Recent content by Lee_Lancs

Finally, after a few late night and more spends than the wife knows about (admit it, we've all done it), my 1996 Pantera is done, finished, completed.. This is my first "ground up" resto, so let me know what you think.. Good, bad or ugly 👍. Ps. If anyone can tell me where the "made in USA"...

Yup, thats basically what i knocked up, minus the threads of course ☺👍

Wish id have thought of that before i spent 5hrs this afternoon, basically machining up, something very similar to what you suggest.. Bugger 😳. Thanks Lhatch4 👍

Lol. I feel your pain 😁. Mine is a Drummond 3 1/2 Mtype. It was made in 1941.. Mind you, it's not out of place in my man cave, it fits in well with my Walker Turner "the driver" pillar drill, also made in 1941. (And no, i didn't buy them new..Lol).

To be fair, my ways could do with a regrind.. I hear there's a firm in Halifax that do it, but it will have to wait until i get some spends. £100 has got to be a bargain 👍 it cost me more than that in diesle to collect mine.

When i bought the lathe, it came with all sorts of goodies.. A 3 jaw self centering. A 4 jaw independant. A 4 jaw self centering. A vertical milling slide. A fixed steady + a traveling steady. Loads n loads of tooling, reamers, drill bits. 2 tailstock chucks. Live centers & dead centers. Tap n...

Looks like great minds actually do think alike afterall.. Ive just fired up my old girl 😁

Hiya Mickeysinn, thanks for your reply.. There is a braze on near the head tube, to carry the rear brake outer cable, it is ally welded to the frame about 3.5in from where the headtube joins the downtube, then there is a run of bare brake cable, which goes to an ally braze on to the underside of...

Hi guy's, I'm restoring a 1996 Pantera, all is going well, but I've hit a bit of a "how the hell" stage in the rebuild.. I've got the Vbrakes fitted to the front 👍, and, I'm now on to fitting the rear brake cable, but, my 96' was originally fitted with canti's, so there arn't any braze on's to...

I appreciate you helping me out, thank you 👍

Hi Trailstar and thanks for your thoughts 👍. Looking at the frame, i can't tell if it was a high polish, or BB finish when new, due to neglect, the ally has turned "cloudy" and dull, leaving me guessing how it left the factory.. I would however like to bring it up to a mirror polish, then add a...

Wouldn't zaskar tubing be a little bigger ??

Hi guy's. I have been given a 96 Pantera, its a real timewarp ride, complete with full STX, ClubRoost saddle, Zokes etc. Does anyone know, were the "polished ally" GT frames of the 90's lacquered to protect them, or were they as the name states, simply a polished frame, without lacquer?? I...