Hole in rear deck lid

I'd say antenna. Its about the right diameter. What a shame.

Husker: "What a shame"
But its original, nothing anyone have drilled, so Im just curious of what it was ment for.

Ulf

It is not original to the car. It looks like a "nut-cert".

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Originally posted by extrafast:
Husker: "What a shame"
But its original, nothing anyone have drilled, so Im just curious of what it was ment for.

Ulf

Don't believe I've ever seen anything located at that spot on an original car. Of course, anything is possible. US cars didn't come with an antenna. It was dealer installed. If it is for the antenna it is indeed in a unique location.

PanteraDoug: I can assure you that it is original, I can take a pic from the other side and you will be convinced.

Ulf

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Originally posted by extrafast:
PanteraDoug: I can assure you that it is original, I can take a pic from the other side and you will be convinced.

Ulf

Please do. I'm curious.

Yes, post a picture. What is the serial number of the car?

Hi again

Serial is #3422, year-72, but because the lid fit so bad in the front end I think it is substituted.
It was too dark to get a photo, (9.00pm in Sweden) I will post a photo tomorrow.
But I can assure that its not a aftermarket hole, It would be nearly impossible to do it so nice. It is a distance between the outer and the inner sheet metal. I bought the car from Florida, but it had reg plates from Washington.

Ulf

Ulf,

Never say never, as they say. The car had a non-original wing installed, the trim around the deckled opening is not original and the car has definitely been re-painted at least once (as reported), so there are many possibilities (including that the deck came from another car at some point). Regardless of how nice the hole looks, it seems quite unlikely to be a factory hole because even the factory would have started with a solid deck lid and added the hole in the same way a competent fabricator would have. I tend to agree that it was likely an added antenna. Since there is already a front fender antennae, maybe it was for a CB radio which were very popular in the late 70's and early 80's.

Mark

from the youtube I found of 3422 ( https://www.youtube.com/watch?...bedded&v=nUgjwnSS2zc
), It looks like it has the "Mindtrain" cross over pipe between the two mufflers.

I would be very intersted in detail photos of that installation

the deck hole can be seen at 5;40

Hi again
I have added two new pics of the hole, outside and inside, I still think that it is original. Who would take the trouble to do this extra professional work only for a antenna?

Mark Charlton: How did you know that the car was repainted and had a wing? Do you have access to some register?

Wbr Ulf

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JFB #05177: I have search on internet to find out what manufacturer it comes from, but have not been successfull. But I can assure you that the sound it makes is absolutely wonderful. Maybe slightly loud for the cops ears, but they have (until now) forgiveness because its a veteran car.

Wbr Ulf

It is a smaller nut-cert within a larger one. The threads have been removed leaving just the shell.

There are a bunch of different manufacturers of the "nut-certs". Slightly different designs. Various choices of metals.

I'm not particularly familiar with that brand, but that's what it is.

Something, non-factory had been mounted there that used a large hole and the solution was to dress the hole to make it look professional.

If that is Detomaso original, then you have the only one ever built?

I would just find a black plastic plug that fits snuggly enough in the hole and forget about it. That is what I would do anyway.

Thanks for posting the pictures.

There's lots of detail on the car in ProvaMo.

Link to Car In ProvaMo - But you must be registered to see it...

Here's a picture with the wing.

This car was for sale a while back by some guy's brother - the owner died in 2002 in a helicopter crash.. I remember the story... It all came back when I saw the registry entry.

(I suspect) that's where JFB found the video...

Rocky

It's not original, it can be welded and repaired,if done right, only you would ever know it was their, but it will mean you would have to repaint the sail. People in the 70's and 80's, who wanted to communicate with other people on the road would mount C.B. antennas ( before cell phones), that may be why they cut a hole their, I have seen people drill holes in the roof!
Sometimes easy=stupid.

I have to agree. The only reason to put a hole in that location would be to mount a CB antenna.
Breaker/Breaker 1-9

Doug M

I've seen this Motorola antenna on a couple of Panteras back in the 80s. One was on this location and another on the roof. The first had it for a mobile telephone service(before cell phones) and the other for mobile 2-way radio (like the police cruisers had back in the day). You definitely had to drill a hole to to mount this.

I ran with a CB once or twice convoying to the Fun Rally's, that was before those 2 way radios became popular and had any decent range.

I made a bracket that bolted onto the decklid hinge mounting and stuck out the decklid cutout, no drilling required.

Julian