[DeTomaso] Rear Glass
Mike Thomas
mbefthomas at comcast.net
Thu Sep 10 20:18:06 EDT 2015
Does the double pane fit in the original rubber?
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From: DeTomaso [mailto:detomaso-bounces at poca.com] On Behalf Of Will Kooiman
Sent: Thursday, September 10, 2015 3:59 PM
To: mark skwarek <ehpantera at yahoo.com>; jderyke at aol.com; rob at dumoulins.net;
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Subject: Re: [DeTomaso] Rear Glass
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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