[DeTomaso] Door handle bucket thingies

[Will Kooiman]

I had mine redone by Wilkinson, and it looks perfect.  I originally installed them in the wrong side.  They fit, but not correctly.  When I switched them, the curvature was corrected.

I think these are the aluminum buckets made by Quella.  Can't say enough good things about them.  Btw, if you send me your mailing info, I'll send the old plastic buckets.  They are in good shape, but painted red.

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> On Oct 24, 2016, at 12:00 PM, Ken Green via DeTomaso <detomaso at server.detomasolist.com> wrote:
> 
>   Try putting a stud in with epoxy or red locktite, or?  There might be
>   some threads left deep inside that the bolt doesn't reach.
>   Ken
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>   From: Charles McCall <charlesmccall at gmail.com>
>   To: Detomaso Email List <detomaso at detomasolist.com>
>   Sent: Monday, October 24, 2016 3:56 AM
>   Subject: [DeTomaso] Door handle bucket thingies
>     Hi all
>     Much fun had by all this weekend. In the end I decided to let
>   sleeping
>     dogs lie and left the heater valve shut. Somehow I suspect it'll stay
>     shut for quite some time...
>     It's really a fantasy of mine to be able to organize a DeTomaso tour
>   in
>     this part of Spain... I say it's a fantasy because it's simply too
>   far
>     from the rest of the owners to really make it feasible. Some UK
>   Pantera
>     owners wussed out on the last Le Mans Classic tour because the
>   Dordogne
>     region was too far from them, so Spain would be out of the question!
>     But the Rioja area is absolutely gorgeous, especially in fall with
>   all
>     the leaves changing color.. well worth the trip if someone is in the
>     area. We had roughly 20 cars participating in this tour - mainly
>     Porsche, but a real Shelby GT500 (2012) A came along, several
>     Corvettes, an immaculate NSX..
>     Anyway, the only issue I had was that someone helped be finish
>   breaking
>     my door handle bucket thing. Last year in Copenhagen, some scumbag
>     tried to break into the Panteras parked in the hotel parking and
>     damaged 5 or 6 locks. They were a heartbeat away from starting Tomas
>     Gunnarsson's car... As a result of their heavy hands, my bucket got
>     damaged (see photo from last year). During this weekend, someone
>   tried
>     to open the door while it was locked and the bucket came loose. I
>     suspect that the bolt pulled the rest of the way through the
>   threads...
>     In the past, some vendors (PI?) tooled up to make some out of metal,
>     but they didn't have the right curvature to fit in the hole. My
>     question - who makes the "good" buckets that look like new and fit
>     well? Thank you!
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