[DeTomaso] FORD GT Numbers

[Michael Shortt]

So what are you saying Chuck?

That Pantera drivers crashed more cars early than Ford GT drivers crashed?

Michael in Savannah


On 6/8/07, www.DeTomasoRegistry.org <pantera007 at sbcglobal.net> wrote:
>
>
> Y es I found the attrition rate high, but you can't accurately interpolate
> linearly.
>
> When the Vipers were first sold, there was a similar loss rate.  Then the
> dealers mandated
> a owners/driver's school.
>
> The numbers dropped even as the HP rose as the later versions arrived.
>
> But it begs the question(s)
>
> How Many Mangustas are still pseudo-functional/drivable?
> How many Panteras?
>
> Anyone care to pose an educated guess?
>
>
> I suspect the rate of loss for Panteras was higher in 1971 and 1972, than
> say when the GT5 and GT5-S models were released.
>
> Experience can be a good thing.
>
> When I was learning to drive I "totaled" a number of cars, but they were
> cheap & plentiful! Grin.
>
> Chuck
>
> Looked thru the Ford GT forum and found some stats.
> 4,038 cars built
> 378 exported
> 217 known destroyed
>
> That approx 5.5% gone in 2.5 years ( being generous, because 2004 only had
> 3 months and all the ones sold in 2007 were leftover 2006 )
> That's about 2.2% per year
> So if you give them the life span of a Pantera ( using 1972 as the
> median ), we have 35 years
> times 2.2% = 77% total destroyed by the time they are 35 years old.
>
> So what are we looking at?
> 5,500 ( ? ) Panteras with 1,500 Survivors ?
> If so, that's an attrition rate of 73% destroyed over 35 years.
>
> Guess we had a few wieners buying ours back in the day as well!
>
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> Michael L. Shortt
> Savannah, Georgia
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