[DeTomaso] The strange case of...

[Asa Jay Laughton]

They are two different cars, plain and simple.  Examine the photos even 
closer.  One has the L-interior dash while the other does not.  The 
Turbo set-ups are entirely different.  The bellhousing is attached with 
cap screws on the black car and with bolts on the red.  The spreader bar 
is different, the holes in the inner fenders for the exhaust are placed 
differently (one car has them in front of the spreader bar, the other 
behind. There are more.

So unless they took the vin plates and moved them to a different car, 
which I doubt, it only leaves one possibility.  I would postulate the 
license plate was moved from one car to the other.  Perhaps one person 
owns both cars?  No matter how... it's -not- the same car.

Are you absolutely positive the photos you took in 1997 are from 4142?

Asa Jay

Asa Jay Laughton, MSgt, USAFR, Retired
&  Shelley Marie
Spokane, WA
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On 10/2/2011 4:36 PM, detomasoregistry at gmail.com wrote:
> Listers,
>
> I'm processing the backlog of Registry updates, and I've come across quite a few real
> interesting cars, and their history.  The one I noticed today is Pantera #4142.
> Login directly to:
> http://www.provamo.com/Members/Registry/RegistryImages/RTHPNMD04142/RTHPNMD04142.asp
>
> Start at the bottom for the vintage photo and for sale ad, moving up. (The car was matched
> by license plate.)  I took the photos in 1997 myself and can attest to the high quality
> condition of the car then.
>
> So what gives?  It received flares, and was an award-winning show car (dark blue), then
> what?  Back to near stock?
>
> I know this style of license plate is not transferable in California, in case you think
> the plate was transferred to a different Pantera.
>
> Anyone know the story on this car?
>
> Chuck
>
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