[DeTomaso] Service Manual

[JDeRyke at aol.com]

Tom, there's a 123 pg 'Pantera Service Highlights' manual that came out in 
Jan '72 for dealers only. It was originally part of the giant 'Dealership 
Guide and Marketing' loose-leaf binder that Pantera dealers (not just 
Lincoln-Mercury) got. The Service HIghlights have been reproduced by various people 
and is included in the DVD sold by the POCA Store. There's quite a bit of 
pushbutton stuff sorely missing in other manuals, as well as the ONLY factory 
rack-rebuilding directions, dashboard-pulling, window motor R & R and other 
such things of interest. As far as I know that's about it for written 
factory "service details".

As far as parts, there's an Overhaul Manual for ZF 5DS-25/2 transaxles, and 
also a supplement to the Illustrated Parts Guide dated 1975 that lists 
DeTomaso's optional Euro-GTS parts- such as the dropped front-trunk battery 
mount, the 10" rear Campys, the factory roll cage etc. used in Gr-3 and Gr-4 
cars. Some but not all are in the black Parts guide from '85 that you refer to. 
These pieces were never imported nor sold (or even acknowleged as existing) 
by Ford when they owned the operation. THe '75 supplement and the Zf manual 
is also in the DVD. Cheers- J Deryke