[DeTomaso] New trunk insert pictures

[Asa Jay Laughton]

For some photos to show up, you must be a registered member of the forum 
-and- logged in.  I can't see them unless I'm logged in.

Asa Jay
<been a member for a long long time, just don't frequent the forum>

Asa Jay Laughton, MSgt, USAFR, Retired
&  Shelley Marie
Spokane, WA
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On 2/28/2010 4:29 PM, michael at michaelshortt.com wrote:
> I can't see the images at all???
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> 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:
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>> In a message dated 2/28/10 14 58 16, guson at home.se writes:
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>>> 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).
>>>
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>>>>> 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
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>>
>>      
>>> 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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