I know it's been a month, but I have made some significant progress. Last weekend I went to L.A. to pick up some of the parts I still needed. Among them was the refurbished transmission, the new Boyd Coddington wheels, and the exhaust. I have installed the dash and roll bar. If you ever install a roll bar into a pantera ... don't. It is a major pain in the ass. This roll bar was a four point unit from Precision Proformance. We had to shorten one side of the roll bar because it was too close to the roof on one side of the car. We shortened it about an inch. After re-welding and painting we assembled the two front down tubes that go from the firewall to the dash then the cross tube that ties those together. The back bar is one piece and just slides in. The hard part is getting the whole thing to slide together once you have contorted yourself to pull the front assembly into the back assembly, all the while putting significant pressure on the front down tubes to bend them to fit. I think my back will be hurting all week.
The dash looks great in the car. I have also installed the headliner and new roof trim. I still have to install the wiring harness, guages, steering wheel, and seats. The rear window and windshield has been installed. I also re-undercoated the entire underside of the car, and installed the new power brake booster.
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