[DeTomaso] 73 Pantera L dash/floppy a/c vents

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Mike Drew, once again, amazes everyone with his unfathomable quantity
of Pantera knowledge....!
Speaking of dashes--
The a/c vents on #5909 don't stay where I point them for very long. 
Side-to-side works okay, up and down, not.    Just wondering if anyone
has come up with a better solution than I have, which has been to
wedge in small pieces of the business card of a local detailer tossed
into my car at the last car event we attended.
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On August 3, 2016 at 1:18 AM, "Mike Drew via DeTomaso"  wrote:In a
message dated 8/2/16 21 59 40, paso750 at gmail.com writes:
GoNancy's '73 is number 5250.
The date on the door jamb is 4/73 and it has the "right" dash: a
2-pod. Its
sister (or brother) car #5249 is the same, and red, too.
Nancy says that the car was lost for a time in the factory however
(via the
VIN code), and was only finished in April.
It could be that the same thing happened to many of the 2-pod cars in
'73.
>>>Well, the car wasn't “lost”.   It was started in January and
completed 
in April '73, as were all the other cars built around the same time.  
By 
way of comparison, my car was started and completed in July '72 when
things 
were really hopping.   By 1974, it was taking upwards of six months to

complete a Pantera.

Attached is a screen grab of the Ford parts book, which shows three 
different dashboards.   This list is quite incomplete however, as off
the top of my 
head, I can think of at least ten (!) different dash configurations
used.

1:   Two-pod, rotary wiper/washer switch, two A/C, three defroster
slots, 
(used on the Euro pushbutton cars, and this is also how the 1971 cars
came 
off the boat in the USA).

2:   Two-pod, rotary wiper/washer switch, three A/C, three defroster
slots, 
(a third A/C vent was added as part of the big recall performed by
Stroppe 
etc., and third A/C vents were apparently also added in at the
production 
facility for awhile).

3:   Two-pod, rotary wiper/washer switch, two A/C, two defroster slots

(without hold-down rib between the defroster slots)

4: Two-pod, rotary wiper/washer switch, two A/C, two defroster slots
(now 
with hold-down rib between the defroster slots)

5: Two-pod, separate rocker wiper/washer switches, two A/C, two
defroster 
slots (with hold-down rib between the defroster slots)   

6: Two-pod, separate rocker wiper/washer switches, two A/C, two
defroster 
slots (with hold-down rib between the defroster slots), with
upholstered 
wooden block with green dash light in between the A/C registers

7:   Molded single-pod (used on the '73 and '74 USA and Euro L-models)

8:   Molded single-pod, with clock above glovebox (USA GTS only)

9:   Fiberglass single pod, upholstered either in vinyl or alcantara,
with 
clock above glovebox (Euro GTS and early GT5)

10:   Fiberglass single pod, upholstered in leather, with
Maserati-style 
A/C vents (later GT5 and GT5-S)

Besides being incomplete, the Ford parts book is also demonstrably
wrong 
when it lays out the VINS that received the single-pod dash.   Thanks
to the 
registry, it's possible to see many, many cars that have not been
modified, 
and don't fit the numbering convention laid out in the parts book.

FWIW….

Mike
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   Mike Drew, once again, amazes everyone with his unfathomable quantity
   of Pantera knowledge....!

   Speaking of dashes--

   The a/c vents on #5909 don't stay where I point them for very long.
   Side-to-side works okay, up and down, not.



   Just wondering if anyone has come up with a better solution than I
   have, which has been to wedge in small pieces of the business card of a
   local detailer tossed into my car at the last car event we attended.
   Sent using Hushmail
   On August 3, 2016 at 1:18 AM, "Mike Drew via DeTomaso"
   <detomaso at server.detomasolist.com> wrote:

     In a message dated 8/2/16 21 59 40, paso750 at gmail.com writes:
     GoNancy's '73 is number 5250.
     The date on the door jamb is 4/73 and it has the "right" dash: a
     2-pod. Its
     sister (or brother) car #5249 is the same, and red, too.
     Nancy says that the car was lost for a time in the factory however
     (via the
     VIN code), and was only finished in April.
     It could be that the same thing happened to many of the 2-pod cars
     in '73.
     >>>Well, the car wasn't alosta. It was started in January and
     completed
     in April '73, as were all the other cars built around the same time.
     By
     way of comparison, my car was started and completed in July '72 when
     things
     were really hopping. By 1974, it was taking upwards of six months to
     complete a Pantera.
     Attached is a screen grab of the Ford parts book, which shows three
     different dashboards. This list is quite incomplete however, as off
     the top of my
     head, I can think of at least ten (!) different dash configurations
     used.
     1: Two-pod, rotary wiper/washer switch, two A/C, three defroster
     slots,
     (used on the Euro pushbutton cars, and this is also how the 1971
     cars came
     off the boat in the USA).
     2: Two-pod, rotary wiper/washer switch, three A/C, three defroster
     slots,
     (a third A/C vent was added as part of the big recall performed by
     Stroppe
     etc., and third A/C vents were apparently also added in at the
     production
     facility for awhile).
     3: Two-pod, rotary wiper/washer switch, two A/C, two defroster slots
     (without hold-down rib between the defroster slots)
     4: Two-pod, rotary wiper/washer switch, two A/C, two defroster slots
     (now
     with hold-down rib between the defroster slots)
     5: Two-pod, separate rocker wiper/washer switches, two A/C, two
     defroster
     slots (with hold-down rib between the defroster slots)
     6: Two-pod, separate rocker wiper/washer switches, two A/C, two
     defroster
     slots (with hold-down rib between the defroster slots), with
     upholstered
     wooden block with green dash light in between the A/C registers
     7: Molded single-pod (used on the '73 and '74 USA and Euro L-models)
     8: Molded single-pod, with clock above glovebox (USA GTS only)
     9: Fiberglass single pod, upholstered either in vinyl or alcantara,
     with
     clock above glovebox (Euro GTS and early GT5)
     10: Fiberglass single pod, upholstered in leather, with
     Maserati-style
     A/C vents (later GT5 and GT5-S)
     Besides being incomplete, the Ford parts book is also demonstrably
     wrong
     when it lays out the VINS that received the single-pod dash. Thanks
     to the
     registry, it's possible to see many, many cars that have not been
     modified,
     and don't fit the numbering convention laid out in the parts book.
     FWIWa|.
     Mike