[DeTomaso] Druze ?

dave londry davel at emspace.com
Mon Jun 3 00:18:25 EDT 2013


Rob
My tub has been hanging on the garage wall for 5 years and the missing 
fasteners have been just fine.
My engine cover is beside it and it's just fine also.
Even so I bought a set from Kirk Evans, because he had them.
dave

On 02/06/2013 8:49 PM, Asa Jay Laughton wrote:
> 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
>
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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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