[DeTomaso] Rear Glass

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FWIW, Larry Stock of PPC-Reno sells an exact Lexan repro. Ron Wade in WA made a few double-pane rear windows for extra sound deadening; I have one.  Normally the rear window never gives trouble except during an engine pull when the distributor cap is left in place & contacts the window during the pull.  One owner found that Weber velocity stacks also can break the glass during engine removals. The window is sort of part of the rear firewall, but in engine fires, the glass invariably shatters early, so using Lexan likely does not degrade the "safety" aspect much. Most 'GR-4s' use plexiglas windows so the rear legs of the factory roll cage can extend though to the rear fenders. One year at Bonneville, a Swedish Pantera showed up to run like this, and the SCTA Tech Inspectors made them remove the Lexan window and substitute a thin galvanized steel sheet!
 

 

 

-----Original Message-----
From: Rob Dumoulin <rob at dumoulins.net>
To: Pantera - DeTomaso Mail List <DeTomaso at poca.com>
Sent: Thu, Sep 10, 2015 12:20 pm
Subject: [DeTomaso] Rear Glass


Is there anything special about the rear glass?A  It being flat makes
   me
think that I would not have to go through a vendor and get one made
   just for
a Pantera.
   RobA

 
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   FWIW, Larry Stock of PPC-Reno sells an exact Lexan repro. Ron Wade in
   WA made a few double-pane rear windows for extra sound deadening; I
   have one.  Normally the rear window never gives trouble except during
   an engine pull when the distributor cap is left in place & contacts the
   window during the pull.  One owner found that Weber velocity stacks
   also can break the glass during engine removals. The window is sort of
   part of the rear firewall, but in engine fires, the glass invariably
   shatters early, so using Lexan likely does not degrade the "safety"
   aspect much. Most 'GR-4s' use plexiglas windows so the rear legs of the
   factory roll cage can extend though to the rear fenders. One year at
   Bonneville, a Swedish Pantera showed up to run like this, and the SCTA
   Tech Inspectors made them remove the Lexan window and substitute a thin
   galvanized steel sheet!

   -----Original Message-----
   From: Rob Dumoulin <rob at dumoulins.net>
   To: Pantera - DeTomaso Mail List <DeTomaso at poca.com>
   Sent: Thu, Sep 10, 2015 12:20 pm
   Subject: [DeTomaso] Rear Glass
Is there anything special about the rear glass?A  It being flat makes
   me
think that I would not have to go through a vendor and get one made
   just for
a Pantera.
   RobA

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