[DeTomaso] Reduce Weight or Stiffen Chassis?

[boyd casey]

You can make them functional. They have the elephant ears that use the vent
windows and I have seen vents that use the "Faux" vent area. I think Kirk
Evans makes or made a vent for that area at one time. The difference in
weight between plastic plugs and filling the holes with metal isn't worth
the calculation to figure out. Your talking about ounces.Step up to the pump
and turn the area into a functional yet good looking vent.
Just my humble opinion.
Boyd


On Mon, May 24, 2010 at 8:10 PM, Art Stephens <artstephens at verizon.net>wrote:

> Actually the piece of sheet metal will not be completely flat.  It will
> have a little bow in it to resemble the "B" post etc.
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> Art
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>   In a message dated 5/24/10 16 52 49, jtaphorn at kingwoodcable.com writes:
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>    My vote is NOT to eliminate the gills.  They are a main design element
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>    the car IMHO.
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>  >>>Agreed!
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>  If they are eliminated, they at least need to be replaced with
> *something*.  Just putting a flat piece of sheetmetal there would look awful
> IMHO.
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>  Mike
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