DeTomaso Mailing List: June 2001, Message #31

Back in the early '70's I went for my first ride in a Pantera, I was in the
7th or 8th grade.  While I may have thought at the time, "Gee, I can't wait
to:

1. Grow up
2. Get a job
3. Buy a Pantera",

I don't remember thinking "so I can stick some '80's econoshitbox mirrors on
it".

Okay, perhaps making the Pantera look more like a Dodge Omni is every
owner's right, but a REAL MAN would buy an entire Dodge Omni just to get the
mirrors, then chop up the rest with a cutting torch.

Guy D.


----- Original Message -----
From: Jim Kucera <Jimbo@SoCalPantera.com>
To: Multiple recipients of list <detomaso@realbig.com>
Sent: Tuesday, May 29, 2001 8:46 PM
Subject: Re: Side Mirror Replacement Source ?


> Quoting MikeLDrew@aol.com:
>
> > Jim wrote:
> >
> > >From Mike's website, it appears to
> > be one of the popular flush-mounted Dodge Omni (or Dodge Colt) mirrors.
> > I'll
> > probably pickup a set.
> >
> > What's the best place to locate these mirrors? P-car vendor, Dodge
> > dealer,
> > Autozone ??
> >
> > >>>You be dreamin'...:<(
> >
> > Dodge discontinued the colt 10-15 years ago, and parts for them are
> > nonexistent--not available from Dodge anymore (so I'm told.)
> >
> > The vendors stocked up on 'em and you can sometimes find them.  However
> > I'd
> > take a long, hard look at your existing units and see what can be
> > done--repair is infinitely preferable to replacement unless they're
> > really
> > trashed....
> >
> > Mike
> >
> >
>
> Hey Mike,
>
> Another mental mistake on my part!  My daily driver is a 17-year-old
Mercedes-
> Benz (my YAHOO ID = Benz_guy). You can have a 30-year-old Benz and still
get
> most of the parts you need at your dealer or special order.
>
> I called Bobby Byars at Precision Proformance around 10:30am this morning
to
> see if he had anything.  As luck would have it, he had a complete set of
the
> Dodge mirrors, but no guts (mirror assemblies) inside.  No problem!  We
removed
> the mirror assembly from my unit and replaced it in his mirror body.
Total
> cost of transaction...NOTHING!  I love it when that happens.
>
> Maybe it's payback because I said all those nice things about Precision
> Proformance helping some of the TPOC boys out in Las Vegas when they were
down
> on their luck.  It could also have been the $2000 worth of merchandise
that
> TPOC bought from Bobby for the Las Vegas raffle (next year, it's goody
> bags :~)).  Whatever it was, this is another example of vendors coming
through
> in a pinch.  TPOC is proud to patronize Precision Proformance and other
P-car
> vendors whenever they can.  You never know when you're gonna need them,
but you
> can't live without them.
>
> Jim Kucera
> Team Pantera of Orange County
>