Fitting the fender. Fender has to come on and off many, many times to make sure everything aligns.
While you are doing that kind of metal work, here are some changes I found worth while.
1. Move the license plate frame up so the license plate fits:
http://www.rc-tech.net/pantera1/lp/lp.htm
2. I altered the decklid latch to use a standard latch found in every automotive hot rod vendor. With a regular pin there is no side to side movement of the deck lid:
http://www.rc-tech.net/pantera...latch/deck_latch.htm
3. I also welded over the rear button and actuated it with a bearclaw latch:
Put a cover over it to clean it up. It has since been painted:
1. Move the license plate frame up so the license plate fits:
http://www.rc-tech.net/pantera1/lp/lp.htm
2. I altered the decklid latch to use a standard latch found in every automotive hot rod vendor. With a regular pin there is no side to side movement of the deck lid:
http://www.rc-tech.net/pantera...latch/deck_latch.htm
3. I also welded over the rear button and actuated it with a bearclaw latch:
Put a cover over it to clean it up. It has since been painted:
Comp, I really like the mods you did to your car. Very inspiring.
However, for this car I'm trying to get as close as possible to the specs of the factory Gr4 cars, which means only certain chassis mods can be incorporated.
However, for this car I'm trying to get as close as possible to the specs of the factory Gr4 cars, which means only certain chassis mods can be incorporated.
I haven't posted on this thread for a while. That does however not mean that Work has stopped. I'll post the details later but here's the status of today.
The chassis is all together, everything aligned and set correctly. Almost all welds finished. Spend a lot of time hammer-fitting the fenders around the doors so they match the door skin as perfect as possible.
Next I'll pull the door skins from the doorframes and start work on fitting the aluminum door skins.
The chassis is all together, everything aligned and set correctly. Almost all welds finished. Spend a lot of time hammer-fitting the fenders around the doors so they match the door skin as perfect as possible.
Next I'll pull the door skins from the doorframes and start work on fitting the aluminum door skins.
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As always Push.... lookin good. Glad to see one of us is still making progress.
Thanks Rob.
We need to see some progress-pics from over there in Michigan soon !!
We need to see some progress-pics from over there in Michigan soon !!
What a great thread! Thanks for all the detailed photos and info! Your work shows a fine eye for detail and great craftsmanship! Again Thanks for sharing with us that wish we had your talent! It definitely is inspiring.
OK, in the absence of progress on the chassis, I'll try and keep this thread alive with Pictures of a few parts I've aquired. Actually I got most of the leftovers from the Danish Team Witch Craft that developed and ran two panteras in the European GTC series from 2004 to 2008.
There's a lot of race stuff, including brakes, radiators, lightweight windshield, lots of ZF parts and special fibers parts.
Here are the brake calipers. They wen't through a lot of trouble (and Money) to get the permission from AP to reproduce a few sets of these AP Lockheed 8-piston Armadilo Calipers. They were homologated for the Pantera in '75 and are thus legal for use in FIA Historic competition. They are massive and according to the Team they gave them quite an advantage over the competition on brakes.
There's a lot of race stuff, including brakes, radiators, lightweight windshield, lots of ZF parts and special fibers parts.
Here are the brake calipers. They wen't through a lot of trouble (and Money) to get the permission from AP to reproduce a few sets of these AP Lockheed 8-piston Armadilo Calipers. They were homologated for the Pantera in '75 and are thus legal for use in FIA Historic competition. They are massive and according to the Team they gave them quite an advantage over the competition on brakes.
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They also designed their own radiator. This is a very tight fit in the chassis, actually I'll have to remove the headlight-bucket crossbar, to be able mount the radiator. The advantage is a much increased crosssection of the radiator core compared to fx the common Fluidyne. It's about 4 inches wider and 1-2 higher
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Those wheels and brakes are awesome....
Especially those wheels....
Rocky
Especially those wheels....
Rocky
Hey Man! I love those brake calipers. Got any more?
quote:Got any more?
Yes, I think so. But, be prepared to write a SERIOUS check !!
Chances are big Doug only wants more pictures of those calipers...
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Chances are big Doug only wants more pictures of those calipers...
Well as I said, I'm looking for something that does that job but fits the stock Campi wheels.
It is very difficult to beat the cost of the Wilwood's and there is an advantage to them in that you should be able to get parts for them for a bit longer.
I could use Kid's method of removing the excess metal that says Wilwood with a flat file then everyone would wonder.
Remember, I'm not bound by the "class rules" for vintage racing that you guys have there.
Those rules make it quite a bit more expensive to field a car when many of the original limited production parts of the time like the aluminum brake calipers need to be "reproduced".
Actually the Volvo R60 series brake calipers look like they are a good shot at adapting.
They're like Bud Light. "Taste good, less filling".
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