[DeTomaso] history

[SEL]

hi all - continue the quest to find out more about my car's provenance - what I know: it purports to be a 72 Euro GTS - although the VIN won't confirm this, Kirk Evans, JTaphorn and others believe it is a Euro and 1972 seems right in terms of the VIN (4113) - although I am told there were some out of sequence cars; main US owner that I know of was Doug West (deceased) of Michigan - he seemed to have it from at least the early nineties until 6-8 months before I bought it  (passed through another owner who held it briefly and flipped it) - after Doug's death I reached a friend of his who confirmed that Doug was not the importer of the car but could not recall exactly when he purchased it.

I have given the VIN to Chuck  - but not much on his registry database regarding this car - Gary Roys (who inspected the car for me prior to purchase) called the Adlers during the buying process - they said that 4113 preceded their records for a euro GTS and they speculated this might be one of the first euro gts's brought in - i followed up with an email to the Adlers to find out more but didn't get a response (maybe I had the wrong address? anyone out there have a good email)?

Today I looked at the sticker on the door pillar and noticed the follwing: the first line reads "Eastern Exchange" and the "Importer Name" is "Gioele Stefani" - does this mean anything to anyone? - I googled both but came up with nothing - separately the "Date of Mfg" on this sticker says "1974 I" - I am thinking this might have been the date of import (maybe that is what the "I" stands for) - if not, maybe it is a 1974 and not a 1972?? - it has pre-L bumpers, but given it was a Euro, maybe they kept the bumperettes through 74? - thanks in advance for any help - stephen