[DeTomaso] New trunk insert pictures

michael@michaelshortt.com michaelsavga at gmail.com
Sun Feb 28 19:29:47 EST 2010


I can't see the images at all???

My car has the tub with the cut out, riveted fan section and the chalk
numbering ( 1660 written in it, which is the only reason that I haven't
pressure washed and refinished it, I thought the chalk markings might have
been original and wanted to save one of the few remaining historical
elements, esp. since much of the rest of the car has been modified )

I also have the tub/trunk insert from Dick Koch's car that intended to
modify for some fitted bags at some later date.

Have often thought of having some custom made aluminum drop in boxes made to
replace the tub altogether, think of it like cruiser motorcycle saddlebags
or those boxes used on early Lunar Landers where the rock samples and tools
were stored, the only thing you would add to the car would be to horizontal
bars that would bolt in and out and act as giant file hanger supports, but
like many projects, haven't gotten around to it.

Michael Shortt

On Sun, Feb 28, 2010 at 6:20 PM, <MikeLDrew at aol.com> wrote:

>
> In a message dated 2/28/10 14 58 16, guson at home.se writes:
>
>
> > I had assumed that the '71 inserts were modified from the factory to
> > adapt
> > to the shrouded condenser (vs the unshrouded ones that I've seen on some
> > pushbutton drawings).
> >
> >>>Yes, some were probably modified at the factory too?   Certainly for the
> Euro-market cars that were issued with the first-style condenser/shroud
> setup.   It's my understanding that replacing the A/C and modifying the
> trunk
> was part of the modifications that were carried out by Bill Stroppe on the
> USA-market cars, so presumably at least some of the Panteras rolled off the
> boats with the grossly inefficient Mangusta A/C setup.
>
> I created an album on the POCA website that shows both a Euro pushbutton
> (unmodified) trunk from #1256, and a US-spec modified trunk from #1765 that
> clearly shows the difference, as both of the pictured trunks weren't
> upholstered at the time I took the photos.
>
> Interestingly, both trunks have the car's serial number written on the
> underside in chalk, which was done at the time of manufacture (or at least,
> at
> the time of modification).
>
> http://www.poca.com/index.php/gallery/?g2_itemId=16978
>
>
> > I thought I had pics of my two-piece insert but
> > obviously I hadn't. The lip you mention is intended for a lid, it says so
> > in
> > the forum post.
> >
> >>>Great minds think alike! :>)
>
> Mike
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