[DeTomaso] L model Engine Side Covers

[Thomas Tornblom]

MikeLDrew at aol.com skrev 2013-06-15 18:30:
>
> 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?

My GT5 (#9321) has a tounge (lip?) on the front that engages a welded on 
groove. It has the two small screws at the rear. Sounds a lot like the 
thing you have.

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