[DeTomaso] Rear Glass

[mark skwarek]

Some racing organizations require a non-combustible material separate the engine compartment from the passenger compartment.
Mark 


     On Thursday, September 10, 2015 4:00 PM, Jack DeRyke via DeTomaso <detomaso at poca.com> wrote:
   

   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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   Some racing organizations require a non-combustible material separate
   the engine compartment from the passenger compartment.
   Mark
   On Thursday, September 10, 2015 4:00 PM, Jack DeRyke via DeTomaso
   <detomaso at poca.com> wrote:
     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 <[1]rob at dumoulins.net>
     To: Pantera - DeTomaso Mail List <[2]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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