[DeTomaso] Front hood latch

[The DeTomaso Registry Guy]

A good reminder for us to check our hood latches!



BTW:

The last registry update for 1014 was way back in 2000.

Do you have some more recent pics that you would like to share ?

Does your car have the deck lid release in the door jam ?

Anything else worthy of a photo from such an early Pantera ?


Chuck


FWIW,
I recently had a "close to death encounter" regarding a front latch.
It did not open!
Completely stuck.
Also the emergency wire felt like pulling a rock.
Only 30 minutes before, I was at the (every two year) vehicle safety check
and had it opened.

After some fiddling (and foul language) it opened.
The grease had turned into tar!
NOS unit mounted 20 years ago.
Some WD-40 later, the "grease" could be removed and replaced by fresh
lubricant.

/Björn, Pushbutton # 1014



On Mon, 3 Sep 2018 at 22:58, Jack DeRyke via DeTomaso <
detomaso at server.detomasolist.com> wrote:

>    Forest is sorta right. No one ever located a cross-reference for the
>    latch mechanism. But in TSB Bulletin 6, art. 65, they list a reinforced
>    latch pin 'kit', p/n D36Y-16929-A, for the std latch. Owners have
>    approx. a zero chance of locating this little "kit" after 45+ years.
>    Ford said it was the result of slamming the front hood to close it,
>    bending the OEM pin. FWIW, I think it's simply from age flexing the pin
>    or the front hood metal no matter how easy you do it.
>
>    -----Original Message-----
>    From: Forest Goodhart <forestg at att.net>
>    To: The DeTomaso Registry Guy <detomasoregistry at gmail.com>; 'Lotus
>    Esprit' <snk20 at yahoo.com>
>    Cc: List DeTomaso Forum <detomaso at server.detomasolist.com>
>    Sent: Mon, Sep 3, 2018 12:59 pm
>    Subject: Re: [DeTomaso] Front hood latch
>      I'm not aware of any early/late hood latch. My parts catalog shows
>    only
>      one part number 18103A latch. New at Wilkinson for $106.00.
>        __________________________________________________________________
>      From: The DeTomaso Registry Guy <[1]detomasoregistry at gmail.com>
>      To: 'Lotus Esprit' <[2]snk20 at yahoo.com>
>      Cc: List DeTomaso Forum <[3]detomaso at server.detomasolist.com>
>      Sent: Monday, September 3, 2018 10:25 AM
>      Subject: Re: [DeTomaso] Front hood latch
>      My front hood latch decided at Concorso Italiano that enough is
>    enough,
>      and it wants to retire. Fotunatly, it got me home before
>      giving up totally. I'm sure this latch is not a DeTomaso  unique
>    part.
>      So, before I call a vendor, can someone tell me if I can
>      get a replacement cheaper somewhere else.
>      Thanks for the help...Steve Griffin
>      Steve's car is 6661, an 11/73 build, so he is looking for the later L
>      style latch.
>      Beautiful Yellow L by the way.  Pics in registry show the front trunk
>      and the latch can be seen.
>      Make sure to add the "back up" latch cable too!
>      Chuck
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