[DeTomaso] DeTomaso Digest, Vol 36, Issue 14

[MikeLDrew at aol.com]

In a message dated 7/14/07 1:13:46 PM, dportal123 at gmail.com writes:


> I would like to know how you can tell when a car is a true GT5.
> 

Well, the most obvious 'tell' would be the VIN; if the car was built before 
1980 it can't be a genuine GT5.  Any Pantera built after 1980 *could* have been 
built as a GT5, or it could have been converted afterwards (PI Motorsports 
has (or had) a black 1980s Pantera that was built as a narrow-body car and later 
converted to GT5-S specifications, although not using factory parts to do 
it).

Secondly, the factory GT5s used fiberglass flares etc. that were held to the 
body with rivets, and bonded with a seam of some sort of goo.   Many/most GT5 
conversions use steel flares, so that's another obvious 'tell'.

Mike


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