[DeTomaso] Former (claimed) Claude Dubois Car on Ebay

[MikeLDrew at aol.com]

In a message dated 8/30/09 9 27 56, mbefthomas at comcast.net writes:


> 
> Looks like an interesting project.  5093 does not appear in Chuck's 
> registry
> that I could find. 
> 
>>>Uh....at the risk of asking the obvious, did you search for 5093?

'Cause it's been in there for quite some time. :>)

http://www.provamo.com/Members/Registry/RegistryImages/RTHPNMT05093/RTHPNMT0
5093.asp


>  Indicated as being in Canoga Park.  How would you check
> the veracity of the Dubois claim, and what would that really be worth?
> 
>>>The way we checked it last time was to just ask Claude.   He has all his 
sales records in a little notebook and can tell you all about each De 
Tomaso car he sold (and he sold hundreds).   Claude said that this car was 
(according to his records) originally a Pantera L (not a GTS) in Blu Sera 
(metallic blue).   

I can't really see the nose of the car too well in any of the photos, 
including the MANY that the potential buyer sent me today.   However, it appears 
to have a GTS nose (European GTS Panteras were, for the most part, built 
with pre-L front ends even after the L-model Pantera was introduced, whereas 
European L-models used a standard L-model front end with slim bumperettes (no 
turn signals) in place of the US-market one-piece bumper).   It also has a 
GTS interior (upholstered fiberglass one-pod dashboard, and two-piece center 
console, also upholstered) as opposed to an L-model interior.   So it 
wouldn't surprise me if Claude's records were mistaken about it being a Euro L as 
opposed to a Euro GTS?

Mike