[DeTomaso] '74 Taillight Lens

Jeff Detrich jjdetrich at gmail.com
Mon Nov 30 15:30:23 EST 2015


On Mon, Nov 30, 2015 at 11:31 AM, Larry Finch via DeTomaso <
detomaso at poca.com> wrote:

> Also, since Jeff had to reduce the diameter of the machine screw heads he
> found I suspect what he used were in fact pan head machine screws. The two
> styles are closely similar, but the fillister style tends to have sharper
> head edges and sides; some fillister head sides are totally flat and
> parallel to the threaded shafts.



Actually they were not pan heads, they looked identical to the picture,
just with a slightly larger head diameter. It's just something to look out
for.

Jeff
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   On Mon, Nov 30, 2015 at 11:31 AM, Larry Finch via DeTomaso
   <[1]detomaso at poca.com> wrote:

     Also, since Jeff had to reduce the diameter of the machine screw
     heads he found I suspect what he used were in fact pan head machine
     screws. The two styles are closely similar, but the fillister style
     tends to have sharper head edges and sides; some fillister head
     sides are totally flat and parallel to the threaded shafts.

   Actually they were not pan heads, they looked identical to the picture,
   just with a slightly larger head diameter. It's just something to look
   out for.
   Jeff

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