[DeTomaso] hood fitment between years?

Rlbpantera rlbpantera at earthlink.net
Fri Jun 5 12:24:00 EDT 2015 

I bought the hood new in the box from Wilkinson. Seems doubtful he would sell me a GT5 hood. Also I'd previously tried one of his "carbon fiber" hoods and it didn't fit. The problem with both of them was the same: the curvature was different than the fenders and peaked 1/4" above them about a foot from the nose. Seems very unlikely a carbon hood mold would have been made for the GT5. Also I thought I'd heard that stampings didn't come along until after Ford had bought De Tomaso. 

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> On Jun 5, 2015, at 06:48, Ken Green <kenn_green at yahoo.com> wrote:
> 
> That is not my recollection.  I had bought a fiberglass hood to modify for large radiator duct and sold the original uncut early 72 metal hood to Richard because he couldn't find one that was a good fit to his 71.  The early 72 hood fit really well.  I'll call Richard and ask if he doesn't respond soon.  I guess this could be a random car to car fit issue, but at the time, we believed it was a different between 71 and early 72, and later cars.
> 
> Ken
>  
> From: Mike Drew via DeTomaso <detomaso at poca.com>
> To: Ken Green <kenn_green at yahoo.com> 
> Cc: DeTomaso Forum <detomaso at poca.com>; Richard Barkley <rlbpantera at earthlink.net> 
> Sent: Thursday, June 4, 2015 5:30 PM
> Subject: Re: [DeTomaso] hood fitment between years?
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> I think Richard was trying to fit a GT5 hood to his '71. That proved problematic. But I am fairly sure the '71-74 hoods are the same. They were all made from stampings, after all...
> 
> Mike
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> On Jun 4, 2015, at 15:13, Ken Green via DeTomaso <detomaso at poca.com> wrote:
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> >  71 and early 72 (I think cars with a flat rear deck) hoods are a lousy
> >  fit to later cars.  Richard Barkley can add details to this.
> >  Ken
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> >  On Jun 4, 2015, at 14:31, Cullen McCann <[1]cmccann1972 at gmail.com>
> >  wrote:
> >> Friends, I'm potentially interested in acquiring a hood from another
> >> Pantera guy. Have I read that not all Pantera hoods are exactly the
> >> same on 71-74 cars? What would I look for as far as fitment issues
> >  for
> >> my late 72 L?
> >> Thank you!
> >> Cullen
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   I bought the hood new in the box from Wilkinson. Seems doubtful he
   would sell me a GT5 hood. Also I'd previously tried one of his "carbon
   fiber" hoods and it didn't fit. The problem with both of them was the
   same: the curvature was different than the fenders and peaked 1/4"
   above them about a foot from the nose. Seems very unlikely a carbon
   hood mold would have been made for the GT5. Also I thought I'd heard
   that stampings didn't come along until after Ford had bought De
   Tomaso.
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   On Jun 5, 2015, at 06:48, Ken Green <[1]kenn_green at yahoo.com> wrote:

   That is not my recollection.  I had bought a fiberglass hood to modify
   for large radiator duct and sold the original uncut early 72 metal hood
   to Richard because he couldn't find one that was a good fit to his 71.
   The early 72 hood fit really well.  I'll call Richard and ask if he
   doesn't respond soon.  I guess this could be a random car to car fit
   issue, but at the time, we believed it was a different between 71 and
   early 72, and later cars.
   Ken
     __________________________________________________________________

   From: Mike Drew via DeTomaso <[2]detomaso at poca.com>
   To: Ken Green <[3]kenn_green at yahoo.com>
   Cc: DeTomaso Forum <[4]detomaso at poca.com>; Richard Barkley
   <[5]rlbpantera at earthlink.net>
   Sent: Thursday, June 4, 2015 5:30 PM
   Subject: Re: [DeTomaso] hood fitment between years?
   I think Richard was trying to fit a GT5 hood to his '71. That proved
   problematic. But I am fairly sure the '71-74 hoods are the same. They
   were all made from stampings, after all...
   Mike
   Sent from my iPhone
   On Jun 4, 2015, at 15:13, Ken Green via DeTomaso <[6]detomaso at poca.com>
   wrote:
   >  71 and early 72 (I think cars with a flat rear deck) hoods are a
   lousy
   >  fit to later cars.  Richard Barkley can add details to this.
   >  Ken
   >    __________________________________________________________________
   >
   >
   >  On Jun 4, 2015, at 14:31, Cullen McCann
   <[1][7]cmccann1972 at gmail.com>
   >  wrote:
   >> Friends, I'm potentially interested in acquiring a hood from another
   >> Pantera guy. Have I read that not all Pantera hoods are exactly the
   >> same on 71-74 cars? What would I look for as far as fitment issues
   >  for
   >> my late 72 L?
   >> Thank you!
   >> Cullen
   >> OKC
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