[DeTomaso] Driving in the rain/Decklid opening modification

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For what it's worth, I have a piece of plexiglas with a soft rubber seal on 
 the edges that I put in the rear opening when I wash the car to keep water 
out  of the engine cover grills.  Works fine, but I wouldn't consider 
driving  with it in place.  Bob Reid
 
 
In a message dated 5/3/2015 3:42:54 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time,  
detomaso at poca.com writes:

Stephen  wrote:
OK - now for the more intersting question.  Has  anyone  ever installed any
form of a partial window in the hole above the   engine?  Or a simple piece 
of
glass or plexi to fill the  hole?  I  am thinking plexiglass contoured such
that it fits into  a rubber gasket  around the opening but is belled out at
the lower  edge to allow air flow and  perhaps keep rain from falling on the
back  of the engine?  This would  have the added benefit of perhaps making  
it
a bit harder for someone to reach  in and remove things from the  top of the
engine (dog-bone air cleaner for  instance) or the caps on  the coolant 
tanks.
Given that plexiglass is not all  that hard to  contour this would seem 
like 
a
possible improvement as long as  it  did not overly restrict airflow around
the engine.  Making the   assumption that airflow around the engine is a 
good
thing.

Comments?  

Stephen,

Last year I had been re-reading some of my old Pantera  International  
magazines
from the 1970's.  One of the  articles in the magazine had to do with  
fitting a plexiglass cover  over the rear decklid opening, thereby sealing 
it  
off.  As I  recall, whoever came up with the idea was selling a "kit" to  
convert  your Pantera as well.  I had never seen or heard of such a thing   
until I 
read the article.  Sounds to me like everything old is  new  again.  I will 
see if I can locate it and scan it for the  group.

By the way, the last time I was reminded of this modification  was when the 
 
new Kyosho Pantera 1/18 scale models came out last year  and all of them 
had 
this  very modification installed in the decklid  opening.  It works great 
on the  model so it must work great in  real life  :o)

Jim



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   For what it's worth, I have a piece of plexiglas with a soft rubber
   seal on the edges that I put in the rear opening when I wash the car to
   keep water out of the engine cover grills.  Works fine, but I wouldn't
   consider driving with it in place.  Bob Reid



   In a message dated 5/3/2015 3:42:54 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time,
   detomaso at poca.com writes:

     Stephen wrote:
     OK - now for the more intersting question.  Has  anyone ever
     installed any
     form of a partial window in the hole above the  engine?  Or a simple
     piece
     of
     glass or plexi to fill the hole?  I  am thinking plexiglass
     contoured such
     that it fits into a rubber gasket  around the opening but is belled
     out at
     the lower edge to allow air flow and  perhaps keep rain from falling
     on the
     back of the engine?  This would  have the added benefit of perhaps
     making it
     a bit harder for someone to reach  in and remove things from the top
     of the
     engine (dog-bone air cleaner for  instance) or the caps on the
     coolant
     tanks.
     Given that plexiglass is not all  that hard to contour this would
     seem like
     a
     possible improvement as long as  it did not overly restrict airflow
     around
     the engine.  Making the  assumption that airflow around the engine
     is a good
     thing.
     Comments?
     Stephen,
     Last year I had been re-reading some of my old Pantera
     International
     magazines
     from the 1970's.  One of the articles in the magazine had to do
     with
     fitting a plexiglass cover over the rear decklid opening, thereby
     sealing it
     off.  As I recall, whoever came up with the idea was selling a "kit"
     to
     convert your Pantera as well.  I had never seen or heard of such a
     thing  until I
     read the article.  Sounds to me like everything old is new  again.
     I will
     see if I can locate it and scan it for the group.
     By the way, the last time I was reminded of this modification was
     when the
     new Kyosho Pantera 1/18 scale models came out last year and all of
     them had
     this  very modification installed in the decklid opening.  It works
     great
     on the  model so it must work great in real life :o)
     Jim
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