[DeTomaso] What are these brackets for?

[Ron Graves]

They support sheet metal cover on each side of engine screen. Left cover is
over fuel tank and right is over collant tank. The brackets originally spot
welded to wheel house front edge.

On Sun, Oct 24, 2021, 3:03 AM MICHAEL DREW via DeTomaso <
detomaso at server.detomasolist.com> wrote:

>    Hi guys,
>
>    I'm looking at a Pantera under restoration in Tokyo. They removed these
>    two brackets which appear to have been riveted in place:
>
>    [cid:EBFD683C-5B2C-4870-A6DA-451319A02A2F-L0-001]
>    [cid:4A7B38C4-463E-4CC6-B150-1F0DEFB2D1C1-L0-001]
>    [cid:FD8C8EE7-7B92-4313-8154-FD84F1D0304E-L0-001]
>
>    [cid:7179FFD6-CB99-41D4-B8A2-040A9EFC37B2-L0-001]
>    You can see there were plastic doofers which were used to capture
>    screws. For the life of me I can't remember what these brackets are
>    for? I briefly though maybe engine screen, but no?
>    The car is a December `72 L-model.
>    Ideas?
>    Mike
>    Sent from my iPhone
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   They support sheet metal cover on each side of engine screen. Left
   cover is over fuel tank and right is over collant tank. The brackets
   originally spot welded to wheel house front edge.

   On Sun, Oct 24, 2021, 3:03 AM MICHAEL DREW via DeTomaso
   <[1]detomaso at server.detomasolist.com> wrote:

     A  A Hi guys,
     A  A I'm looking at a Pantera under restoration in Tokyo. They
     removed these
     A  A two brackets which appear to have been riveted in place:
     A  A [cid:EBFD683C-5B2C-4870-A6DA-451319A02A2F-L0-001]
     A  A [cid:4A7B38C4-463E-4CC6-B150-1F0DEFB2D1C1-L0-001]
     A  A [cid:FD8C8EE7-7B92-4313-8154-FD84F1D0304E-L0-001]
     A  A [cid:7179FFD6-CB99-41D4-B8A2-040A9EFC37B2-L0-001]
     A  A You can see there were plastic doofers which were used to
     capture
     A  A screws. For the life of me I can't remember what these brackets
     are
     A  A for? I briefly though maybe engine screen, but no?
     A  A The car is a December `72 L-model.
     A  A Ideas?
     A  A Mike
     A  A Sent from my iPhone
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