[DeTomaso] Electric anyone?
Garth Rodericks
garth_rodericks at yahoo.com
Sat Apr 25 17:03:34 EDT 2020
I doubt they're oil lines. I suspect they're heavy cabling for the batteries up front to power the motor in back.
But yeah, electric sounds nice and green and politically correct, but the manufacture and disposal of all those batteries is much more harmful to the environment than an internal combustion engine.
On Saturday, April 25, 2020, 01:32:03 PM PDT, Erik Kolstoe <ekolstoe at gmail.com> wrote:
Not a fan of electric cars. I question the quality of this 911 build. You can see from the photo the two oil lines from the right front fender oil cooler that run to the oil tank behind the right rear wheel. What do suppose they are using that for? Or, is the thought that if you don’t like it, you can always drop in an awesome flat six with six Weber’s howling behind you for a soundtrack as you fly down tiny back roads with relative ease?
On Friday, April 24, 2020, Garth Rodericks via DeTomaso <detomaso at server.detomasolist.com> wrote:
It would be an interesting project. If they can convert a 1968 Porsche
911 with Tesla running gear and find a place for the batteries, there
would certainly be room in a Pantera...
I wouldn't mind owning this one being raffled off in a fundraiser for
the Petersen Automobile Museum:
[1]https://www.omaze.com/ products/zelectric-1968- porsche-911
Maybe one of those project Panteras out there would be a suitable
candidate...
[2]https://bringatrailer.com/ listing/1972-detomaso-pantera- 44/
[3]https://www.ebay.com/itm/ 1972-De-Tomaso-Pantera- Pantera-/28385593649
8
Actually, that last one wouldn't be worth the trouble. The seller is
clearly on crack based on the asking price, and it would need too much
money and work to put it back to something resembling a Pantera.
As far as drivetrains are concerned, modestly damaged donor Tesla's are
readily available quite inexpensively - for just about the same money
as a professionally rebuilt Cleveland...
[4]https://erepairables.com/ salvage-cars-auction/tesla
[5]https://www.copart.com/ popular/make/tesla?query= tesla&free
FWIW, for several years I've thought it would be fun to splash a mold
from a Vallelunga and build my own EV Vallelunga replica. That would
be cool!
References
1. https://www.omaze.com/ products/zelectric-1968- porsche-911
2. https://bringatrailer.com/ listing/1972-detomaso-pantera- 44/
3. https://www.ebay.com/itm/1972- De-Tomaso-Pantera-Pantera-/ 283855936498
4. https://erepairables.com/ salvage-cars-auction/tesla
5. https://www.copart.com/ popular/make/tesla?query= tesla&free
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I doubt they're oil lines. I suspect they're heavy cabling for the
batteries up front to power the motor in back.
But yeah, electric sounds nice and green and politically correct, but
the manufacture and disposal of all those batteries is much more
harmful to the environment than an internal combustion engine.
On Saturday, April 25, 2020, 01:32:03 PM PDT, Erik Kolstoe
<ekolstoe at gmail.com> wrote:
Not a fan of electric cars. I question the quality of this 911 build.
You can see from the photo the two oil lines from the right front
fender oil cooler that run to the oil tank behind the right rear wheel.
What do suppose they are using that for? Or, is the thought that if you
donat like it, you can always drop in an awesome flat six with six
Weberas howling behind you for a soundtrack as you fly down tiny back
roads with relative ease?
On Friday, April 24, 2020, Garth Rodericks via DeTomaso
<[1]detomaso at server.detomasolist.com> wrote:
It would be an interesting project. If they can convert a 1968
Porsche
911 with Tesla running gear and find a place for the batteries,
there
would certainly be room in a Pantera...
I wouldn't mind owning this one being raffled off in a fundraiser
for
the Petersen Automobile Museum:
[1][2]https://www.omaze.com/ products/zelectric-1968- porsche-911
Maybe one of those project Panteras out there would be a suitable
candidate...
[2][3]https://bringatrailer.com/ listing/1972-detomaso-pantera-
44/
[3][4]https://www.ebay.com/itm/ 1972-De-Tomaso-Pantera-
Pantera-/28385593649
8
Actually, that last one wouldn't be worth the trouble. The
seller is
clearly on crack based on the asking price, and it would need too
much
money and work to put it back to something resembling a Pantera.
As far as drivetrains are concerned, modestly damaged donor
Tesla's are
readily available quite inexpensively - for just about the same
money
as a professionally rebuilt Cleveland...
[4][5]https://erepairables.com/ salvage-cars-auction/tesla
[5][6]https://www.copart.com/ popular/make/tesla?query=
tesla&free
FWIW, for several years I've thought it would be fun to splash a
mold
from a Vallelunga and build my own EV Vallelunga replica. That
would
be cool!
References
1. [7]https://www.omaze.com/ products/zelectric-1968- porsche-911
2. [8]https://bringatrailer.com/ listing/1972-detomaso-pantera-
44/
3. [9]https://www.ebay.com/itm/1972- De-Tomaso-Pantera-Pantera-/
283855936498
4. [10]https://erepairables.com/ salvage-cars-auction/tesla
5. [11]https://www.copart.com/ popular/make/tesla?query= tesla&free
References
1. mailto:detomaso at server.detomasolist.com
2. https://www.omaze.com/products/zelectric-1968-porsche-911
3. https://bringatrailer.com/listing/1972-detomaso-pantera-44/
4. https://www.ebay.com/itm/1972-De-Tomaso-Pantera-Pantera-/28385593649
5. https://erepairables.com/salvage-cars-auction/tesla
6. https://www.copart.com/popular/make/tesla?query=tesla&free
7. https://www.omaze.com/products/zelectric-1968-porsche-911
8. https://bringatrailer.com/listing/1972-detomaso-pantera-44/
9. https://www.ebay.com/itm/1972-De-Tomaso-Pantera-Pantera-/283855936498
10. https://erepairables.com/salvage-cars-auction/tesla
11. https://www.copart.com/popular/make/tesla?query=tesla&free
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