[DeTomaso] Fw: GTS Wheels

[gow2 at rc-tech.net]

That begs the question was it riveted or spot welded? My car is a
conversion but in the midst of the body work I have found many cars done
the same as mine. The fenders were spot welded on overlapping the metal.
It was smoothed out with a thick layer of bondo so it was smooth. I spent
a consider amount of time cutting the fenders and making them flush so it
would not require much filler to smooth:


http://www.rc-tech.net/cars/panttransam/1905/bw/fb1.jpg

http://www.rc-tech.net/cars/panttransam/1905/bw/fb4.jpg

http://www.rc-tech.net/cars/panttransam/1905/bw/fb5.jpg

This is the car with most the metal work done but no filler whatsoever:

http://www.rc-tech.net/cars/panttransam/1905/etch/etchbig.jpg

Gary




> Charles McCall skrev:
>> Interesting, I didn't know that. So on the GT5, the lip is bent down and
>> riveted, while on the GTS, the lip is bent "up", and is therefore
>> visible?
>
> No, the lip is still bent up, but I believe that the holes for the
> rivets are countersunk and are then hidden with filler.
>
> The flares are fiber glass and the lip is thick enough to cover the
> rivet head.
>
> Thomas
>
>
>>
>> -----Mensaje original-----
>> De: detomaso-bounces at realbig.com [mailto:detomaso-bounces at realbig.com]
>> En
>> nombre de Thomas Tornblom
>> Enviado el: Monday, 09 July, 2007 11:07 AM
>> Para: MikeLDrew at aol.com
>> CC: detomaso at realbig.com
>> Asunto: Re: [DeTomaso] Fw: GTS Wheels
>>
>> MikeLDrew at aol.com skrev:
>>> In a message dated 7/8/07 18 20 5, wdemelo at cogeco.ca writes:
>>>
>>>
>>>> Speaking of GTS flares. What determined whether the flares were
>>>> molded or riveted on?
>>>>
>>> The flares were always riveted on, with both the GTS and GT/4.   The
>>> GT5
>> had
>>> molded-in flares.
>>
>> No, the GT5 flares are also riveted on, at least on my car. The rivets
>> are
>> visible from the wheel well, but not from the outside though.
>>
>> There's also a strip of what appears to be some rubbery glue between the
>> fender and flare.
>>
>> I have seen GT5 conversions that have the flares molded on though.
>>
>>> Pantera vendors have reproduced the factory parts in steel, and of
>>> course
>> the
>>> cars built with those flares have them welded on.   And when people
>> privately
>>> convert a car using fiberglass, often they mold them in with bondo.
>>>
>>> Mike
>>>
>>
>> Thomas
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