[DeTomaso] Vented brake rotor update

[Larry Stock]

We offer a Vented Stock replacement rear rotor made by Brembo.
Larry Stock

On 3/23/17, 6:29 PM, "DeTomaso on behalf of Mike Drew via DeTomaso"
<detomaso-bounces at server.detomasolist.com on behalf of
detomaso at server.detomasolist.com> wrote:

>All,
>
>Having a rare day off, and with the knowledge that Hiroshi Miyata, a
>Pantera owner from Tokyo, was wrapping up a business trip in LA and had
>allowed himself an extra day, I hopped on a plane and flew down to have
>lunch with him, and also to visit some of the vendors.
>
>It was nice chatting with Bev and Tara at Hall Pantera, and with a
>heavily bearded Steve Wilkinson. Steve was kind enough to loan me a stock
>rear rotor, which I then brought with me as our next stop was Centric
>Brakes, the source for the custom/not-so-custom vented front brake rotors
>I'm having custom made.
>
>(For those who haven't been paying attention, the original 1965-67 Ford
>Mustang uses a vented front brake rotor that is dimensionally all but
>identical to that of the Pantera, but sadly now they are all made as a
>combined hub/rotor in a single casting that wont work well in our
>application--I am having a run of old-school discs made that I will then
>be offering up to the masses; the price will be more than reasonable)
>
>I had inquiries about getting rear discs made, so I took a stock rear
>rotor to them in the hopes that some other Vehicle would have stock
>rotors that more or less matched Pantera dimensions.
>
>Short answer--no. They have over 2700 different OEM rotor designs, and
>not a single one would work for the rear application in a Pantera.
>
>If one truly wants vented rear rotors to use with stock calipers,
>Wilkinson has a small pile of them (about a dozen). Turns out the
>optional vented disc first used on the Euro GTS was also used on the GT5
>and GT5-S. It's oddly narrow, measuring 19mm/.75 inches in thickness, and
>somewhat larger in diameter than you would expect (294mm I believe). If
>you want them, be prepared for an eye-watering expenditure. I don't know
>the exact price but I think $500 would get you something less than one
>full rotor!
>
>Wilwood makes rotors of the appropriate thickness and diameter, and also
>makes Pantera-specific hats, so you could probably get some of those for
>$250 each or thereabouts. (I have a set of those on my garage floor
>waiting to go on Lori's Pantera).
>
>So anyway, we are SOL with respect to simple, cheap bolt-on vented rear
>rotors, but the front ones I am having made are getting cryo treatment
>this week and should be shipped to me next week sometime. Of the 20 sets
>(20 each left and right), at least a dozen are conditionally spoken for,
>so if you haven't already indicated interest, let me know soon!
>
>Cheers!
>
>Mike
>
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