[DeTomaso] Fw: GTS Wheels

[gow2 at rc-tech.net]

Sorry I missed that. That is why I asked. I guess I'll just stay out of
your conversation.



> 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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