[DeTomaso] Wipers Delete

[Scott Mead Photography]

Hall also sells good, used grills. One of mine broke while trying to remove it (when the car was being painted), and Hall set me up with an excellent (used) replacement. I remember paying something like $50 for it at the time. 

You might want to reach out to Mike Mayberry as well.  He probably has a stash of grills in his plethora of parts. 

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> On Jun 18, 2017, at 6:53 PM, Mike Drew via DeTomaso <detomaso at server.detomasolist.com> wrote:
> 
> Julian,
> 
> Look on the Hall website. They are identicalish to the originals except the area where the holes should be is solid. Thus easily fixed. 
> 
> Mike
> 
> Sent from my iPad
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>> On Jun 18, 2017, at 18:52, Julian Kift <julian_kift at hotmail.com> wrote:
>> 
>> Mike/DJ
>> 
>> Not having seen the Hall grillles, do they have a solid section like the originals where the posts would be? If not then modifying them for posts may be a challenge.
>> 
>> Given the rarity and weakness of the pot metal grilles I'm always surprised someone like Mark at Ipsco hasn't tooled up to remake the grilles in billet aluminum. 
>> 
>> Julian
>> 
>>> On Jun 18, 2017, at 6:11 PM, Mike Drew via DeTomaso <detomaso at server.detomasolist.com> wrote:
>>> 
>>> DJ,
>>> 
>>> That's a (stupid in my opinion) modification made by a previous owner. Hall Pantera sells the replacement grills with no holes for the wipers. One would hope all the original parts would have come with the car when you bought it, but frequently that's not the case. 
>>> 
>>> No wipers? Perhaps okay for somebody in Southern California who will never see a raindrop (and hopes to never see a cop) but ridiculous for the other 99% of Pantera owners. 
>>> 
>>> Unfortunately, the stock grilles with the holes for the wipers are getting rare, not to mention obscenely expensive. If you want to restore your car to have proper wipers, all the other pieces and parts (except the wiper arms) are readily available, and a good machine shop can craft holes in your grilles and nobody will be the wiser. 
>>> 
>>> Good luck!
>>> 
>>> Mike (just got Lori's wiper system working properly again last weekend, thanks to a visiting French Pantera owner with far more electrical savvy than I have...)
>>> 
>>> Sent from my iPad
>>> 
>>>> On Jun 18, 2017, at 17:09, "djenkins at vanguardtrailer.com" <djenkins at vanguardtrailer.com> wrote:
>>>> 
>>>> I am the caretaker of #5135 with no wipers but has the switches on the
>>>> dash for wipers and washer. Does anyone else have this or seen it?
>>>> DJ
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