When Wilkinson helped me with shortening my screen he explained that the curvature of the screen can be adjusted to match the side engine covers. While doing such I noticed that the mesh is springy and readily changes while the mild steel channels at the sides are defining the curvature. I was able to carefully bend mine into place.
@Larry, yeah, I've kind of seen that coming. I am going to check in with a local fabricator and just see what's possible.
"Steve - are you sure your screen came from a push button, or could it have been a post push button prior to 2002??"
I cannot be certain that the aluminum screen came with the car from the factory. I do know that its initial restoration started around 1990 and the dust on the screen pictured matched all of the other parts that came with the car. Also, the screen fit perfectly into the car. Damage to the screen likely happened during storage. movement, and transport.
I have an extra original center screen with the air cleaner rasied center available for sale, PM if interested. 400 plus shipping
Brian: To respond to your earlier question about the fact your current screen is loose and banging around when you drive, a simple fix (assuming the holes line up between the screen and side panels) is to buy two small bolts and matching wing nuts at ACE hardware. Bolt comes up from below and put a washer on top and the wing nut. If they holes do not align, take the center screen off and drill a new hole on each side to align with your side panels first. Candidly, you might have to do this with what ever new center screen you find as well.
@tomcat72, can you send me pictures and exact measurements? As you can see from this thread, each Pantera, especially mine, has it's own unique fitment issues...
@pat, the holes on the "front" edge do not line up with the holes that are on the side covers, another reason for my posting. But then I'm assuming that the holes on the screen or the side covers are "standard"
If I am not mistaken, the center panel has 2 holes on each side. One about midway back from the window and then one at the back. On my car, I put a small bolt and acorn nut to fill the first hole and only secure my panel using the back hole. The fact the screen is secured in the U channel in front and bolted in back makes it totally secure. There is no banging or movement. I did this because I couldn't see removing 4 bolts to get that panel out. Using wing nuts on the back two bolts make this a 2 second removal.
You could also just put a pop rivet in the hole in center if you didnt want to see a blank hole
Thanks Tomcat, definitely too small for my fitment, plus I'm looking for no cutout if possible. I am a full 34 inches wide and I'm 19 inches front to back, which is about 1/2 inch too much. So my fitment would be 34 inches wide and 18 1/2 inches front to back. Every one seems to be slightly different. But thanks for posting...
Understood. I definitely learned a lot on this topic. I had no idea there were so many variations.
You have our head in it more than me. What year/generation is my cover from? Or do we know yet? It didn't come with my car. I got it on a trade with other parts.
@tomcat, Panterapat has been super helpful on this topic. Read all the previous posts. There's more on this thread...
My apologies George, but I don't know what your post means?
I believe he may be suggesting a method whereby your pictures will appear in large format, with no action required on the part of the reader to see them in all their glory!
Click George’s link to find out how!
Rocky
AH HA!!! Thank you very much! Learn something new every day...
I believe this is the engine cover that matches your side covers.