[DeTomaso] Fw: European GTS model

[Will Demelo]

""""I wrote the factory in 2000 to see if they could confirm my car  was a 
GTS
but Claudia wrote back and said my car was build and sold by Vignale  and
she
didn't have the records.   Not real sure what that means but  the """"

I'm not sure what that means either. How did Vignale relate to Detomaso?
Will

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "ProvaMo.com" <Pantera007 at sbcglobal.net>
To: <Tmshinro at aol.com>; <detomaso at realbig.com>
Sent: Friday, May 02, 2008 12:35 AM
Subject: Re: [DeTomaso] European GTS model


>
> I know some details that you might want to check for, which are not 
> commonly
> known, so even a decent 'faker' might not change...
>
> I agree that your car is a Euro GTS from what I can tell.
> Chuck
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: detomaso-bounces at realbig.com [mailto:detomaso-bounces at realbig.com] 
> On
> Behalf Of Tmshinro at aol.com
> Sent: Thursday, May 01, 2008 8:33 PM
> To: detomaso at realbig.com
> Subject: Re: [DeTomaso] European GTS model
>
> You guys might have finally given me the answer  I've been looking for 
> since
>
> 1987.    I bought a '73 Pantera  (5186) from someone that brought it over
> from
> Germany.   The German  registration said it was a GTS, which is what it 
> was
> represented to me by the  owner.   My research at the time said that a GTS
> had
> a momo steering  wheel, vented rotors, fiberglass fender flares, 8" rims 
> in
> front and 10" rims in  back, front air dam, large diameter headers and 
> Ansa
> exhaust, GTS badges on  wheels and shifter and on taillight panel; all of
> which my
> car had.
>
> My car has a fiberglass dash with the metal faceplate; both of which had
> been recovered when I bought it.  I since recovered it early in my
> ownership and
> thought the dash looked very crude, making me think it was an  early
> production model (prototype) before they started molding them like the 
> ones
> on the US
> models.   I also have the detomaso script on the  dash.   One of the 
> reasons
>
> I thought the dash was pre-production is  because my hazard switch is
> outboard
> of the wiper/washer switches, which is  backward from every car I seen.
> Even though I had this series 3  dash, I had the two piece series 1 
> console
> with
> the raised shifter  cover.
>
> I wrote the factory in 2000 to see if they could confirm my car  was a GTS
> but Claudia wrote back and said my car was build and sold by Vignale  and
> she
> didn't have the records.   Not real sure what that means but  the Detomaso
> envelope and stationary was pretty cool.
>
>>From what I heard  from the list, I think I can final say with confidence 
>>I
>
> have an Euro  GTS.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Tom
>
>
>
> In a message dated 4/30/2008 3:57:07 P.M. Central Daylight Time,
> Pantera007 at sbcglobal.net writes:
>
>
> I've  been asked to help identify (what makes) a European GTS Pantera.
>
> If you  have one of these cars, please contact me.  I am making a list
> of the  various features and options that would help clarify this issue.
>
> You  can then review my draft list and add your knowledge.
> I'm building a page  for the topic now.
>
> Chuck Melton
>
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