[DeTomaso] Rear hatch striker plate mounting
Rob Dumoulin
rob at dumoulins.net
Wed Mar 16 20:38:10 EDT 2016
That does look cool, but I just got my car back from a 6 month paint job
and cutting, welding, and repainting at this time is not where I want to
go. I wish I would have thought about that prior to the restore. I actually
have a trunk release servo and button on the remote door lock/alarm system
I was contemplating hooking up to the front trunk that could be in back.
On Mar 16, 2016 8:24 PM, <gow2 at rc-tech.net> wrote:
> 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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That does look cool, but I just got my car back from a 6 month paint
job and cutting, welding, and repainting at this time is not where I
want to go. I wish I would have thought about that prior to the
restore. I actually have a trunk release servo and button on the remote
door lock/alarm system I was contemplating hooking up to the front
trunk that could be in back.
On Mar 16, 2016 8:24 PM, <[1]gow2 at rc-tech.net> wrote:
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:
[2]http://www.rc-tech.net/pantera1/decklatch/deck_latch.htm
The cover helped clean things up too:
[3]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:
[4]http://www.rc-tech.net/pantera1/Reglar/DL4.jpg
Just some ideas for you.
Gary
>A A When I got my car back from the painters, I found they had
removed the
>A A rear striker plate on the hatch and could not reinstall it.
Mine is an
>A A early model deck with no center seam. The metal seems too
thin to tap
>A A threads into. When I got the car 6 years ago, the striker was
always
>A A loose, so with considerable effort I slipped the largest nuts
I could
>A A through the access holes and eventually got bolts to thread
into them.
>A A Not a fun time.
>
>A A Is the deck supposed to be threaded?
>A A Are nuts supposed to be inside the deck lid?
>A A Is there some trick to ease the insanity?
>
>A A Inquiring minds and fingers less nimble than 6 years ago need
to know.
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References
1. mailto:gow2 at rc-tech.net
2. http://www.rc-tech.net/pantera1/decklatch/deck_latch.htm
3. http://www.rc-tech.net/pantera1/Reglar/DL2b.jpg
4. http://www.rc-tech.net/pantera1/Reglar/DL4.jpg
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