DeTomaso Mailing List: November 99, Message #165

too many donuts
-----Original Message-----
From: Brock C Tella <brockctella@juno.com>
To: Multiple recipients of list <detomaso@realbig.com>
Date: Wednesday, November 03, 1999 9:48 AM
Subject: Re: Temporary engine for the Pantera?


>Somebodys been smoking something.
>
>On Wed, 3 Nov 1999 11:37:48 -0500 "Charlie Mccall"
><Charlie.Mccall@haworth.com> writes:
>>CAL!!! JUST SAY NO!!!!
>>
>>Seriously, sounds like a lot of work for a temporary fix... isn't 
>>there an easier way???
>>
>>Charlie McCall 
>>1972 DeTomaso Pantera Pre-L #3847
>>"Raising Pantera Awareness in France"
>>
>>>>> "Eustaquio, Cal J" <cal.j.eustaquio@lmco.com> 11/03/99 05:04PM 
>>>>>
>>Hi All:
>>
>>I'm expecting showers of bullets on this one but here goes: been 
>>thinking
>>that since the engine and trans are out, I'll be sending these off to 
>>be
>>rebuilt in the future. In the meantime, I have some possible issues 
>>about
>>moving the Pantera from my garage to a paint booth sometime in the 
>>future. 
>>
>>I had some offers of local auto body shops to let me use their booth 
>>on the
>>weekend. I don't want to tow the vehicle.
>>
>>Now (here goes): would it be possible to shoehorn in a VW 
>>engine/transaxle
>>combination if I made the right conversions to do so? I take it if I 
>>flop
>>the combo around so that it has the same profile as the 351/ZF combo, 
>>I
>>might have to do some mechanical conversion or put the gears into 
>>reverse so
>>that the car can move in one direction (albiet very slowly but I don't 
>>care,
>>I just need to move the car under it's own *gulp* VW power). This 
>>will
>>probably already reinforce the hated kit car notion but  who cares: 
>>I'm a
>>man of means. 
>>
>>Let me know. I'm waiting for a good chuckle on this one!
>>
>>Cal #2428r (with flame suit and 
>>
>>
>>
>
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