[DeTomaso] L model Engine Side Covers

[MikeLDrew at aol.com]

In a message dated 6/15/13 6 46 30, jtaphorn at kingwoodcable.com writes:


> Please let me know if you have any leads on available L side covers.
> 

>>>I may have a lead for you.   A friend is converting his Pre-L to outside 
fuel fill, using the various bits and pieces from a wrecked L-model.   He 
is planning on using the L-model engine cover system, but I can't remember if 
that will work or not, on a Pre-L car?

I have a profound understanding of how the Pre-L side covers are fitted, 
because that's what I have.   The covers have a lip on the front which engages 
a V-shaped groove in the body, and then they are secured with two small 
screws at the rear.   But for the life of me, I can't remember how the L-model 
covers are fitted?   They have screws at the rear I seem to recall, but what 
holds them in place in the front?

BTW, you could always just expand the hole in your Pre-L cover for the fuel 
hose to pass through?   No?

Mike