[DeTomaso] The Fake Pantera Lives????

[Julian Kift]

I believe the previous debate decided this was not a Long & Newman body. I understood the L&N bodies were dimensional replicas of the Pantera, and the car in the ad looks like some bad hairday Fiero based kit.

 

Julian
 
> Date: Tue, 6 Oct 2009 23:45:51 -0400
> From: boyd411 at gmail.com
> To: detomasoregistry at gmail.com
> CC: R.Simpson35 at verizon.net; detomaso at realbig.com
> Subject: Re: [DeTomaso] The Fake Pantera Lives????
> 
> I tried to get this car pulled by ebay when it was listed last. At that time
> it didn't have the current Detomaso ID tags. They have had the vin # cut
> out. You can also see the blue taf that says "California reassigned" I spoke
> to the CA. State Police and that is a Recovered theft tag with a vin
> assigned by the state. In any case even if it is an authentic Long and
> Newman reproduction a reproduction shouldn't have a Detomaso tag. To me
> that is an attempt to deceive an unwary buyer . This car is now listed for
> sale in Arizona and the last time it was in LA. I don' t know if it's
> actually in Arizona they may have just used an Arizona bill of sale to get
> around no legit title.
> Boyd
> 
> On Tue, Oct 6, 2009 at 8:16 PM, <detomasoregistry at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> > Bob (Robert),
> >
> > As the seller clearly states this is a Long & Newman body, I would not go
> > so far
> > as to call it a fake. I'd call it a Long & Newman reproduction, and in
> > unfinished form.
> >
> > (LOTS of work to go!)
> >
> > Yes it might be confusing to have the blank VIN plates. These are the same
> > photos
> > (and location) as the earlier auction.
> >
> > Although I have saved the details, it does not appear in the DeTomaso
> > Registry, as it
> > is not a DeTomaso (and it does not have a "donor" VIN either.), but I put
> > it on my
> > website to document the L&N body regardless.
> >
> > Best Regards,
> >
> > Chuck
> >
> >
> >
> > Isnt this this the phoney Pantera that was for sale in California a few
> > months ago???? Check out the aftermarket repop manufacturer ID tags
> > screwed
> > into the car.
> >
> > http://tinyurl.com/y8vrakf
> >
> > http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/Long-Newman-Pantera_W0QQitemZ220490778811QQcmdZViewItemQQpt
> > ZRace_Cars_Not_Street_Legal_?hash=item33564648bb
> >
> >
> >
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