[DeTomaso] Photo of stock luggage area
Michael Shortt
michaelsavga at gmail.com
Thu Sep 10 00:39:24 EDT 2015
Thanks for the response Mike and Photos Car Guy.
I will try that, interesting that it sits on top.
I think I remember reading that in the frontal barrier crash tests, the
front mounted spare tire became a projectile thru the front windshield.
Thanks,
Michael
On Sep 9, 2015 11:39 PM, <MikeLDrew at aol.com> wrote:
>
> In a message dated 9/9/15 20 01 22, michaelsavga at gmail.com writes:
>
>
> Does anybody have a photo of a stock front boot and rear luggage area.
> 1660 has the rear insert without a spare tire area and,I recently acquired
> one with the spare inset.
> I have an orginal spare, there is no way it would fit in that recess.
> Lastly, where were the tool kit and air cannister stored, upfront or in the
> back?
>
>
> >>>Michael,
>
> You'd be surprised. The spare tire is a perfect fit in the right rear
> corner of the trunk. It doesn't fit inside the depression, but rather on
> top of it. Just drop the trunk into your own car, then rest the spare in
> position and you'll see how perfect it is.
>
> The depression is designed to hold the inflation canister, plus whatever
> else you care to throw in there. I believe conventionally the tool kit was
> carried up front, but there is no specific 'home' for it as there is for
> the spare.
>
> The early Euro cars carried the spare up front. Interestingly, they were
> about an inch narrower than the spares fitted to the '72-74 cars, and those
> later spares are too tall to fit up front. I can only assume that the
> early US cars, which had no specific provisions for the spare in the rear,
> were equipped like the Euro cars?
>
> I presume you have one or more of the 'Brooklands' paperback books on the
> Pantera, which compile period magazine articles. You can see that in the
> tests of the very early cars, the spare is in the front, while the later
> cars show it in the rear....
>
> Mike
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Thanks for the response Mike and Photos Car Guy.
I will try that, interesting that it sits on top.
I think I remember reading that in the frontal barrier crash tests, the
front mounted spare tire became a projectile thru the front windshield.
Thanks,
Michael
On Sep 9, 2015 11:39 PM, <[1]MikeLDrew at aol.com> wrote:
In a message dated 9/9/15 20 01 22, [2]michaelsavga at gmail.com
writes:
Does anybody have a photo of a stock front boot and rear luggage
area.
1660 has the rear insert without a spare tire area and,I recently
acquired
one with the spare inset.
I have an orginal spare, there is no way it would fit in that
recess.
Lastly, where were the tool kit and air cannister stored, upfront or
in the
back?
>>>Michael,
You'd be surprised.A The spare tire is a perfect fit in the right
rear corner of the trunk.A It doesn't fit inside the depression,
but rather on top of it.A Just drop the trunk into your own car,
then rest the spare in position and you'll see how perfect it is.
The depression is designed to hold the inflation canister, plus
whatever else you care to throw in there.A I believe conventionally
the tool kit was carried up front, but there is no specific 'home'
for it as there is for the spare.
The early Euro cars carried the spare up front.A Interestingly,
they were about an inch narrower than the spares fitted to the
'72-74 cars, and those later spares are too tall to fit up front.A
I can only assume that the early US cars, which had no specific
provisions for the spare in the rear, were equipped like the Euro
cars?A
I presume you have one or more of the 'Brooklands' paperback books
on the Pantera, which compile period magazine articles.A You can
see that in the tests of the very early cars, the spare is in the
front, while the later cars show it in the rear....
Mike
References
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2. mailto:michaelsavga at gmail.com
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