[DeTomaso] Rear Glass

[michael barnes]

You can obtain toughened Pyro Glass ( fire rated)

Sent by Michael Barnes

> On 10 Sep 2015, at 20:59, 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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