[DeTomaso] Rocker Panels on Ebay
Julian Kift
julian_kift at hotmail.com
Fri Oct 29 22:26:05 EDT 2021
Johnny provided me some input on the eBay rockers and advised he never got around to making the bucks for replacements. It's good to hear Kirk has retooled to make them, I'll go that route.
Thanks,
Julian
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From: Mike Drew <mikeldrew at aol.com>
Sent: Friday, October 29, 2021 7:07 PM
To: Jim Wallace via DeTomaso <detomaso at server.detomasolist.com>
Cc: Julian Kift <julian_kift at hotmail.com>
Subject: Re: [DeTomaso] Rocker Panels on Ebay
Jim,
Johnny makes forward and rear valances and stock floor pans but I don’t think he makes rockers. They would be extremely expensive if he did because he would make them by hand, and then the shipping and customs fees would be huge.
Mike
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On Oct 29, 2021, at 18:51, Jim Wallace via DeTomaso <detomaso at server.detomasolist.com> wrote:
Guys,
Have you reached out to Johnny Woods in the UK to see if he has made any?
Jim
On Friday, October 29, 2021, 09:34:22 PM EDT, Mike Drew via DeTomaso <detomaso at server.detomasolist.com> wrote:
Julian, Mike,
You are both exactly right. The fellow advertising those panels on Enay has never even seen a Pantera, I don’t think. Some vendors used to sell very low-quality replacements which were carved in only the top-to-bottom direction, failing to acknowledge the fact that they are also supposed to be bent front to back, like a banana. I guess he fit his hands in one of them and cooked it, not realizing how bad they were.
Oops.
Kirk Evans always made the best reproduction rockers but has been out of them for years. As luck would have it, he is just now working to bring them back. In fact I was supposed to be getting a set to hand-carry to Japan this week but his production was slightly delayed. However he should have them available in the next few weeks.
I would definitely go that route!
Mike
Sent from my iPad
> On Oct 29, 2021, at 17:31, Julian Kift <julian_kift at hotmail.com<mailto:julian_kift at hotmail.com>> wrote:
>
> I have not purchased this part, for the very reason you state, after
> some back and forth with the vendor I determined it only has curvature
> in one direction, he seemed unaware there was a lengthwise curve and
> stated he copied a panel from a vendor. There was a guy in Europe that
> made the buck to form a correct replacement, I think his cost was
> something like EUR600 as it was all hand formed and welded.
>
> Julian
> __________________________________________________________________
>
> From: DeTomaso <detomaso-bounces at server.detomasolist.com<mailto:detomaso-bounces at server.detomasolist.com>> on behalf of
> Mike & Elizabeth <mbefthomas2 at gmail.com<mailto:mbefthomas2 at gmail.com>>
> Sent: Friday, October 29, 2021 5:20 PM
> To: 'List DeTomaso Forum' <detomaso at server.detomasolist.com<mailto:detomaso at server.detomasolist.com>>
> Subject: [DeTomaso] Rocker Panels on Ebay
>
> My builder is getting ready to remove my driver's side rocker panel and
> will
> have to fabricate a new one as mine has many rust pin holes and a
> patch, and
> will need to be cut off to get to the issues underneath. Has anyone
> purchased the rocker listed on Ebay at the link below? I'm concerned
> that
> it looks too straight to fit properly as the lower side of the car has
> a
> convex shape from front to back.
>
> [1]https://www.ebay.com/itm/224611223352?mkevt=1
> <https://www.ebay.com/itm/224611223352?mkevt=1&mkpid=0&emsid=e11050.m43
> .l112
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>
> Thanks
> Mike Thomas
> Panteras Northwest
>
> References
>
> Visible links
> 1. https://www.ebay.com/itm/224611223352?mkevt=1
>
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> 3. file://localhost/tmp/tmpLdyfie.html
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Johnny provided me some input on the eBay rockers and advised he never
got around to making the bucks for replacements. It's good to hear Kirk
has retooled to make them, I'll go that route.
