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

[pantdino at aol.com]

 Personally I don't think the DuBois association adds anything to the value.? He was just the importer for Belgium, apparently, and never personally owned or raced the car.

To me it's just another half-completed project car.? If it made sense economically to finish it and then sell it the seller would do that.

Jim Oddie



 


 

-----Original Message-----
From: MikeLDrew at aol.com
To: mbefthomas at comcast.net; detomaso at realbig.com
Sent: Sun, Aug 30, 2009 12:28 pm
Subject: Re: [DeTomaso] Former (claimed) Claude Dubois Car on Ebay











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
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