[DeTomaso] Photo of stock luggage area

[Mike Drew]

Michael,

I forgot to mention that the early rear-mounted spare tubs relied on gravity to retain the spare, while the later tube (from late '72 or early '73 perhaps? From BSN 50103) had a steel fender washer molded into the fiberglass and utilized a threaded hold-down stud. 

Mike

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On Sep 9, 2015, at 21:39, Michael Shortt <michaelsavga at gmail.com> wrote:

> 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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   Michael,

   I forgot to mention that the early rear-mounted spare tubs relied on
   gravity to retain the spare, while the later tube (from late '72 or
   early '73 perhaps? From BSN 50103) had a steel fender washer molded
   into the fiberglass and utilized a threaded hold-down stud.

   Mike
   Sent from my iPhone

   On Sep 9, 2015, at 21:39, Michael Shortt <[1]michaelsavga at gmail.com>
   wrote:

   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, <[2]MikeLDrew at aol.com> wrote:

     In a message dated 9/9/15 20 01 22, [3]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

References

   1. mailto:michaelsavga at gmail.com
   2. mailto:MikeLDrew at aol.com
   3. mailto:michaelsavga at gmail.com