[DeTomaso] Broken Deck Lid Latch Saga Continues

[Michael Shortt]

I'm out of town shooting ( in the middle of the freaking flash floods in
Louisianna/ Mississippi, thus in my Hotel watching Montel, too wet to shoot)
for a few days, the new latch is mounted and it works great, I will be
posting the install process later in the week if I ever get out of here.  I
developed a really easy, fool proof way to get perfect alignment on the
first try with no help (second person ) required.

Stay tuned.

Michael in Savannah


On 10/22/07, Mark McWhinney <msm at portata.com> wrote:
>
> The ruler is not for precision scaling and alignment.  Its just to tell
> you
> whether the scale if off or not.  It's like the Pantera gauges -- they're
> just idiot lights.
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: David in Durango [mailto:adin at frontier.net]
> Sent: Saturday, October 20, 2007 7:33 AM
> To: michael at michaelshortt.com; Mark McWhinney
> Cc: DeTomaso A
> Subject: Re: [DeTomaso] Broken Deck Lid Latch Saga Continues
>
> 'letronic gadgets (faxes, scanners and such) are probably fairly accurate,
> but not to "exact" - it won't take many percent to become a hea docky.
> (head ache).
>
> In 2" how many percent is the width of a line on a cheap ruler?
>
> David, no matter how many time I cut  . . .its still too short.
>
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Michael Shortt" <michaelsavga at gmail.com>
> To: "Mark McWhinney" <msm at portata.com>
> Cc: "DeTomaso A" <detomaso at realbig.com>
> Sent: Friday, October 19, 2007 11:59 AM
> Subject: Re: [DeTomaso] Broken Deck Lid Latch Saga Continues
>
>
> > Great idea to include the ruler.  Thanks
> >
> >
> >
> > On 10/19/07, Mark McWhinney <msm at portata.com> wrote:
> >>
> >> Don't rely on scanners or faxes to maintain the exact same scale.  Use
> >> postal mail with the original.
> >>
> >> If you must use a scanner or fax, put a ruler next to the item being
> >> scanned
> >> so that the recipient can verify that the scale has not changed
> >> appreciably
> >> by comparing it with a ruler on his end.  For your small part, that may
> >> not
> >> be accurate enough, though.
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> -----Original Message-----
> >> From: detomaso-bounces at realbig.com [mailto:detomaso-bounces at realbig.com
> ]
> >> On
> >> Behalf Of Michael Shortt
> >> Sent: Friday, October 19, 2007 7:37 AM
> >> To: DeTomaso A
> >> Subject: [DeTomaso] Broken Deck Lid Latch Saga Continues
> >>
> >> The new photos are posted at
> >> http://www.michaelspantera.com/brokendecklatch.html
> >>
> >> I need the measurements on where to plac ethe holes to mount this new
> >> style
> >> catch.
> >>
> >> It occurred to me that the easiest way to do this would be to find
> >> another
> >> car that had the other style of deck lid catch ( as shown on the
> website
> >> above ), have them remove the old style "dumb bell" shaped catch and do
> a
> >> rubbing ( like a gravestone ) which ich also show the indentions, the
> >> cutout
> >> and the holes.
> >>
> >> Then scan that and email it to me, I'll size it to fit the space and
> mark
> >> for the holes.
> >> Any takers?
> >>
> >> Thanks
> >> --
> >> Michael L. Shortt
> >> Savannah, Georgia
> >> www.michaelshortt.com
> >> michael at michaelshortt.com
> >>
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Michael L. Shortt
Savannah, Georgia
www.michaelshortt.com
michael at michaelshortt.com


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