[DeTomaso] Pantera 2862
Paul - Home
thedrol at pobox.com
Fri May 23 12:07:56 EDT 2008
Does that mean that there are 13 Gr4 cars and one car masquerading as a
Gr4 car (#2862)?
Paul
#9270
MikeLDrew at aol.com wrote:
> In a message dated 5/22/08 9 26 19, eanderson at geotracinternational.com
> writes:
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>> Les Gray gave me a detailed tour of his Gr4 Pantera. Man, to see the
>> stamped lightening holes and other racing mods is something to behold.
>> Anyway, the one interesting thing that Les pointed out about the VIN was
>> that the Gr4 apparently used a different "A" in the VIN code. It was a
>> pointed "A" - not rounded like the standard stamp used by De Tomaso. He
>> mentioned that this was a key determiner in judging whether or not the
>> car is authentic.
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>>>> Interesting, and that jives with what I have seen. I always wondered
> about that.
>> I believe only 14 Gr4 race cars were ever built? And, only 12 survive?
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>>>> One was scrapped. One *should* have been scrapped (the Warren Tope car),
> but instead it was restored recently. I've heard they did an excellent job,
> fabricating a substantial portion of the car out of thin air. But it is
> definitely a genuine car, even if much of it is new.
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> Mike
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