[DeTomaso] Remove small grills on hood

[Boyd Casey]

I should have specified "on my car" a 1973 L. I looked at Panteras by
Wilkinson's sight and saw that both the side gills and the wiper grills are
available in both styles (either bolts or plastic fasteners. I suppose it
depends on the year although the sight doesn't specify which is which. I'm
glad I didn't suggest prying them out!
Boyd


On Sun, Jul 7, 2013 at 5:07 PM, Christopher Kimball
<chrisvkimball at msn.com>wrote:

>  My side gills were held in with bolts--if I had tried to pry them out,
> carnage would have ensued...!
>
> Chris
>
> Sent from my Windows Phone
>  ------------------------------
> From: Boyd Casey
> Sent: 7/7/2013 1:02 PM
> To: J. Sean Keane
> Cc: Ken Green; detomaso at poca.com
> Subject: Re: [DeTomaso] Remove small grills on hood
>
>  The wiper grills are held in the same way the gills on the side of the
> car
> are held in. If you check Panteras by Wilkinson and look at the exploded
> views of the parts you will see the parts involved. The new wiper grill
> sells for $250.00 The Grill has little pointed pieces that press into small
> plastic inserts that are the same as the ones that hold the side gills in.
>  You should buy replacement plastic inserts for the wiper grills as well as
> the side gills (while your at it). Someone should come up with a trick to
> pull out the wiper grills. They are made from cheap pot metal so proceed
> with caution.
> Boyd
>
>
> On Sun, Jul 7, 2013 at 2:48 PM, J. Sean Keane <jskeane6 at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > Ken,
> >
> > That's very helpful. Thank you very much.
> >
> > Best Regards,
> >
> > Sean
> >
> > On 7/7/2013 11:07 AM, Ken Green wrote:
> > > Early cars had screws, but if you can't seem them, I assume your car
> > > does not have the screws.
> > > Later cars have posts that press into plastic retainers.  It appears
> > > very easy to break them.  The grills are a really cheap material like
> > > pot metal.  Photos are attached and you can see 6 posts on each grill.
> > > Be really gentle, the grills are not cheap.
> > > Ken
> > >
> >
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