DeTomaso Mailing List: September 97, Message #213
     



From: William King <wpk@fc.net>

Subject: Re: Shift Levers and steering

Date: Sat, 06 Sep 1997 13:04:11 -0500



Folks,



I pulled my stock wheel from #1741 the other day to replace it

because the pad was crumbling from years of heat and I didn't

want to cough up $150 for a new pad and anyway I wanted a

smaller wheel with a larger grip.



The stock wheel *did* have a 'corrugated' collapsable section.



William



Kirby Schrader wrote:

> 

> >-> 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

>                                             schrader@slb.com

> '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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