[DeTomaso] GTS vs Grp3

[Charles McCall]

Jack (and others)

Going by memory (which is risky in my case!) I think I remember reading that
only the last three GT5-S units manufactured, by definition all 1990 models,
had the transition noses. Again relying on my memory, I think it was in the
PI article talking about Gus’s car roughly 10 years ago that he stated that
fact. I have no other source of information regarding the transition nose,
and have never seen one in person.

 

What I can verify first-hand is that Colin Bradshaw’s 1990 GT5-S was one of
the last manufactured, and it has the traditional nose. This would tend to
confirm that only the last couple of 5-S cars had elements of the SI. It’s a
variable on the 5-S cars, but I think it was installed on so few cars (the
last 3?) that it is a somewhat more limited variable. 

 

Charles McCall

1985 DeTomaso Pantera GT5-S #9375

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De: JDeRyke at aol.com [mailto:JDeRyke at aol.com] 
Enviado el: miércoles, 28 de abril de 2010 21:01
Para: charlesmccall at gmail.com
CC: detomaso at realbig.com
Asunto: Re: [DeTomaso] GTS vs Grp3

 

In a message dated 4/28/10 11:33:42 AM, charlesmccall at gmail.com writes:




there is at least one (and as far as we know, ONLY one) GT5 produced in 1989
- Peter Havlik's GT5,
#9517. So the GT5 was produced up to 1989.
There are several GT5-S cars produced in 1990, including Colin Bradshaw's.
So the GT5-S was produced up until 1990.


Thanks, Charlie. As I said, my little list was only a rough draft from
available data. Does your info say the '88 and later GT5-S's all have the
SI-like soft noses like Guts Gosset's late '88 (now sold)? Or is that yet
another variable? Curious- J DeRyke