[DeTomaso] Rear A-Arm connection brackets

[Dan Courtney]

BUMMER! Where are we going to race this year?
Guess I've been off-posts too long.
Dan
  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Julian Kift 
  To: dfcex at excaliburre.com ; mikeldrew at aol.com ; De Tomaso List 
  Sent: Saturday, February 13, 2010 5:35 PM
  Subject: RE: [DeTomaso] Rear A-Arm connection brackets


  Dan,
   
  Maybe you didn't get the word, but sadly Fernley Raceway is closed. There's no real chance of it opening in 2010 as there is still a bunch of wrangling between the previous lessor, the bank and potential buyers..... so while that all works itself out we suffer.
   
  Julian
   
  > From: dfcex at pacbell.net
  > To: MikeLDrew at aol.com; detomaso at realbig.com
  > Date: Sat, 13 Feb 2010 13:29:22 -0800
  > Subject: Re: [DeTomaso] Rear A-Arm connection brackets
  > 
  > You are right, Mike, this is a very early model pushbutton, and we can see three generations of welding, gusseting, etc.
  > The first two look like factory welds, including some mig welding. Most of these welds were poorly done, with allot of contamination, volcanoes, etc.
  > The third generation was done by the company that put The Beast on a rotisserie, during my initial re-building in 2000. They added some very strong steel plating but only welded about 20% of the seam area.
  > Now we grinding off much of the original welding and running welds along the entire length of the critical seams, and most of the seam area on the rest.
  > The cracks we found were located on the rear upper control arm bracket, facing towards the rear. Looks like first generation welds.
  > If I was more tech savvy I could post photos and links, but I'm still not there.
  > We are going to finish this area with yellow paint, so it will be easier to inspect for cracks. 
  > If I don't get photos up I'll be happy to pull the wheels and show you at Fernley.
  > 
  > Dan
  > Dan Courtney
  > La Jolla, CA
  > (858) 551-5455
  > ----- Original Message ----- 
  > From: MikeLDrew at aol.com 
  > To: dfcex at pacbell.net ; detomaso at realbig.com 
  > Sent: Saturday, February 13, 2010 10:24 AM
  > Subject: Re: [DeTomaso] Rear A-Arm connection brackets
  > 
  > 
  > Dan wrote:
  > 
  > 
  > > The Beast has been getting it's rear suspension-frame connections cleaned
  > > up & welds checked for cracks, and we found one on each side.
  > 
  > 
  > >>>It's worth mentioning that you car is a pushbutton, which came from the factory with a rather weak chassis. Ford recalled all the early cars to weld in gussets and braces all over the place (including yours, unless it was originally a Euro market car, which was allowed to fall apart!) to reinforce the suspension mounts etc. The 1972 and later cars had a completely revised chassis which addressed the weakness issues.
  > 
  > Mike
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