[DeTomaso] Seeking engine cover wisdom and knowledge

[jderyke at aol.com]

Larry, I once bought a bundle of 3 screens that were smashed flat in long term storage. You install the side pieces and shape the easily bent screens by hand to fit. Note that early cars use one width screen (including both the screen-only and screen-with-solid-center), and post-'80s cars are narrower so don't interchange, even though they look the same. You can laboriously reshape the outer ends of the left & right side pieces to force a fit but its time consuming, fiddly sheet metal trimming. I wouldn't have bothered except the screen was plated. Was trying to fit an early screen-only to a GT-5s. 


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From: Larry Finch via DeTomaso <detomaso at server.detomasolist.com>
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Subject: [DeTomaso] Seeking engine cover wisdom and knowledge

All,

A fellow PCNC member bought a car missing all three engine covers. Early car with no outside fuel door.

I have on hand an early RH side cover and two early center screens.

I have located a seller with the LH early side cover. 

I just retrieved my two screens from one of my sheds, and while I knew their curvatures were tweaked a little bit,  I discovered there were apparently two different ….lengths…. of the full-screen center cover????



Yes, I know they each have a different curvature (damaged?), but even if the curvatures were matched the lengths would still be different. Both screens attach to the side covers with sheet metal screws, which is the early style. 

I also have a fuel door LH side cover that matches the short screen, but only because the lip on that side cover has been removed. 



If the lip was still in place it would match the long screen. 

I think what this is telling us is there were two versions (lengths) of the all-screen center; an early short, all-screen center for no fuel door cars, a different long, all-screen center for early “transition” cars with fuel door, and finally a long, raised center screen for late fuel-door cars. 

I think I have a late fuel-door-version LH side cover that was trimmed to fit an early short all-screen center cover. 

Confused? Yeah, so am I. 

I am now concerned that the LH side cover offered for sale could be either a short (early car) or a long (transition) version. 

Anyone have any wisdom on the different lengths?

TIA,

Larry 

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   Larry, I once bought a bundle of 3 screens that were smashed flat in
   long term storage. You install the side pieces and shape the easily
   bent screens by hand to fit. Note that early cars use one width screen
   (including both the screen-only and screen-with-solid-center), and
   post-'80s cars are narrower so don't interchange, even though they look
   the same. You can laboriously reshape the outer ends of the left &
   right side pieces to force a fit but its time consuming, fiddly sheet
   metal trimming. I wouldn't have bothered except the screen was plated.
   Was trying to fit an early screen-only to a GT-5s.
   -----Original Message-----
   From: Larry Finch via DeTomaso <detomaso at server.detomasolist.com>
   To: Email List Address For Posting <detomaso at server.detomasolist.com>
   Sent: Mon, Sep 5, 2022 3:08 pm
   Subject: [DeTomaso] Seeking engine cover wisdom and knowledge
   All,
   A fellow PCNC member bought a car missing all three engine covers.
   Early car with no outside fuel door.
   I have on hand an early RH side cover and two early center screens.
   I have located a seller with the LH early side cover.
   I just retrieved my two screens from one of my sheds, and while I knew
   their curvatures were tweaked a little bit,  I discovered there were
   apparently two different a|.lengthsa|. of the full-screen center
   cover????
   Yes, I know they each have a different curvature (damaged?), but even
   if the curvatures were matched the lengths would still be different.
   Both screens attach to the side covers with sheet metal screws, which
   is the early style.
   I also have a fuel door LH side cover that matches the short screen,
   but only because the lip on that side cover has been removed.
   If the lip was still in place it would match the long screen.
   I think what this is telling us is there were two versions (lengths) of
   the all-screen center; an early short, all-screen center for no fuel
   door cars, a different long, all-screen center for early atransitiona
   cars with fuel door, and finally a long, raised center screen for late
   fuel-door cars.
   I think I have a late fuel-door-version LH side cover that was trimmed
   to fit an early short all-screen center cover.
   Confused? Yeah, so am I.
   I am now concerned that the LH side cover offered for sale could be
   either a short (early car) or a long (transition) version.
   Anyone have any wisdom on the different lengths?
   TIA,
   Larry
   Sent from me using a magic, handheld electronic gizmo.
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