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April Newsletter
2013
Tech Session
at Rick's
The morning of the Tech session Jim
and I left home on schedule only to be delayed by
several very slow vehicles. One was a farm truck towing two outhouses and
the other was a pickup full of farm workers driving much below the already slow
speed limit of Highway 160. Once past these two impediments, we had our
usually smooth scenic drive up the Sacramento River. We arrived at Rick's
shop to find Rick sweeping out the work area. His Pantera would soon have
the cover off it and be ready for the installation of the clutch slave
cylinder hose kit. Rick had ordered the kit some time ago but never
got around to installing it. Rick thought that it was about 8 years since
he has been under his Pantera to do any work. In that time period he has
been working on his race cars while the Pantera just kept working!
We set up a table for the doughnuts
and coffee and then the lawn chairs. The "target car" for
the session arrived. Ken has had his Pantera for several months. It
was in basically good shape when he got it, but he has developed a list of
smaller items to be sorted out. Rick and Jim were able to give Ken the
advise needed to order the parts that would be required to tackle the
dozen or so jobs on Ken had on his list. One of the projects that
they were able to do that day was to get functioning taillights. Ken was
unaware that he had even had that problem. The guys were also able
to adjust the shift linkage. Ken had been having difficulty
shifting. They readjusted the linkage on the transmission as best they
could, but the shift lever is still dragging on the 1st and 5th shift gate
fingers. It's been that way for a long time, since there are significant
groves ground into the shift lever, from rubbing on the gate fingers. The
fore/aft movement seems normal, but the side-to-side movement is not enough to
center the lever in the side gates. More diagnosis will be needed with
someone familiar with this problem (Mike, Garry, anyone?).
We took a break from the activity for
Jim and Ken to make a parts run and to pick up lunch. We enjoyed pizza
and conversation. We found out that Ken, Jim, and Emilia are all Lodi
High School alumni, all different years. Then it was back to the
task of finishing the various projects.
While the event turnout was
small, five people total (thanks for the visit, Carl!), the service performed
on both cars made it worthwhile. Rick no longer needs worry about his red
plastic clutch line blowing up, like it did on our car a few years
ago. Ken has a more road worthy Pantera and has solutions to almost
all of his cars issues. This is the sort of event that makes the Pantera
community special. We are glad that our CP group has vehicles that are in
such good running condition, but are also happy to be available to help fellow
Pantera owners get their cars into better running condition. All in all,
a Saturday well spent because we own a Pantera.
Rick, Jim and
Ken check out the shift linkage
The tail
light problem is sorted out by Jim and Ken
The
adjustment to the shift linkage still has some more head scratching needed.
Meeting
Notes
The April meeting was run
by Emilia, in the absence of President George.
We only had 9 people present
this month. Those that came in their daily drivers were; Emilia & Jim
Seiferling, Mike & Nancy Haney, John Worsley, Paul Bowden, Rick
Carlile. Lamar Fairchild & Mila came in his Pantera.
Driving for Dollars:
Since there was only one club car in attendance (Lamar's), we didn't have
enough cars for the driving for dollars raffle. Thank you Lamar for
bringing your Pantera.
Raffle:
The raffle for a DeTomaso polo shirt took in $21 and was won by
Lamar. At the next meeting, May 14th, the winner of the raffle will
have a choice of one of the two remaining DeTomaso items donated by John
McNamee. Be sure to attend in order to have a chance to win one of John's
apparel items.
We went around the table and got an up
date on the current car projects from each person at the meeting.
Paul - is
working on his clutch, emergency flashers and tire replacements
John - The
Bricklin is still in the shop being restored, but he has decided on a new
color
for the car. It will be a pale cream mint green. The car was
originally a
bright safety green.
Jim - has the
fuel pump that is to be replaced
Rick -
has ordered and received the clutch slave hydraulic line, but still needs to
install it
Lamar
- has a new alternator and his two car garage is back to being a two car
garage. He needs to check out his clutch after some shifting problems on
the drive to the meeting.
Nancy/Mike -
the Pantera is good with no repairs needed. The recently installed
power steering has contributed to some spirited driving by Nancy.
We hope this pronouncement of no mechanical problems doesn't
come back to bite them.
Mike and Lori are planning to get married at the POCA Rally in Phoenix, in a
couple of weeks. Rick and Marcia will be in attendance. He has
agreed to be the Capitol Pantera Newsletter social reporter. There will be an
article in the May newsletter. We all wish them the very best.
