[DeTomaso] Oil pan for a '73 Cleveland recommendations

[Mike Drew]

Seconding what Julian said. 

Aviaid has been building racing pans since the early 1960s if not before. Their Pantera pan is terrific, and they are liable to have them in stock.

Armando was an employee of Aviaid who fled to Texas and brought all their intellectual property with him, in his head. So he builds identical pans, and sells for a few dollars less I think. You may have to wait a bit.

I don’t know about Kevko pans. They may have reverse-engineered an Aviaid pan as well? I hope they didn’t copy Miloden.

Miloden made a Pantera pan that was absolutely shameful. It was nothing but a 10-quart bucket with nothing inside. The first time I got to see the inside of one was when a connecting rod came flying out the side of Larry Stock’s pan at the track in Vegas. He has bought the motor with the pan installed and from the outside it looked like an Aviaid. Only after it failed to do its job and oil starvation in corners caused the engine to blow up did we all learn the truth. 

No matter what pan you go with, you do NOT need a different dipstick arrangement. Your car should have a dipstick with a yellow handle and measure 38 inches from tip to cup. The dipstick controls the oil level relative to the bottom of the crankshaft. You could have Lake Michigan hanging under your car and would still want to retain that same top oil level.

Mike

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> On Sep 7, 2021, at 10:02, Julian Kift <julian_kift at hotmail.com> wrote:
> 
>    Your choices for a 9 quart Pantera specific pan are;
> 
>   Aviaid [1]https://aviaid.com/shopsite_sc/store/html/ws_oilpns_sbf_cleve
>   land.html
> 
>   Armando's [2]http://www.aroilpans.com/Roadrace.html
> 
>   Kevko [3]https://kevkoracing.com/products/part-f602-400-m-ford-pantera-
>   pan
> 
>   Julian
>     __________________________________________________________________
> 
>   From: DeTomaso <detomaso-bounces at server.detomasolist.com> on behalf of
>   Konrad Szwab <kszwab at gmail.com>
>   Sent: Tuesday, September 7, 2021 9:57 AM
>   To: DeTomaso at server.detomasolist.com
>   <DeTomaso at server.detomasolist.com>; Steve Dragos
>   <maycoperformance at yahoo.com>
>   Subject: [DeTomaso] Oil pan for a '73 Cleveland recommendations
> 
>   Sooo after 6 years in the shop when we were ready to drive it out, last
>   weekend a spot weld broke in the oil pan baffle and rubbed against the
>   crankshaft.
>   No damage, but I need a new oil pan.
>   Hall Pantera does not sell them and Pantera Performance is not
>   answering
>   the phone.
>   Who should I contact, maybe Summit Racing ?
>   Any thoughts ?
>   Thanks,
>   Konrad
> 
> References
> 
>   1. https://aviaid.com/shopsite_sc/store/html/ws_oilpns_sbf_cleveland.html
>   2. http://www.aroilpans.com/Roadrace.html
>   3. https://kevkoracing.com/products/part-f602-400-m-ford-pantera-pan
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