[DeTomaso] Rear Glass

[Will Kooiman]

I had double pane safety glass made at a local glass shop.  Mine was
cracked, so they could use it as a template.

It was cheap too - under $100, if I recall correctly.

On 9/10/15, 5:39 PM, "DeTomaso on behalf of mark skwarek via DeTomaso"
<detomaso-bounces at poca.com on behalf of detomaso at poca.com> wrote:

>   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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