[DeTomaso] Matching numbers - dataplate mounted in the front trunk

[MikeLDrew at aol.com]

In a message dated 7/21/10 20 34 37, oldwheel at mts.net writes:


> My own April 72 pre-L has no dataplate mounted in the front trunk and it
> appears it never did. It also has no holes - for rivets or screws to which
> said dataplate  would have been attached. Other owners have reported no 
> tag
> was ever installed in thier 1972 Panteras. I don't think it can be assumed
> as certain that all 1972 cars produced had this feature? More research is 
> in
> order.
> 
>>>Indeed.   Earlier cars had them, and my July '72 car has one as well.   
Do you know specifically why your car doesn't have one?

FWIW, my car no longer has the holes for the dataplate in the front trunk, 
because when it was restored, the holes were filled (even though it was then 
covered with carpet).   Do you know for a fact the same thing didn't happen 
to your car?
> 
> >My car does have the plate with the matching engine number on it in the
> engine compartment, and it matches.
> 
>>>I suspect my car may have had one there at one time too, but my inner 
wheelhouse was replaced at some point in the car's life and it went missing.

Mike