[DeTomaso] Fw: GTS Wheels

[Thomas Tornblom]

Factory GT5:s have fiber glass flares, so no way to weld them to the car.

Thomas

gow2 at rc-tech.net skrev:
> 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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