailto:mgreene at hiwaay.net
>   5. mailto:detomaso at poca.com
>   6. mailto:cengles at cox.net
>   7. 
>http://www.clubcobra.com/photopost/data/500/medium/10170spare_Large_.jp
>   8. mailto:DeTomaso at poca.com
>   9. http://poca.com/mailman/listinfo/detomaso_poca.com
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