[DeTomaso] Fw: GTS Wheels

[Thomas Tornblom]

gow2 at rc-tech.net skrev:
> Is it a real GT5 or conversion?

Mine is a real GT5. Otherwise this discussion would have been pretty 
pointless.

Cheers,
Thomas

> 
>> 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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