Thanks,
Julian
__________________________________________________________________
From: Mike Drew <mikeldrew at aol.com>
Sent: Friday, October 29, 2021 7:07 PM
To: Jim Wallace via DeTomaso <detomaso at server.detomasolist.com>
Cc: Julian Kift <julian_kift at hotmail.com>
Subject: Re: [DeTomaso] Rocker Panels on Ebay
Jim,
Johnny makes forward and rear valances and stock floor pans but I don't
think he makes rockers. They would be extremely expensive if he did
because he would make them by hand, and then the shipping and customs
fees would be huge.
Mike
Sent from my iPad
On Oct 29, 2021, at 18:51, Jim Wallace via DeTomaso
<detomaso at server.detomasolist.com> wrote:
Guys,
Have you reached out to Johnny Woods in the UK to see if he has made
any?
Jim
On Friday, October 29, 2021, 09:34:22 PM EDT, Mike Drew via DeTomaso
<detomaso at server.detomasolist.com> wrote:
Julian, Mike,
You are both exactly right. The fellow advertising those panels on Enay
has never even seen a Pantera, I don't think. Some vendors used to sell
very low-quality replacements which were carved in only the
top-to-bottom direction, failing to acknowledge the fact that they are
also supposed to be bent front to back, like a banana. I guess he fit
his hands in one of them and cooked it, not realizing how bad they
were.
Oops.
Kirk Evans always made the best reproduction rockers but has been out
of them for years. As luck would have it, he is just now working to
bring them back. In fact I was supposed to be getting a set to
hand-carry to Japan this week but his production was slightly delayed.
However he should have them available in the next few weeks.
I would definitely go that route!
Mike
Sent from my iPad
> On Oct 29, 2021, at 17:31, Julian Kift <[1]julian_kift at hotmail.com>
wrote:
>
> I have not purchased this part, for the very reason you state,
after
> some back and forth with the vendor I determined it only has
curvature
> in one direction, he seemed unaware there was a lengthwise curve and
> stated he copied a panel from a vendor. There was a guy in Europe
that
> made the buck to form a correct replacement, I think his cost was
> something like EUR600 as it was all hand formed and welded.
>
> Julian
> __________________________________________________________________
>
> From: DeTomaso <[2]detomaso-bounces at server.detomasolist.com> on
behalf of
> Mike & Elizabeth <[3]mbefthomas2 at gmail.com>
> Sent: Friday, October 29, 2021 5:20 PM
> To: 'List DeTomaso Forum' <[4]detomaso at server.detomasolist.com>
> Subject: [DeTomaso] Rocker Panels on Ebay
>
> My builder is getting ready to remove my driver's side rocker panel
and
> will
> have to fabricate a new one as mine has many rust pin holes and a
> patch, and
> will need to be cut off to get to the issues underneath. Has anyone
> purchased the rocker listed on Ebay at the link below? I'm
concerned
> that
> it looks too straight to fit properly as the lower side of the car
has
> a
> convex shape from front to back.
>
> [1][5]https://www.ebay.com/itm/224611223352?mkevt=1
>
<[6]https://www.ebay.com/itm/224611223352?mkevt=1&mkpid=0&emsid=e11050.
m43
> .l112
>
3&mkcid=7&ch=osgood&euid=123022f1b37b4dcfb5fb242aab974b2d&bu=4317758972
> 2&osu
>
b=-1%7E1&crd=20211029171534&segname=11050&sojTags=ch%3Dch%2Cbu%3Dbu%2Co
> sub%3
> Dosub%2Ccrd%3Dcrd%2Csegname%3Dsegname%2Cchnl%3Dmkcid>
>
&mkpid=0&emsid=e11050.m43.l1123&mkcid=7&ch=osgood&euid=123022f1b37b4dcf
> b5fb2
>
42aab974b2d&bu=43177589722&osub=-1%7E1&crd=20211029171534&segname=11050
> &sojT
>
ags=ch%3Dch%2Cbu%3Dbu%2Cosub%3Dosub%2Ccrd%3Dcrd%2Csegname%3Dsegname%2Cc
> hnl%3
> Dmkcid
>
> Thanks
> Mike Thomas
> Panteras Northwest
>
> References
>
> Visible links
> 1. [7]https://www.ebay.com/itm/224611223352?mkevt=1
>
> Hidden links:
> 3. file://localhost/tmp/tmpLdyfie.html
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