Pantera parts ! (Page 67/75)
Fastfocusguy NOV 14, 12:17 PM
and hopefully Dave will be delivering my dashboard and center console very soon, so I will be able to work on installing the pantera gauges over the winter !! :O
exoticse APR 30, 10:12 PM


Bump for a great project.
Fastfocusguy MAY 16, 10:36 AM
Hey Dave -
Any chance you will be making that Dashboard Delivery Flight this month or next ?
Please give me a call and lets get this sorted out !! Thanks,
David in Columbus, WI

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CETICARS JUN 06, 01:42 AM

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Originally posted by opm2000:




These are door panels from a Diablo kit I have. I made a mold so I could start resizing the panels to fit a stock Fiero, I kinda like their shape.

I have this dash and center console from the same Diablo. I'm working on either resizing to fit a stock Fiero, or modifying the pod to get a more realistic Pantera dash look.


Both of these are very back burner projects. I've been playing around with them for my own use, only. When they are finished, and if folks like them, I'll have made molds so they would be available.

David Breeze




pm me a price for a pair of inside diablo door cards in White

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Fastfocusguy JUL 04, 11:06 PM
I spent most of the day designing and building a support structure from steel tube and angle iron,
which bolts to the front of the fiero ( where the bumper used to mount ). The angle iron struts
extend forward and have holes which line up with the bolt holes for the Hinges upon which
the front Hood raises and lowers. This way the weight of the hood is partially supported by the steel
frame of the fiero, and not just the fiberglass pantera nose. It is now tack-welded together.
Tomorrow I will have to carefully take it out of the car and use my new wire-welder to
weld up all of the seams completely, to make it solid and secure. Then it will need priming
and paint, to keep it from rusting. I will try to get some photos tomorrow, after it is welded up !
Fastfocusguy JUL 06, 07:58 PM
here are a few pix of the tack-welded assembly.
now I need to get it out of the car, and weld up all the seams.
Then, clean it up for primer and paint !









Fastfocusguy JUL 06, 08:00 PM
Well, it is now completely welded up !
I think I am starting to get the hang of this wire-feed welder gizmo !
Now I must clean up all of the weld splatter, and grind off a few BLOBs -
then get it ready for primer - I am thinking the self-etching sort !

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Fastfocusguy JUL 09, 02:32 PM
as promised! here is a photo showing it welded up.



and here it is all cleaned up !



and here it is all primed up with self etching primer -



and here we see it with 2 coats of Duplicolor Ford Red -
In honor of the Ford engine used in real panteras -



and finally , two shots with the finished part completely installed and
all fasteners torqued down securely !






Fastfocusguy SEP 04, 03:17 PM
First up is Yesterday's mission : reinforce the connection from fiero frame to fiero front bumper support structure.
This was weakened when I had to cut out the front corners to clear the pantera headlight pods,
so some new structure is needed to strengthen things up again.
Lucky for me the stock front hood hinge supports are no longer used, and they are strategically located.
So my stiffener brackets will go under the upper hood hinge attachment stud with washer and nut,
and then be welded to the front bumper support structure !
Picture is worth a thousand words ! Enjoy ! !
Fastfocusguy SEP 04, 03:26 PM
Secondly, is todays misson : relocate the petrol filler neck assembly !
It is not practical to locate it in the correct Pantera Location,
since the Fiero back window structure is blocking that spot for the most part.
So I chose to locate the filler cap right where the Stock Air Filter used to live !
No scoundrels can syphon my petrol tank without first jimmying the Engine Lid !
( And I plan to lift said lid the same way Dave/OPM2000 lifts his = Linear Actuators )
So all I really did was slice and dice the stock filler neck parts until they fit where I wanted them,
and then fabricated a couple support tubes from Aluminum Tubing, which got bolted on
with stainless steel socket head cap screws and nylock lock-nuts,
and then bolt to the existing stock air filter cannister mounting points !
Again, pictures follow to show you the results - - -