[DeTomaso] Fw: GTS Wheels

[gow2 at rc-tech.net]

Is it a real GT5 or conversion?

> 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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