<html><body><div style="color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif;font-size:12px"><div><span>I just have a roll bar. </span></div> <br><div class="qtdSeparateBR"><br><br></div><div class="yahoo_quoted" style="display: block;"> <div style="font-family: HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;"> <div style="font-family: HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"> <div dir="ltr"> <font face="Arial" size="2"> On Saturday, August 15, 2015 11:14 PM, Asa Jay Laughton via TPR <tpr@teampanteraracing.com> wrote:<br> </font> </div> <br><br> <div class="y_msg_container"><div id="yiv4524565656"><div>
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 clear="none">
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As I recall, your Pantera already has a roll cage in it doesn't it?<br clear="none">
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<pre class="yiv4524565656moz-signature">Asa Jay Laughton - W7TSC, MSgt, USAFR, Retired
& Shelley Marie
Spokane, WA
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On 8/15/2015 6:14 PM, mark skwarek via TPR wrote:
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<div id="yiv4524565656yui_3_16_0_1_1439687515059_3344"><span>Asa,</span></div>
<div id="yiv4524565656yui_3_16_0_1_1439687515059_3345"><span id="yiv4524565656yui_3_16_0_1_1439687515059_3646">Where did you get your
roll cage from? I would really like to get one.</span></div>
<div id="yiv4524565656yui_3_16_0_1_1439687515059_3346"><span id="yiv4524565656yui_3_16_0_1_1439687515059_3347">Mark</span></div>
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<div dir="ltr"> <font face="Arial" size="2"> On Saturday,
August 15, 2015 7:27 PM, Asa Jay Laughton via TPR
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<div class="yiv4524565656y_msg_container">After taking the Pantera for
a spirited run, and after emailing you all <br clear="none">
the last time, I went back out and began work on
securing the front legs <br clear="none">
of the roll cage.<br clear="none">
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I had been very reluctant to cut the carpet. Why? Well
that's a darn <br clear="none">
good question considering it's the original stock carpet
and already has <br clear="none">
holes through it to the jute underlayment on the
driver's side. Once I <br clear="none">
took the floor mats out and was reminded of what was
actually -under- <br clear="none">
them... I took knife in hand and had at it.<br clear="none">
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The first photo (or last depending on how they were
attached), shows how <br clear="none">
I bench-fueled the rebuilt carb and leveled the floats.
Using a <br clear="none">
handheld vacuum/pressure pump with the jar attached full
of gas and <br clear="none">
attached to the fuel log inlet, just pump until the
floats stop coming <br clear="none">
up. You can see the sight plug is removed on the left
fuel bowl (it was <br clear="none">
on the right as well but you can't see it. I had set up
the car as <br clear="none">
level as I could right-to-left (width-wise) and at about
the same front <br clear="none">
to back angle as it would be on the car. It worked
pretty well.<br clear="none">
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Next, there are a series of four photos showing what I
did to finish <br clear="none">
attaching the roll cage in the front. I first cut the
carpet and peeled <br clear="none">
it back for access to the rocker. Using a hole saw, I
carefully cut a <br clear="none">
hole near the roll cage mounting pad. This gave me
rear-access to run <br clear="none">
the bolts and washers up through. Then I had to insert
a wrench to hold <br clear="none">
the inside while I tightened the outside. I then
tightened a second nut <br clear="none">
on top the first to lock them in place.<br clear="none">
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One photo shows the hole cut in the driver's side. The
other three show <br clear="none">
the passenger side which has the battery cables running
through it. I <br clear="none">
first drilled the pilot hole for the hole saw. I did
this by setting <br clear="none">
the pilot bit in the hold saw so that only about an 1/8"
was protruding, <br clear="none">
that way the hole saw edge would stop me quickly.<br clear="none">
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I then ran a piece of stiff wire into the hole and felt
around for the <br clear="none">
cables and the immediate back side of the rocker I
needed to drill <br clear="none">
through. The cables felt like they were well out of the
way so I <br clear="none">
proceeded. You can see the cables after I got the hole
cut. The last <br clear="none">
photo shows the nuts and second nuts in place.<br clear="none">
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For now, I'm just flopping the carpet back in place.
I'm hoping to buy <br clear="none">
an oil temp gauge this week and I might need to run more
stuff through <br clear="none">
the rockers. Once I'm finished completely I'll tack the
carpet back <br clear="none">
down with some 3M Super Trim Adhesive.<br clear="none">
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I tightened all the roll cage bolts all around and we
are done. The <br clear="none">
roll cage is completely installed. All I really have
left to do on it <br clear="none">
is attach the padding.<br clear="none">
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I briefly spoke with my friend a couple doors down who
has all the <br clear="none">
welding equipment. We weren't able to get together
today, but we will <br clear="none">
tomorrow in order to weld in the O2 sensor bung. I'll
have to run those <br clear="none">
wires through the driver's side rocker; another good
reason not to glue <br clear="none">
the carpet back down yet. :)<br clear="none">
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Alright, I'm off to a barbecue at our Pastor's house,
and then later <br clear="none">
tonight I'll probable be putting in another order at
Summit for gear <br clear="none">
oil, oil temp gauge and pod and probably spark plug
wires (I don't <br clear="none">
recall how old these are).<br clear="none">
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Getting closer,<br clear="none">
Asa Jay<br clear="none">
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& Shelley Marie<br clear="none">
Spokane, WA<br clear="none">
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