[DeTomaso] Druze ?

[Asa Jay Laughton]

To answer your question, no you don't really need them for the trunk.  
In fact, I've had my Pantera for about 15 years and -never- had any 
fasteners in the tub.  Actually, most don't even line up anymore; I 
presume the fiberglass has shrunk some.

As long as the decklid is closed and latched, the tub will stay in place 
nicely.  I've driven Silver State with the tub in place, not fastened 
and the decklid closed with no problem.  A rubber strip isn't necessary 
either, however, some folks with nicely painted engine compartments (no 
longer undercoated), will sometimes put some rubber bumpers on the tub 
to hold it off the paint.  You'll have to experiment with that on your own.

Mike is correct, four quarter-turn fasteners are used to hold a stock 
engine screen in place on later L model cars.  If your engine screen is 
in place, you may already have those and can essentially see what a Dzus 
fastener is.

Asa

Asa Jay Laughton, MSgt, USAFR, Retired
&  Shelley Marie
Spokane, WA
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On 6/2/2013 8:41 PM, MikeLDrew at aol.com wrote:
> In a message dated 6/2/13 19 23 21, rob at dumoulins.net writes:
>
>
>> Question. Do you really need those fasteners? My car came without them
>> and
>> I was just thinking of placing rubber strips on the underside of the trunk
>> for the few times the trunk is in.
>>
>>>> Very reasonable for the trunk.   But the L-model Panteras used four Dzus
> fasteners to secure the engine screen.   You gotta have 'em there.
>
> Mike
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