That's from my neck of the woods. Torrance. I grew up a few miles away.
Funny! I got it in the Netherlands!
Did you meet Parnelli Jones at the Dealership?
Actually, I didn't know where the dealership was from, originally!
I like it!!
rocky posted:Mounted - What do you think?
(NOTE: The very bright AZ sun is not showing them off to their finest extent -- It's like when HiDef TV came out, and everyone complained you could see every imperfection on the actors faces)...
Rocky
Looks Good, can i get a set?
Kjeld
Hi Kjeld -
I think you can. PM sent with supplier info.
Rocky
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Working a major maintenance project, and a rear brake caliper upgrade. Read about some of it at the link below...
I'll post up some more details when I can...
Rocky
Cobras and Panteras always went well together. Sound, smell and colors. Thanks for the pics of this nice bunch!
Chuck, I hope you and your family are well sir! Who's doing the paint and body work for you? I'm trying to think of who you're speaking of? In Tucson??
Hi Adam - We are all well and doing fine
I’m working with Rick at Duval Body and Paint in Green Valley. Are you looking to have a car painted?
Nah, but I always like to know about good body and paint people. Hard to come by.
I have heard great things about Rick over the years. Nice to know he is familiar with P cars.
Since I am getting paint work done, I had some minor body improvements applied.
One of them (a tip o' the hat to Larry Finch) is to strengthen the rear lower valence panels. It's a simple mod, but takes a little welding.
The first picture is the fully executed mod - the second and third pictures are the tabs installed on my car. I'm going to fabricate the support rod, and drill / tap the structure mount point myself - hoping to save about $12 on the project!
I thought this was a good idea, and now is the time to get it done!
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(Not sure why my pictures didn't show up in aprevious post, so I deleted it...)
Working with my buddy to keep the American Economy rolling forward.
* * I'm in the booth for paint! Whoo-Hoo! * *
I suggested a couple minor modifications (bumpers, grills, gills, and a "old school" spoiler)....
My body and paint guy rightly pointed out a couple items that convinced me to go in for paint...
Looking forward to the final result...
PS>>> PM me if you are in the Southwestern portion of the United States, are considering an update to your body, or need paint, and are interested in a recommendation to a Body and Paint shop that has DIRECT experience with multiple Panteras....
PSSS>>> I am digging the "old school" spoiler...
PSSSS>>> Somebody (on this board) sold me a bumper that was too short... Discussions with Kirk Evans pointed out that fiberglass parts get smaller & smaller as they go through a mold / part duplication sequence, and you have to know what you are doing to end up with the fiberglass part to come out of the mold as the same size as the original.
I suspect the dude that sold me the front bumper knew that it needed work to make it fit... but he didn't tell me that.... GRRRRR.... Anyway - if he (or she) is reading this... I hope that they feel bad for selling parts that they knew didn't fit, but pretending that they didn't know it... But maybe they didn't know it... Let's hope so...
Let's hope these pictures work! All three were taken today (5/21/2020)!
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Of course when you drop off your car at a shop - something is going to break.
About 30 min after I left the shop on the initial delivery, my buddy called me.... "Hey - do your lights work? They aren't going up!"
Of course I said "YES - or they used to yesterday!"!
Here's we we found...
Luckily I had a spare brass gear left over from my Taurus Window Motor conversion done back in 2015.
I will tell you that getting that headlight motor plate on and off was a nightmare! Maybe I'll write that up for a Tech Article!
All reassembled, painted, reinstalled and greased and adjusted PRIOR to painting. NOS Limit Switches installed in prep for my Pantera Electronics headlight / motor controller install.
If I tried to do the reinstall after the paint - I am sure I would have regretted it!
Rocky
