This is a Pantera project that I received in February this year. It is a 1972 Pre L that is setup as a GTS. The prior owner engaged with a shop to rework all of the suspension and then the project came to a halt. A couple of the photos show how the project came to me. It now has fresh paint on the a-arms, new a-arm bushings, new ball joints, a new steering rack, new guts in the rear carriers, and more.
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Wow, great progress.
Do you have a part number that you can share for the rear brake rotor and rotor hat?
Looks like the Wilwood 170-0636 with a 2.1" offset hat that most were using for that conversion, rotor is then any 8 x 7.62 bolt pattern of you choice. I think the hats are still available, but as a custom order.
@joules posted:Looks like the Wilwood 170-0636 with a 2.1" offset hat that most were using for that conversion, rotor is then any 8 x 7.62 bolt pattern of you choice. I think the hats are still available, but as a custom order.
Thank you. That hat properly positions the rotor to use the stock original rear brake caliper?
It looks like the brakes on the car were from Dennis Quella. It also has tapered rear wheel bearings that are certainly from Dennis. The rear carriers came disassembled and I spoke with Dennis about putting them back together. He gave me part numbers for seals and bearing. Wilkinson helped me with the assembly of the rear carriers and said my wheels were from Bobby Byers (same as Hall) and they have some kind of special offset for these brakes. Here is a link to photos of the brakes on Dennis' website.
The "special" wheel offset Steve mentioned is probably due to the outboard mounted rotors. The hats are about 1/4" thick, so ideally you'd want to adjust your wheel offset/backspacing accordingly.
If someone is looking for the hats Julian referred to above, I believe Dennis Q. keeps them in stock.
Also, in the photos of the Pantera Performance brake system, the front brakes use IPSCO aluminum front hubs, which are designed to work with outside mounted rotors. They do not space your wheels out by 1/4" like stock hubs do. They also use either stock or 1/2"-20 screw-in wheel studs.
Where did you get the replacement steering rack and did it bolt right in?
The rack is from Wilkinson and his version comes with one bracket that is narrower than stock allowing it to bolt straight in. Without the narrow bracket it still works with the stock bracket if you file the groove wider to match the bracket. I have done this on several Panteras and it takes about 20 minutes.
@stevebuchanan posted:The rack is from Wilkinson and his version comes with one bracket that is narrower than stock allowing it to bolt straight in. Without the narrow bracket it still works with the stock bracket if you file the groove wider to match the bracket. I have done this on several Panteras and it takes about 20 minutes.
Probably a Ferrari 308 rack, there are Chinese made versions available on eBay for a couple hundred bucks. Quite a few owners purchased them back when they first listed at $140, not bad quality for the money.
... or is it the TRW Italia rack, that they used in the GT5-S. It comes with two steel adapter bushings, as one end of the rack is smaller than the Pantera's mounts. I bought one from Wilkinson in the '90's. If I'm not mistaken, it was also used in the Ferrari F40.
