[DeTomaso] GTS

[wkooiman at earthlink.net]

That's the one I like - the one on Larry Finch's car.

It's mostly a cosmetic thing to me.  It looks like it belongs on the car.

If I wanted to stabilize the front end at 180mph, I'd be doing something altogether different.

-----Original Message-----
>From: MikeLDrew at aol.com
>Sent: Mar 24, 2009 3:32 AM
>To: wkooiman at earthlink.net, timepiecepr2 at yahoo.com, detomaso at realbig.com
>Subject: Re: [DeTomaso] GTS  "mini "air dam
>
>
>In a message dated 3/23/09 16 51 33, wkooiman at earthlink.net writes:
>
>
>> Is this the spoiler that looks similar to the Boss 302/Boss 429 chin 
>> spoiler?
>> 
>> >>>No.   The 1972 GTS spoiler is a simple blade, much like the Boss Mustang, 
>whereas the later mini air dam looks like, well, like a miniature version of 
>the Gr4/GT5 front air dam.
>
>Here's a photo of the 1975-and-later Mini Air Dam mounted on my car:
>
>http://www.poca.com/index.php/gallery/?g2_itemId=4889
>
>And here's a photo of the back side, and another photo showing the structure 
>that was added to my car to perfectly support the air dam.   I've never seen 
>another car modified in this manner, but I think it's a really excelent idea, 
>as the angle between the back side of the air dam and the front surface of the 
>valance isn't even close:
>
>http://www.poca.com/index.php/gallery/?g2_itemId=4892&g2_imageViewsIndex=1
>
>By contrast, Larry Finch's car has the original 1972-era front spoiler, 
>albeit Dennis Quella's reproduction which is available with or without the 
>original's brake cooling ducts:
>
>http://www.poca.com/index.php/gallery/?g2_itemId=4895
>
>(I took the liberty of adding a photo I took of Larry's car, to Larry's photo 
>album on the POCA website, which raises an interesting point--how come I can 
>add photos to Larry's photo album?   POCA webmaster, whatupwitdat?)
>
>Mike
>
>
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