Paul will indeed host the Capitol Panteras Christmas Party this year. He
was flattered to read that the group had unanimously voted at the March meeting
to have him host again. Paul was not present at the March meeting.
Two additional new outings are now on
the calendar. Nancy will be in charge of a coast drive in June. She
will modify a route from the AutoZotica drives from a number
of years ago. The exact date will be set at the May
meeting. Ken Whittall-Scherfee will be working on a drive to the Auburn
area, a visit to the Air Museum at McClellan, and a BBQ at his airplane
(Navion) hanger at McClellan. The date is tentative for now, on July
27. Thank you Nancy and Ken. A possible third item is "Wings
& Wheels" of Sacramento; John McNamee will get us the date
and details at the May meeting.
Rick Carlile will host our
yearly tech session on Saturday, April 13, at his office/shop in
downtown Sacramento. We will need a head count. Tech inspections and
various smaller fix-it projects can be done at the session. Rick is a
certified POCA tech inspector for POCA open track events. The Club will
provide donuts at the start and take-out for lunch.
2013
EVENTS CALENDAR
Capitol Panteras Events in
Red
Capitol Panteras member, Rick Carlile, will be racing his TVR in the
CSRG Series. http://www.csrgracing.org/
April 24 Mike & Lori's Wedding, in Phoenix
April 24-28 POCA Fun Rally, Phoenix
April 27 Car Show, Grass Valley. Pre-72 cars.
April 27 Cars & Coffee. Gold Country Restorations, Martell
April 28 EuroSunday @ Panera Bread, 8519 Bond Rd., Elk Grove
May 3/5 CSRG Vintage Races @ Thunderhill
May 14 Capitol Panteras meeting at Mimi's
May18-19 Sonoma
Historic Motorsports Festival @ Sonoma Raceway
May 19 British Car Show - Dixon
May 19 Car Show-Downtown Placerville
May 26 EuroSunday, Sacramento @
June 2013 Capitol Conour's d'Elegance, Capitol Mall
June 8 Cars & Coffee. Gold Country Restorations, Martell
June 11 Capitol Panteras
meeting at Mimi's
June Coast Run Drive - Chairman Nancy - Exact date to be set
June 23
EuroSunday, Sacramento @
July 4 Shelby National, SAAC38, Fontana
July 9 Capitol Panteras meeting at Mimi's
July 20 Car Show in Arnold
July 27 Auburn/McClellan Drive & BBQ Chairman Ken W. (Tentative date)
July 28 EuroSunday,
Sacramento @
Aug 3 Summer Surprise @ Sonoma Raceway. Shelby Club
Aug 3 4th Annual CAM Car Cruise, Sacramento
Aug 3
Festa Italiana, Sacramento, http://www.italiancenter.net/
Aug 4 Festa Italiana Car Display on Sunday - Chairman, Jeff Budelli
Aug 13 Capitol Panteras meeting
at Mimi's
Aug 15
"The Tour", downtown Carmel @ Noon.
Aug 16
Concorso Italiano, http://www.concorso.com/default.asp
Aug 16-18 Monterey Historic Races, Laguna Seca (Featured Marque=?)
Rick will be racing his TVR at this event.
Aug 25
EuroSunday, Sacramento @
Sept 10 Capitol Panteras meeting at Mimi's
(Nominations for club officers)
Sept 22 3rd
Annual Placerville Run. Lamar Fairchild - Chairman
Sept 22 EuroSunday
Oct Brunch at The Ryde Hotel?-Chairman, John Worsley
Oct 4/6 CSRG Vintage Races @ Sonoma Raceway
Oct 8
Capitol Panteras meeting at Mimi's
(Elections of club officers)
Oct 12 20th
Annual Car Show, Rio Vista - Chairman, Jim ( lunch at
Foster's Big Horn)
Oct12 Fall Classic, open track at Thunderhill.
Shelby Club.
Oct 13 Italian
Car Show, Alameda. A benefit for Special Olympics. No entry
fee for exhibitors.
Oct
Car Show, Mustangs Plus, Stockton.
Oct 27 EuroSunday, Sacramento @
Nov 1/3 CSRG
Vintage Races @ Thunderhill
Nov 12 Capitol Panteras meeting at Mimi's
Nov
22 Turkey Bowl, Shelby Club, Laguna Seca
Nov 24
Euro Sunday, Sacramento @
Dec - Capitol Panteras Christmas Party
Paul will again be our host at his home in West Sacramento.
Please keep us informed of other dates and activities.
Jim & Emilia Seiferling
Newsletter Co-Editors, Capitol Panteras
http://www.capitolpanteras.org
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