[DeTomaso] Classic Motorsports updated Pantera Buyers Guide
Mike Drew
mikeldrew at aol.com
Tue Jun 22 19:02:35 EDT 2021
Yes, they really are magnificent to drive when well-sorted. Today Lori and I pulled the front rotors off her car to have them turned—not the face, but the outside diameter. The aftermarket Mustang rotors are just a tidge larger in diameter than the stock ones and it prevents the use of the stock brake pad anti-rattle springs. So the pads shift in the calipers and make a single ‘clunk’ when the brakes are applied. Annoying.
So we pulled the rotors off and I drove 20 minutes up the road to the home of a fellow Pantera owner who has almost a complete machine shop in his garage. We bolted the rotors to an old axle, chucked them up in a lathe and shrunk them to the stock diameter:
I could have taken the truck, or one of my Sciroccos, both of which would have offered AC. Instead I drove my Pantera, which was just delightful. Even though it was just a freeway drive, the road was empty and it was possible to cruise in comfort at 90-95 mph the whole way. Exactly the kind of motoring the car is intended for.
Today was a great Pantera day. A fun drive there and back, a little bit of nuts and bolts tinkering with Lori, and some great male bonding with a fellow Pantera owner. As a bonus, since he lives on a ranch he has his own firing range so after we were done with the rotors, we blew up a bunch of water-filled milk jugs with my S&W .44 Magnum.
Life is good!
Mike
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> On Jun 22, 2021, at 15:15, Will Kooiman <will.kooiman at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Agreed. Nice writeup.
>
> I'm continually impressed with just how nice the Pantera is to drive. It would be impressive as a new car, let alone a car from 50 years ago.
>
> I was at a car show on Sunday. Two people tried to buy it. Two other people used to own one, and of course they told their usual stories.
>
> A kid told me, "yours is the nicest car here." Not bad, when I'm next to a Rolls, 2-3 Ferraris, a 2005 Ford GT, a 2017 Ford GT, and a couple of McLarens.
>
>
> On 6/22/21, 5:19 PM, "DeTomaso on behalf of Sean Korb" <detomaso-bounces at server.detomasolist.com on behalf of spkorb at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Looks like Classic Motorsports has an updated buyers guide
>
> https://classicmotorsports.com/articles/buyer-guide-de-tomaso-pantera
>
> Great job with the tech update Mike!
>
> sean
>
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Yes, they really are magnificent to drive when well-sorted. Today Lori
and I pulled the front rotors off her car to have them turned--not the
face, but the outside diameter. The aftermarket Mustang rotors are just
a tidge larger in diameter than the stock ones and it prevents the use
of the stock brake pad anti-rattle springs. So the pads shift in the
calipers and make a single `clunk' when the brakes are applied.
Annoying.
So we pulled the rotors off and I drove 20 minutes up the road to the
home of a fellow Pantera owner who has almost a complete machine shop
in his garage. We bolted the rotors to an old axle, chucked them up in
a lathe and shrunk them to the stock diameter:
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[cid:466A2039-DC72-440C-B6BD-D4089DBB3502-L0-001]
I could have taken the truck, or one of my Sciroccos, both of which
would have offered AC. Instead I drove my Pantera, which was just
delightful. Even though it was just a freeway drive, the road was empty
and it was possible to cruise in comfort at 90-95 mph the whole way.
Exactly the kind of motoring the car is intended for.
Today was a great Pantera day. A fun drive there and back, a little bit
of nuts and bolts tinkering with Lori, and some great male bonding with
a fellow Pantera owner. As a bonus, since he lives on a ranch he has
his own firing range so after we were done with the rotors, we blew up
a bunch of water-filled milk jugs with my S&W .44 Magnum.
Life is good!
Mike
Sent from my iPad
On Jun 22, 2021, at 15:15, Will Kooiman <will.kooiman at gmail.com>
wrote:
Agreed. Nice writeup.
I'm continually impressed with just how nice the Pantera is to drive.
It would be impressive as a new car, let alone a car from 50 years ago.
I was at a car show on Sunday. Two people tried to buy it. Two other
people used to own one, and of course they told their usual stories.
A kid told me, "yours is the nicest car here." Not bad, when I'm next
to a Rolls, 2-3 Ferraris, a 2005 Ford GT, a 2017 Ford GT, and a couple
of McLarens.
On 6/22/21, 5:19 PM, "DeTomaso on behalf of Sean Korb"
<detomaso-bounces at server.detomasolist.com on behalf of
spkorb at gmail.com> wrote:
Looks like Classic Motorsports has an updated buyers guide
https://classicmotorsports.com/articles/buyer-guide-de-tomaso-panter
a
Great job with the tech update Mike!
sean
--
Sean Korb spkorb at gmail.com http://spkorb.org (est 1994)
"Computers are useless. They can only give you answers." -P.
Picasso
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