Hello,
I want to apply the Ornament, external fuel filler with my 72. It seems that stocks are rare. Does anyone have an idea where to source the part #09038A please?
Additionally, any advice for doing the conversion is appreciated. Thanks
Frank
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LeMans850 did this on his car if I understand your question…. He should pop up soon with a link to his build thread that describes the work he did…
I found the thread Rocky thanks. However he did something completely new on his own. I just want to apply the later model external fuel filler with all original parts. Hope that’s possible as it seems.
I thought one of the challenges was the lack of the "bucket" to mount the filler mouth underneath the gill. That would require some fabrication.
I'm not fully aware of the challenges, as I have an "L" Model, with the stock assembly.
Good luck - keep us posted!
Rocky
They are an extremely rare find now, you can try calling the Pantera vendors and see if they have any used parts, I'd also reach out to Mike Mayberry, it's surprising what he has, but expect to pay close to $1,000 for it, if you can find one. Otherwise it's keep scouring all the forums and FB marketplace and hope one comes up at some point.
I think I have a the 37A lid piece somewhere as I converted to an aero style cap. That maybe another way to go, just cut a hole in your existing gill and mount an aero cap. You'll also need to cut the holes through the rear panel for the hose.
I did see that mounting can #41 out on eBay a few weeks ago. It was listed at $550.
@haydude posted:I did see that mounting can #41 out on eBay a few weeks ago. It was listed at $550.
They were never cheap. I got mine from Wilkinson about 20 years ago and the bucket was something like $125 then.
Its purpose really is to provide a mounting for the twist cap.
As suggested, if you go to an an external cap mounted to the gills then the internal connection is a matter of swinging the adapter on the tank now to point at the gill mounted location, cutting a hole for the hose with a hole saw and finding a fuel hose to fit and clamp them.
I get the part that there is a desire to stay with factory parts on the Pantera but so far to this day, there is not a large contingent of "original 'Concourse' Pantera" owners but more importantly, a big market value for those cars.
That could change but after 50 years there is no noticeable division in Pantera buyers and sellers over those details.
Thanks all for the reply. I take with me: if I find the parts it’s fairly doable.
