[DeTomaso] GTS vs Grp3

[hemipanter at hemipanter.se]

For an unknown reason my car is a GR5 car in my registration papers.
That is a lucky situation since it allowed me to legally switch the
Ford motor prior to the Hemi. I showed the authorities the factory GR4 hp
ratings and that was all that was needed to get the highest Pantera Hp
paper in Sweden. Valuable papers I would guess...
Goran




In a message dated 4/26/10 21 14 19, ehpantera at yahoo.com writes:
>
>
>> What are the differences between a GTS and Grp3 Panteras?
>>
>
> That's an interesting question.   Basically, the GTS was a pure street car
> and the Gr3 was a pure race car, if you bought one 'off the rack'.   But
> since European Panteras were often tailor-made for an individual customer,
> he
> could specify any number of different options from the 12-page factory
> options catalog (which included things like Gr3 brakes, sway bars, roll
> cage
> etc.), so it's not unusual to find a Euro GTS that is loaded with Gr3
> parts.
> But technically that car wouldn't be considered a 'proper' Gr3 car because
> it
> wasn't labeled as such when it was built.
>
> One thing that is unique to the Gr3 cars, and doesn't appear in the
> catalog, is the access to the front of the engine.   Rather than a
> one-piece
> fiberglass cover over the entire bulkhead, the Gr3 cars had a removable
> center
> section that was secured with rubber pull-down hoozits.   Although it
> seems to
> be rather trivial, I can say that every "Gr3" Pantera I've seen that was
> purpose-built as a race car had that feature, whereas the "Gr3" Panteras
> that
> were built as tarted-up GTS street cars didn't.
>
> I'll send you the parts catalog separately so you can see what's inside
> it.
>
> Cheers!
>
> Mike
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