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I'm terribly sorry Mark, as far as I know, I got the very last one
ever made. It was hand fabricated by Dick Drenske, who is no longer
with us. I think you can get something either from Dennis Quella,
or Don Byers. I'm not really sure at this point.<br>
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As I recall, your Pantera already has a roll cage in it doesn't it?<br>
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Asa Jay<br>
<pre class="moz-signature" cols="72">Asa Jay Laughton - W7TSC, MSgt, USAFR, Retired
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On 8/15/2015 6:14 PM, mark skwarek via TPR wrote:
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August 15, 2015 7:27 PM, Asa Jay Laughton via TPR
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<div class="y_msg_container">After taking the Pantera for
a spirited run, and after emailing you all <br>
the last time, I went back out and began work on
securing the front legs <br>
of the roll cage.<br>
<br>
I had been very reluctant to cut the carpet. Why? Well
that's a darn <br>
good question considering it's the original stock carpet
and already has <br>
holes through it to the jute underlayment on the
driver's side. Once I <br>
took the floor mats out and was reminded of what was
actually -under- <br>
them... I took knife in hand and had at it.<br>
<br>
The first photo (or last depending on how they were
attached), shows how <br>
I bench-fueled the rebuilt carb and leveled the floats.
Using a <br>
handheld vacuum/pressure pump with the jar attached full
of gas and <br>
attached to the fuel log inlet, just pump until the
floats stop coming <br>
up. You can see the sight plug is removed on the left
fuel bowl (it was <br>
on the right as well but you can't see it. I had set up
the car as <br>
level as I could right-to-left (width-wise) and at about
the same front <br>
to back angle as it would be on the car. It worked
pretty well.<br>
<br>
Next, there are a series of four photos showing what I
did to finish <br>
attaching the roll cage in the front. I first cut the
carpet and peeled <br>
it back for access to the rocker. Using a hole saw, I
carefully cut a <br>
hole near the roll cage mounting pad. This gave me
rear-access to run <br>
the bolts and washers up through. Then I had to insert
a wrench to hold <br>
the inside while I tightened the outside. I then
tightened a second nut <br>
on top the first to lock them in place.<br>
<br>
One photo shows the hole cut in the driver's side. The
other three show <br>
the passenger side which has the battery cables running
through it. I <br>
first drilled the pilot hole for the hole saw. I did
this by setting <br>
the pilot bit in the hold saw so that only about an 1/8"
was protruding, <br>
that way the hole saw edge would stop me quickly.<br>
<br>
I then ran a piece of stiff wire into the hole and felt
around for the <br>
cables and the immediate back side of the rocker I
needed to drill <br>
through. The cables felt like they were well out of the
way so I <br>
proceeded. You can see the cables after I got the hole
cut. The last <br>
photo shows the nuts and second nuts in place.<br>
<br>
For now, I'm just flopping the carpet back in place.
I'm hoping to buy <br>
an oil temp gauge this week and I might need to run more
stuff through <br>
the rockers. Once I'm finished completely I'll tack the
carpet back <br>
down with some 3M Super Trim Adhesive.<br>
<br>
I tightened all the roll cage bolts all around and we
are done. The <br>
roll cage is completely installed. All I really have
left to do on it <br>
is attach the padding.<br>
<br>
I briefly spoke with my friend a couple doors down who
has all the <br>
welding equipment. We weren't able to get together
today, but we will <br>
tomorrow in order to weld in the O2 sensor bung. I'll
have to run those <br>
wires through the driver's side rocker; another good
reason not to glue <br>
the carpet back down yet. :)<br>
<br>
Alright, I'm off to a barbecue at our Pastor's house,
and then later <br>
tonight I'll probable be putting in another order at
Summit for gear <br>
oil, oil temp gauge and pod and probably spark plug
wires (I don't <br>
recall how old these are).<br>
<br>
Getting closer,<br>
Asa Jay<br>
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