[DeTomaso] Fw: Engine #'s

[Will Demelo]

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From: "ProvaMo.com" <Pantera007 at sbcglobal.net>
To: <MikeLDrew at aol.com>; <wdemelo at cogeco.ca>; <detomaso at realbig.com>
Sent: Sunday, December 16, 2007 8:03 PM
Subject: RE: [DeTomaso] Engine #'s


> Mike, Will, (and others...)
>
> Along with a bunch of search functions, I'm about to release the
> "Numbers Matching" information/example.  It's a stand alone part of
> a larger section on the Factory, DeTomaso history, Pantera Production, and
> VIN info.
>
> Here is the draft page, just for the Matching Motor Number question.
>
> http://www.provamo.com/Members/DeTomasoFactory/MatchingMotorNumber.asp
>
> Although my old website has some examples, you'll likely find this
> page Mucho better.
>
> Chuck Melton
>
>
>
>
>
>
> In a message dated 12/16/07 13 27 46, wdemelo at cogeco.ca writes:
>
>
>> How do you tell if the Pantera's engine is original? Is there a code in
> the
>> VIN that matches to the engine number?
>>
>
> Not in the VIN, but rather on the engine build tag.
>
> There is a metal tag with a five-digit number stamped on it, affixed
> (normally) on the inside of the left rear wheelwell, and another on the 
> top
> of the box
> that mounts the brake booster, with a cutout for the VIN to show through.
> The engine number is stamped on these tags.   De Tomaso stamped the back 
> of
> each
> engine block, just below the cylinder head, with this same number.   Often
> if
> the block is repainted the numbers are filled in and are thus difficult if
> not impossible to read.   But the overwhelming majority of Panteras seem 
> to
> have
> non-original blocks, with no numbers at all.
>
> Mike Dailey's site has a a page dedicated to VIN plate identification, but
> ironically his car is missing the main plate which goes aroun the VIN!
>
> http://www.panteraplace.com/page110.htm
>
> Chuck Melton's site shows a variety of different ID tags:
>
> http://www.provamo.com/Members/TechInfo/IDBadges.asp?
>
> Mike
>
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