[DeTomaso] Fwd: Re: Front Fender construction

[dave londry]

If you don't have a press with enough clamping force, you form the panel
in 2 pieces?
dave

On 21/02/2014 8:47 AM, Will Kooiman wrote:
> Why would DeTomaso do that?
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> Wouldn't it be cheaper to die stamp the entire fender?
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> I guess, since everything is welded together anyway, it's not that much of
> a stretch to do a 2-part stamping for the fenders.
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> --
> Will
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> On 2/21/14 12:45 AM, "Michael Cox" <coxmichaelt at gmail.com> wrote:
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>>    My mid year '71 has that same seam, I had my car stripped and painted
>>    years ago.
>>       --michael cox
>>> We stripped the other fender yesterday and found the same weld so I
>>> tend to ag
>> ree with your opinion; what's your opinion based on?
>>> Doug Braun
>>> blue 73L #5505
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: DeTomaso [mailto:[1]detomaso-bounces at poca.com]On Behalf Of R.J.
>>> Sent: Friday, January 24, 2014 1:14 PM
>>> To: [2]detomaso at poca.com
>>> Subject: Re: [DeTomaso] Front Fender construction
>>>
>>> Yes, they all where made that way, maybe except early prototypes.
>>>
>>> Am 24.01.2014 22:08, schrieb doug351c:
>>>> Hi Guys,
>>>>
>>>> I'm in the middle of a restoration on my Pantera and ran across what
>>>> appears
>>>> to be a machine-tig-welded seam that runs the length of the front
>>>> fender
>>>> about an inch down from the top-outer crease.  My question is - were
>>>> all
>>>> factory Pantera front fenders made in two pieces this way?
>>>>
>>>> Doug Braun
>>>> blue 73L #5505
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