[DeTomaso] Deck lid wobbles

[Kirby Schrader]

At the minimum, you need the latch. It works wonders.
At the maximum, you can add the chassis stiffener and improve your handling, too.

I had the first for many years and no chipping.
I got the latter many years later and still no chipping and love how the car's handling has changed.

The back pillars are another story entirely. Quella welds in a piece that looks like a 'star' of metal to reinforce it.
Mine hasn't cracked since 1985.

Of course, this is purely based on my own personal experience and may have no relationship to real life and other's experiences.
Kirby

On Sep 5, 2012, at 7:10 PM, David D Fisher <fisher95020 at yahoo.com> wrote:

> I'm pretty convinced that the real solution is a chassis stiffener and an updated latch assembly and possibly still something additional like pins.   My paint is starting to show cracks on the back pillars, so I expect I am driving it harder than the previous owner now that the brakes and suspension work.  Luckily I am discovering all of this on an old paint job.  
>  
> Thanks Mike for pointing to your site and the detailed how to's ... hard to believe I have lived this long without every discovering Nutserts!  I have to get some of those. 
>  
> I remember someone having a rather clever incarnation of the deck bumpers mounted sideways in the lid itself to hold it in place against the two fenders.  I kind of like that idea but cant find the reference to it.  
>  
> Gary,  your fix is way beyond my skill level, but thanks for the inspiration.
>  
> David
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> From: "MikeLDrew at aol.com" <MikeLDrew at aol.com>
> To: mikael_hass at mail.tele.dk; chrisvkimball at msn.com; will.kooiman at gmail.com; fisher95020 at yahoo.com; detomaso at realbig.com 
> Sent: Wednesday, September 5, 2012 3:21 PM
> Subject: Re: [DeTomaso] Deck lid wobbles
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> In a message dated 9/5/12 13 17 15, mikael_hass at mail.tele.dk writes:
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> 
> What's the root cause, maybe better to fix than hood pins etc.? I do believe
>> that my deck lid doesn't touch the sides, stock latch, two screw bumpers, no
>> more. Could your hinge pins be worn? Since the deck lid is metal and the
>> hinges are pretty solid (not like the wobbly 4 piece front hood hinges on my
>> 68 Camaro) it shouldn't touch the sides? Sorry if all this has been looked
>> into, but in Lean-speak it's better to correct a problem than to compensate
>> for it...
>> 
>> Just my $0.02
>> 
> 
>>>> The root cause is chassis flex.   Your car has a stiffening kit, doesn't it?   The fact you have no decklid issues shows how effective that kit is....
> 
> Mike
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