[DeTomaso] Reduce Weight or Stiffen Chassis?

[Art Stephens]

John,
It is a done deal.  I've already spent a month on the project and I'm not 
turning back!  :-))  I don't like fake stuff on cars.  The faux vents are my 
least favorite part of the car,  they have bothered me for years,  just 
because they are fake.  I think the car looks great the way it was is,  I 
just wish they would have done it different.  It seems like I asked Tom why 
they didn't make the vents functional?  If I recall correctly,  he said that 
Ford didn't want to spend the money to do that.

Art


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "John Taphorn" <jtaphorn at kingwoodcable.com>
To: "Art Stephens" <artstephens at verizon.net>; <detomaso at realbig.com>
Sent: Monday, May 24, 2010 4:52 PM
Subject: Re: [DeTomaso] Reduce Weight or Stiffen Chassis?


> Art
>
> My vote is NOT to eliminate the gills.  They are a main design element of
> the car IMHO.
>
> JT
>
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Art Stephens" <artstephens at verizon.net>
> To: <detomaso at realbig.com>
> Sent: Monday, May 24, 2010 6:40 PM
> Subject: [DeTomaso] Reduce Weight or Stiffen Chassis?
>
>
>>     I am eliminating the fake vents behind the rear quarter windows.  The
>> area will be covered with 18 gauge sheet metal that will be welded in. 
>> My
>> question is how to fill the holes that the studs pass thru holding on the
>> vents?  I want to fill the holes to keep water out of the soon to be
>> enclosed area.  (I will have a drain hole at the bottom of the area).  My
>> car does not have the side gas filler.  So I can either fill the four
>> holes with metal discs,  welded in,  or I can open up the gas filler hole
>> and then cover all five holes with plastic plugs glued in.  Filling the
>> holes with metal should theoretically make the car stiffer,  using the
>> plastic plugs will make it marginally lighter.  So what is the best
>> solution?
>>
>> Art
>>
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