[DeTomaso] Rear hatch striker plate mounting

gow2 at rc-tech.net gow2 at rc-tech.net
Wed Mar 16 20:24:21 EDT 2016


My rear deck latch mount was in poor shape when I did my car. I also did
not like the Pantera rear latch. I got a common latch form the hot rod
industry and made a new mount. This pretty much shows what I did:

http://www.rc-tech.net/pantera1/decklatch/deck_latch.htm

The cover helped clean things up too:

http://www.rc-tech.net/pantera1/Reglar/DL2b.jpg

I also put a Bearclaw actuator behind the left tail light to activate the
rear deck release:

http://www.rc-tech.net/pantera1/Reglar/DL4.jpg

Just some ideas for you.

Gary




>    When I got my car back from the painters, I found they had removed the
>    rear striker plate on the hatch and could not reinstall it. Mine is an
>    early model deck with no center seam. The metal seems too thin to tap
>    threads into. When I got the car 6 years ago, the striker was always
>    loose, so with considerable effort I slipped the largest nuts I could
>    through the access holes and eventually got bolts to thread into them.
>    Not a fun time.
>
>    Is the deck supposed to be threaded?
>    Are nuts supposed to be inside the deck lid?
>    Is there some trick to ease the insanity?
>
>    Inquiring minds and fingers less nimble than 6 years ago need to know.
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