DeTomaso Mailing List: September 97, Message #212
     



From: Kirby Schrader <schrader@sugar-land.spc.slb.com>

Subject: Re: Shift Levers and steering

Date: Sat, 6 Sep 1997 08:52:06 -0600



>-> BTW, another mod that was done to my car was the crushable steering

>-> column slide under the dash was welded solid. This makes for a much

>-> tighter feel to the steering response.

>

> A '71?  Wouldn't that have the Capri steering wheel with the corrugated

>standoff?  The Capri mounts the steering column solid and the

>corrugations form the required crush segment.  The Pantera uses a second

>crush segment?



A '71. THPNLY01661.



It used to have a Capri steering wheel, but I replaced it with a 12"

LeCarra unit.



I sure don't see any 'corrugated standoff'..... There's just a telescoping

section of steering column. Sort of a rectangular cross section with two

sides rounded about a foot long. The female end is connected to the Ujoint

under the car and the male end is connected to the Ujoint under the dash.

Previously, that area had some slack in it and you could turn the steering

wheel slightly before the rack actually started moving.



Now, for sure, the Longchamp has a corrugated area. But the steering column

for it comes from a Granada.





BTW, I measured the shift lever height. The top of the knob is 4" above the

gate when it's in neutral.



Kirby





Kirby Schrader                  Compuserve: kschrader@compuserve.com

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'71 Pantera    #1661

'90 Thunderbird 35th anniversary special

'78 Longchamp GTS #3001   The wife's...

'76 Moto Guzzi LeMans Mark I



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