I am looking for a new a/c compressor for my Pantera, which was built between April and June, 1988 with a Windsor engine. I believe the original compressor was sourced by De Tomaso from either Ford Europe or Australia, because the numbers on it were incomprehensible to all the Ford Canada parts guys I have talked to. When it failed, I managed to replace it with a 1988 Ford F-150 pickup compressor, which then duly failed too, subsequent to which NAPA managed to track down a rebuilt one that lasted all of 4 hours before seizing up (much to the amusement of Mike Drew, who was in the passenger seat when smoke began pouring out of the engine compartment from the melting fan belt and I began screaming and crying like a little girl that my car was on fire).
I am now told that 1988 Ford F-150 compressors are no longer available anywhere in the vee belt configuration that I require. Even the guys at Vintage Air could not help me.
Apparently Ford F-150s are such an exceedingly rare vehicle (watch for them at Pebble Beach any day now), that it is easier to find an abandoned Ferrari Enzo than a F-150 compressor.
Any help or advice with regard to the procurement of this part would be greatly appreciated.
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