Has anyone complied a list of the Longchamp/Deauville parts that are used in other cars (including Pantera). If not, how about starting to compile one here?

Roland,

I suppose a good bottle of whiskey and a handshake isn't going to confince you?

Roland,

I was pretty sure you would have.. As I have said before, you have probably forgotten more about DeTomaso´s, than most owners will ever know about them.

The problem is, that it probably is more worth to you as a professional, than to any individual owner. In any case it would be unfair to try to convince you that you should share the list, as one way or another it forms a part of your livelyhood.

Then again, even though I´m sure I will come knocking on Rolands door for DeTomaso specific parts with DeTomaso prices(And will be glad to do so), I´m understandably less than thrilled about the prospect of buying parts from a mass production saloon from a supercar specialist. I don´t think I´m the only one who was at least partly drawn to these cars due to the relative ease, that the major components can be maintaned, in relation to their competition.

When I was researching which car to buy, Iso Lele was one of the options on the list. Lot of the same characteristics as the Longchamp I ended up with due multiple reasons. In any case, the Iso people have the Barry Twitchell´s list and we have lot of published info(a lot of it from Roland), but just not complied in to a single list.

These cars have so little publicity and so little information about them publicly available, that I think that it might even increase their value, if they were more accessible to a beginner. Both with more of them appearing in the press and more technical data availalbe about them in the public domain.

As far as the publicity goes, I am planning to get a permission to publish the articles, that I have collected about the Longchamp in non-profit web site and will help anyone who wishes to do the same to the Deauville.

p.s. The link page would hopefully have both Jaeckel+Partner Gmbh and Pantera International, if it is OK for them.

P.p.s Roland: If you do decide to accept Dutchie´s offer of a bottle of fine whisky, I would most definately add another one into the loot.

Jani,

I'll start.

1. Door lock barrels come from the Fia 120 series cars such as 127, 128 etc.

2. ZF steering racks shared with Kyalami.

3. Ignition lock shared with various 70's American Fords/Mercury/Licolns etc.

4. Rear handbrake pads from Rolls Royce (I cannot remember which model).

5. Front brake pads Aston Martin I cannot remember which model).

EBC matched all of my pads up with their 'Green Stuff'.

Phil
Longchamp GTS 3061

Rear lights: Alfa Romeo 2000 (early seventies, shared with many cars from Bricklin to Monteverdi)

Lights, wiper, defrost switches: From Alfa Romeo also. Same period.

Steering column: Lincoln Mark III

Front seats same as various Maserati and Monteverdi models(Doesn´t really help, I know..)

Shifter: Ford Mustang

Brake booster: Ford

Licence plate lights: Alfa Romeo

My brake booster reservoir has a Ford cap, so I assumed the whole thing would be Ford.

Does anyone have clue about the speedo cable?

Is it Longchamp specific or shared with Pantera?

If you can get one to copy we have an excellent company hear that are able to make up whatever you want from a pattern with or without any modifications:

http://www.speedycables.com/

Phil
Longchamp GTS 3061

As I am thinking of next winters to do lists, I´ve started to think that Maserati Quattroporte parts might be the answer to lot of my problems.

For example, QP III spidles worked fine for me during the previous scare. Now I´m thinking of our hard to find group 4 Pantera discs that our Longville´s are supposed to have. When I look at the pictures of the QP III vented front rotors, they look quite like mine. Rear suspension schematic in the QP III parts manual even seems to have DT wheels on it!!!

QP III rotors are available new, as are new pistons for the QP III brake calibers.

Does anyone have experience about a rotor swap?