[DeTomaso] GTS

[MikeLDrew at aol.com]

In a message dated 9/12/07 21 57 34, Pantera007 at sbcglobal.net writes:

> Mike how do you get "exactly", exactly? (grin)
> 
>>>I got the data from Bill Milburn (but unfortunately I've lost it 
somewhere).   
> 
> 
> >Hmmmm....  I've been entering (USA) GTS cars for a while.  More cars need 
> to
> be added to the Registry before I can provide any supporting evidence.
> 
>>>The key is the Body Service Number (BSN).
> 
> I suspect it is more than the 98 (for sure) and likely more than 130.
> I have not added what I have so far, and I know I am not done, as Bill
> Milburn has promised to send me the GTS data he has.
> 
>>>I asked him to send it to me again (for you) at least a year ago, but 
nothing yet.   But his proof was fairly conclusive; he had found something like 
125+ of the 150 cars.   The US GTS had a discrete BSN which started with a "3" 
instead of a "5".   The BSN range he had went from something like 30002 to 
30147 or something like that, and there was a very close correlation between BSN 
sequence and VIN sequence.

Amazingly, some Pantera vendors who have 'restored' US-model GTS Panteras 
have removed and discarded the BSN tag! :<(

Bill also had lots of Ford internal documentation including several that 
stated that the US GTS program consisted of 150 cars.
> 
> >So if you have a USA GTS, (GT in the VIN a la THGT??0????) contact me.
> 
>>>Or, ANY Pantera for that matter. :>)
> 
> Remember we are only talking about the USA cars at the moment.  The GTS was
> a model designator used for a longer time in non-USA destined cars.  Some
> had a GTS emblem, others did not.  The model features varied from just a GTS
> emblem (Yea go figure - grin) to a GT5 that got the wrong emblem probably,
> as the GT5 and GTS emblems are very close looking.
> 
>>>More than close-looking--they are the same.   Strictly speaking there is 
no "GT5" emblem.   The GT5 and GT5-S were varients on the GTS theme, and all 
three cars got the same GTS badge.   It's part 22019A, GTS-GT5 Emblem 1 1/4" x 3 
3/8".


> If you walked into the DeTomaso factory with cash you could order just 
> about
> anything.  Now that is customer service!  Wish we could still do that (for
> new cars) now.
> 
>>>Oh, believe me, if you bring enough money, you can!

Mike


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