[DeTomaso] DeTomaso Registry Update

[Charles Engles]

Dear Chuck,


            If I understand correctly, you have, basically, about 3,000
Panteras in your Registry.   That is 3,000 Panteras that are in "one piece"
and are owned by somebody that registered them, right?

           That is a phenomenal accomplishment.  Congratulations.


           See what you think about this arithmetic:

          More or less, approximately 6,000 Panteras were sold in the U.S.A.
between 1971 and 1981 (no exact accounting exists)

          Over the past decade, approximately half of those are "dead" due
to wrecks or rust or being forgotten in a barn.

          That leaves 3,000 Panteras more or less owned by somebody.

         About half of that number are Panteras that are ready to drive and
are not up on jackstands for restoration, or neglected in a garage, or are
fatally rusted, leaving roughly 1,500 "road ready" Panteras.


          What is the number of POCA membership?  About 900-1000?


         Whether my arithmetic is right or wrong, it certainly looks like
your Registry has a very large fraction of the total of USA Panteras.   Well
done.



                      Warmest regards,  Chuck Engles




-----Original Message-----
From: detomaso-bounces at realbig.com [mailto:detomaso-bounces at realbig.com] On
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Sent: Saturday, December 18, 2010 2:10 PM
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Subject: [DeTomaso] DeTomaso Registry Update

DeTomaso People,

 

It seems a little slow today, and I realized that recently the DeTomaso
Registry has
surpassed 3,000 entries!

 

I'd like to thank everyone that has shared with the registry, and has helped
it grow over
the years.

 

In related news, I'm writing some new registry code to increase the ability
to store more
history, in a searchable format.

 

I am also re-writing some code to allow adding cars with unknown VINs.

I have access to a bunch of photos that otherwise would be 'lost to history'
which can now
be archived under "unknown VINs",

yet still searchable via any of the current methods.

 

 

Chuck Melton

 

 

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