[DeTomaso] Valve Cover cast DeTomaso plate adhesion to stock valve covers

[jderyke at aol.com]

DeTomaso/Ford was almost 100% un-successful at gluing the aluminum logo-plates to the painted steel valve covers, with anything available at the time. Most original plaques were lost within days of taking delivery. Some were recovered tangled up in spark plug wires. Dissimilar metals & expansion rates with paint in between, 250+ degree heat from hot oil inside the covers, vibration, spilled gas from fuel leaks- pretty much everything one does NOT want in gluing things together long-term. 

Only positive method that comes to mind is to drill two holes in each plaque and valve cover and countersink the holes in the cast aluminum plaques. Use flathead grade 5 or 8 screws, lock washers and nuts to hold them together; Fill the countersinks with JB-Weld. Cosmetically fiddle with the appearance until the holes & screw heads are hidden to your liking; a coat or two of aluminum paint would finish the job. 
 
 
 
-----Original Message-----
From: MARK CHARLTON <pantera01826 at rogers.com>
To: DeTomaso Forum <detomaso at server.detomasolist.com>
Sent: Tue, Aug 20, 2019 8:30 am
Subject: [DeTomaso] Valve Cover cast DeTomaso plate adhesion to stock valve covers

Hi guys,

Has anyone glued these on with any long-term success? I searched but can’t find anything that suggest what would work best under the operating conditions. I am trying to return my white Pantera to mostly-original appearances.

Many thanks in advance!

Mark Charlton
pantera01826 at rogers.com



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   DeTomaso/Ford was almost 100% un-successful at gluing the aluminum
   logo-plates to the painted steel valve covers, with anything available
   at the time. Most original plaques were lost within days of taking
   delivery. Some were recovered tangled up in spark plug wires.
   Dissimilar metals & expansion rates with paint in between, 250+ degree
   heat from hot oil inside the covers, vibration, spilled gas from fuel
   leaks- pretty much everything one does NOT want in gluing things
   together long-term.
   Only positive method that comes to mind is to drill two holes in each
   plaque and valve cover and countersink the holes in the cast aluminum
   plaques. Use flathead grade 5 or 8 screws, lock washers and nuts to
   hold them together; Fill the countersinks with JB-Weld. Cosmetically
   fiddle with the appearance until the holes & screw heads are hidden to
   your liking; a coat or two of aluminum paint would finish the job.
   -----Original Message-----
   From: MARK CHARLTON <pantera01826 at rogers.com>
   To: DeTomaso Forum <detomaso at server.detomasolist.com>
   Sent: Tue, Aug 20, 2019 8:30 am
   Subject: [DeTomaso] Valve Cover cast DeTomaso plate adhesion to stock
   valve covers
   Hi guys,
   Has anyone glued these on with any long-term success? I searched but
   canat find anything that suggest what would work best under the
   operating conditions. I am trying to return my white Pantera to
   mostly-original appearances.
   Many thanks in advance!
   Mark Charlton
   [1]pantera01826 at rogers.com
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