@tsolo, looking for something without the hump. Plus no measurements are included in the add. I'm going to message the seller anyway and ask for the measurements...thanks for the tip!
Brian, the eBay cover is the one that is designed for your car and the only one that will seamlessly install on your car.
A center cover fully made of screen will not mount to your side covers. The side covers for the all screen center cover do not have a provision for your outside fuel door.
You can ask Mike Mayberry, who is the eBay seller, for dimensions, but it is totally useless information for you.
The only way you are going to get a screen center cover is through a lot of custom work.
it’s time for all of us to stop beating on this dead horse
Larry
You lost me. How does the side cover having provisions for the outside fuel door effect the center cover? The one on e-bay would work (assuming the dimensions are correct) whether it was just screen or with the air cleaner hump. Long live the horse.
Husker, “assuming The dimensions are correct” sums up the entire problem here. No one knows what the correct dimensions are for mixing and matching early and late engine screen systems.
An outside fuel door car requires an outside fuel door left-hand side cover. None of those side covers were ever installed with a full screen. Could the full screen cover work with the late side covers, who knows!!??
The early full screen covers attached with sheet metal screws. The later hump center covers attached with Dzus fittings. That is custom fabrication task number one
I do not know if all of the screens and all of the side covers are equal width. That is to say, what is the center gap between the early side covers and the late side covers??
if they are not the same then the center covers will not dimensionally interchange. Custom fabrication task number two?? Remember, we already need to rework the mounting system
if the center gap is different then early side covers must be used with the early full screen center cover. But, the left hand side cover for the all screen center covers were for cars that had engine bay fuel filling, not the outside fuel doors. So if you have to use all three early pieces you will have to customize the left-hand piece so it can work with the outside fuel door on Brian‘s car.
of course, we also don’t know if the later fullscreen center cover would even have sufficient clearance with Brian‘s intake manifold, carburetor and air cleaner.
Anything other than that is a crapshoot sure to require an unknown amount of modification and fabrication .
additionally, he will need to actually find and purchase a full screen center. Will that be $300 or $500 if you can find one? And after spending the money and finding it will not fit,……
The only easy solution is for Brian to give up on the full screen center desire and install the center that is correct for his car.
Brian, with sufficient no-set-budget funds available, no limit on the time and effort, the necessary skill sets and fabrication abilities, welding, and who knows what else, yes, you can have a full screen center cover.
Just how much are you prepared to invest?
Larry
"The only easy solution is for Brian to give up on the full screen center desire and install the center that is correct for his car."
THIS. Like many Panteras, modifications have been made to mine to take it out of the realm of "stock", thus requiring more "creative" methods to find something that works. That said, the reverse facing shaker scoop on mine is proving to be a point of interest for folks.
I'm going to look into a few other options including new fabrication, budget isn't unlimited, but need to fully understand my options. I'll post here again when I figure it out. For now, I've emailed the seller on Ebay for exact measurements, they responded with some guess-timates, but will get back to me with exact numbers in a few days.
Thanks you all for the help, dead horses and all...