[DeTomaso] Pantera on Speed Channel

[Dave McManus]

Michael,
I was! However, hardly EVER saw one on the street. Maybe I saw two in five
years. One was at a local Ford store (not L/M). The owner of the store owned
an orange one & kept it in the showroom with theater ropes around it. I
would ride my bicycle nearly an hour just to go look at it several times a
year.
IndyDave

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From: michaelsavga at gmail.com [mailto:michaelsavga at gmail.com] 
Sent: Monday, February 02, 2009 10:34 PM
To: JDeRyke at aol.com; detomaso-bounces at realbig.com; DeTomaso at realbig.com
Subject: Re: [DeTomaso] Pantera on Speed Channel

Can you imagine how super cool it would have been to be tooling around in a
Pantera in 1971.  Hippie chicks and a Pantera.   OMG.  I was born too late.
Michael in Savannah
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-----Original Message-----
From: michaelsavga at gmail.com

Date: Tue, 3 Feb 2009 03:25:37
To: <JDeRyke at aol.com>; <detomaso-bounces at realbig.com>;
<DeTomaso at realbig.com>
Subject: Re: [DeTomaso] Pantera on Speed Channel


So subtracting the 3 crash cars. That equals 1330 71 Panteras.  If 657 was
built in June it is reasonable to think it took 2-3 months to get state side
and sold.  I guess that 700 seems reasonable to have actually been delivered
to owners.  Also I think they close the plants over there in Aug for
vacations back then so add another month.  Michael in Savannah
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From: JDeRyke at aol.com
To: michaelsavga at gmail.com
To: detomaso-bounces at realbig.com
To: DeTomaso at realbig.com
Sent: Feb 2, 2009 10:01 PM
Subject: Re: [DeTomaso] Pantera on Speed Channel

In a message dated 2/2/09 6:27:22 PM, michaelsavga at gmail.com writes:

 I know the serial numbers were released out of order sometimes. But what is
the highest one listed as a 71? I have #1660....

 I don't normally get into the chaos that was DeTomaso's Italian car
production, but I know engine builder Dick Drenske owns (or did own) s/n
#2332, said to have a '71 build date and the last car mentioned in the
original Registry as a '71. Pantera s/n #2334 is listed as a '72; neither
has the month-code listed to back the dates up.
 Interestingly, a sister-car to yours- s/n #1661- is (or was) owned by Kirby
Schrader in TX. FWIW- J Deryke



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