My '59 Plymouth has this all-position deck lid - I just went out and checked
- It works perfectly but then again her name is Penny so I guess she has no
worries. But seriously, Neil, thanks for info. I was unaware of this
feature. I take my car to shows almost every weekend up here and am in that
trunk probably a hundred times during the day and never noticed.
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Sent: Thursday, August 02, 2007 11:58 PM
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Subject: [FWDLK] Deck Erection.....in ALL positions
Glenn Barratt PM'ed me, to ask me upon what reference I based my
statement that a PROPERLY working deck lid (nyah, nyah, nyah) would
hold any partially-opened position
in which an operator would place it.
>From the 57 Dodge Service Manual : " All Dodge [dunno about PLY's
though] cars have a balanced deck lid [ IN THEORY ] , made possible by a
torsion bar hinge mechanism. Lifting the deck lid is accomplished with a
finger tip--the weight of the heavy lid is counter-balanced in all
positions by the spring tension of the two torsion bars.
As the deck lid is raised [NOT whanged- upward ] , the twisting action
of the bars against the hinges causes the bars to twist, exerting a
torsional spring resistance that balances [!!] the lid.
WHEN LID HAS BEEN ADJUSTED CORRECTLY, LID SHOULD [ahem] HOLD ANY
POSITION WHEN RELEASED [emphasis-added] .
So THERE, you smug so-and-so's , with your deck lids that just go
UP,and stay up, whenever you want them to.
They don't actually perform like they're supposed to do!
At least, I got to watch MY deck lid perform correctly, for an hour, til
I closed the lid, on the newly-installed NOS T/bars!
The very next day: experienced the heartbreak Limp Deck Syndrome, all
over again!
Neil Vedder
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