[DeTomaso] Luggage tray trivia

Tue Jun 20 12:41:50 EDT 2006

I think Chico, Harpo, Groucho, Gummo, Zeppo did the rust proofing on my car.

Larry (Mr Rusty) - Cleveland

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Mark Tumbarello" <ollerabmut at msn.com>
To: <garth_rodericks at yahoo.com>; <detomaso at realbig.com>; 
<dennis.stahlberg at telia.com>; <parapantera at aol.com>; <guson at home.se>
Sent: Monday, June 19, 2006 7:48 PM
Subject: RE: [DeTomaso] Luggage tray trivia

> Maaan, the bigotry on this list is unbelievable. What about Marco, Pietro, 
> and Giacomo. They were there too. You know, Cinzano breaks are pretty 
> customary for the Italian factory worker. The markings are probably just 
> board games to pass the time. Nah, I was only kidding. Forgedaboutit. Mark
>
>
>>From: Garth Rodericks <garth_rodericks at yahoo.com>
>>To: detomaso at realbig.com, dennis.stahlberg at telia.com,parapantera at aol.com, 
>>guson at home.se
>>Subject: [DeTomaso] Luggage tray trivia
>>Date: Mon, 19 Jun 2006 15:56:22 -0700 (PDT)
>>
>>Unless...
>>
>>Final covering might have been the last step in the assembly process,
>>immediately before the trunk liner was mated to the car.  Just a thought.
>>
>>A car reaches the end of the assembly line; Luigi checks the serial 
>>number; goes
>>over to the rack of trunk liners; grabs the correctly marked unit for the 
>>nearly
>>finished car; upholsters it with felt; then drops it into back of the 
>>waiting Pantera.
>>
>>Ok, I'm done speculating now.
>>
>>-Garth
>>
>>---- Original Message ----
>>
>>Not likely. None of the markings are visible if you stack trays
>>on top of each other. As I said, all of them are also covered once
>>the carpet is in place which renders them useless for the final assembly 
>>process.
>>
>>Tomas
>>
>>----- Original Message -----
>>From: "Dennis Stahlberg" <dennis.stahlberg at telia.com>
>>To: <guson at home.se>; <parapantera at aol.com>; <detomaso at 
>>realbig.com>
>>Sent: den 19 juni 2006 08:46
>>Subject: Sv: Re: Re: [DeTomaso] Luggage tray trivia
>>
>>
>>Marking 3 times may have to do with some production issues. The luggage
>>tray is quite spacy and to handle them along a production was possibly
>>something to avoid. I can imagine that after the tray had been aligned
>>to the specific car it got stored away in bulk stapled with other trays
>>waiting for the the car to get ready. The tray should have been one of
>>the last things to install in the ready car. Maybe having 3 markings
>>made it easier to be found at that point?
>>
>>/Dennis
>>
>>----Ursprungligt meddelande----
>>FrÃ¥n: guson at home.se
>>Datum: Jun 17, 2006 5:41:59 PM
>>Till: Dennis Stahlberg <dennis.stahlberg at telia.com>, parapantera at 
>>aol.
>>com, detomaso at realbig.com
>>Ã"rende: Re: Re: [DeTomaso] Luggage tray trivia
>>
>>The hole matching seems more plausible than the upholstery theory. The
>>upholstery would cover the numbers completely. I have not seen any
>>marks on the back of the tray but they've been exposed to the elements
>>and may have faded with time. The reason for marking it three times is
>>still a mystery! :-)
>>
>>Tomas
>>----- Original Message -----
>>From: "Dennis Stahlberg" <dennis.stahlberg at telia.com>
>>To: <parapantera at aol.com>; <guson at home.se>; <detomaso at 
>>realbig.com>
>>Sent: den 17 juni 2006 17:21
>>Subject: Sv: Re: [DeTomaso] Luggage tray trivia
>>
>>
>>On early cars (71/72) also usually can be found the serial numbers
>>inside front light housings and inside doors. I agree ith Ron the
>>qualified guess is that these cars where handmade and to keep with
>>the
>>right car some parts was marked.
>>
>>/Dennis
>>
>>----Ursprungligt meddelande----
>>FrÃ¥n: parapantera at aol.com
>>Datum: Jun 17, 2006 5:11:06 PM
>>Till: guson at home.se, detomaso at realbig.com
>>Ã"rende: Re: [DeTomaso] Luggage tray trivia
>>
>>This is just a guess, but perhaps since these cars were hand made,
>>the
>>fastner holes may have varied slightly in location from car to car.
>>Once the fiberglass tub  had the holes matched to the car, it was
>>removed to be sent for carpetng application and stored at the "Finish
>>line" (no pun intended Tomas).  The marking ensured the right tub
>>made
>>it back to the right car.  I noticed my firewall cover also has the
>>S/N
>>marked on it, probably for the same reason.
>>
>>Ron
>>#2492
>>
>>-----Original Message-----
>>From: Tomas Gunnarsson <guson at home.se>
>>To: detomaso at realbig.com
>>Sent: Sat, 17 Jun 2006 13:53:24 +0200
>>Subject: [DeTomaso] Luggage tray trivia
>>
>>
>>I'm in the process of recovering my luggage tray. I've found three
>>large (about
>>100 mm tall) hand written markings with the car's s/n on the
>>fiberglass. Anyone
>>know why this was made? They are on the sides right next to the lid
>>seal and on
>>the angled floor section up towards the spreader bar.
>>
>>Tomas
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