[DeTomaso] # of surviving cars

Tue Apr 20 14:57:27 EDT 2010

I'd just like to know the REAL number of cars produced.

The VIN's started at 1000, I'm told that 01,02 and 03 were crash tested.
so the earliest car should be 1004.

Then the push button cars were the first approx 300 cars, ending around 1300
or so
( somebody will correct the number because I know there is a car billed as
 "The Last Pushbutton"

Elvis had 1553 or something close to that.

I have #1660, built in June 71.

Mike D. has always said that serial numbers were shifted around and were not
in order

and we all know that the Pre - L and L models, dash changes,
bumper changes and ZF dash 1- vs dash 2 changes
spanned lots of serial numbers in no particular order.

The real number of GTS cars
GT3, GT4, GT5, GT5S, Targas ( I think the answer is 4)
and the later Aus. bult 9000 series cars or 200 or whatever.
Factory race cars ( w and w/o VIN numbers )

Seems to me that the best place to start is to know
how many there are supposed to be and then fill in the gaps.

Wrecked one, totalled ones, parts cars, etc.

Michael Shortt

On Tue, Apr 20, 2010 at 2:43 PM, <richard at hitecheng.on.ca> wrote:

> When I was shopping for my Pantera 11 years ago Gary Hall thought there was
> about half the made still around.
> Richard Turpin
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> From: "michael at michaelshortt.com" <michaelsavga at gmail.com>
> Sent: Tuesday, April 20, 2010 2:21 PM
> To: <JDeRyke at aol.com>
> Cc: <detomaso at realbig.com>
> Subject: Re: [DeTomaso] # of surviving cars
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> All,
>>
>> Here's the problem and one that we all have issues with to some degree or
>> another.
>>
>> Who gets to see the registry and what information gets shared?
>>
>> Name of Owner
>> Email of Owner
>> Date of Acquisition
>> VIN of Car
>> Photos of Car
>> City of Car
>>
>> That's what I'm willing to share,
>> where it lives, stays parked or stored, etc.
>> isn't going to be shared with strangers.
>> Mailing me a bunch of crap isn't going to happen.
>> Asking how much I paid isn't going to happen.
>>
>> So how can we establish a sight that is user controlled, yet maintainable
>> and linked to all the others?
>>
>> I own the domain "detomasopanteraregistry.com" and have for years,
>> when a reasonable and viable answer to the above is presented, I'd be
>> happy
>> to allow the domain name use for such a purpose.
>> It should not be a for profit deal.
>>
>> I know of no other current idea aside from the effort of  Chuck's ( which
>> requires a password )
>> which is good for privacy but also a PIA, clearly you can't have it both
>> ways.
>>
>> One idea may be a group effort on a social networking site
>> with everyone creating a page for their car and linking all these pages
>> together as friends...but it requires each owner and when you add people
>> you always add problems.
>>
>> Can the registry software of Shelby or others be licensed?
>>
>> Michael Shortt
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> On Tue, Apr 20, 2010 at 2:07 PM, <JDeRyke at aol.com> wrote:
>>
>> In a message dated 4/20/10 12:45:46 AM, gow2 at rc-tech.net writes:
>>>
>>> > When POCA or some other club gets involved and makes a real official
>>> > effort like the way the Corvettes and other groups have, it would make
>>> > a
>>> > difference.
>>> >
>>> Agreed; want to volunteer to form a group to do one? That's the main
>>> problem, Bill- everyone wants access to such a registry but no one wants
>>> to
>>> spend
>>> the years it takes to compile one. Which is a moving target anyway since
>>> details change daily due to sales, accidents, owner upgrades etc. And
>>> POCA
>>> typically only offers encouragement- they're watching their pennies
>>> pretty
>>> carefully these days. Finally, most good records reside in vendors files,
>>> which
>>> they guard pretty carefully. Good luck- J DeRyke
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