[DeTomaso] The Shortt List, Dec 5, 2013 @ 5pm

Thu Dec 5 17:32:35 EST 2013

I'd love to have 53 by the end of the year,
that's 1% of the US models imported.

Want to know more?

I use Marti Reports...please send yours.

 11/18 Note: A valid point has been
 raised about build date versus release
date, Thus the build date for each car
 will be listed next to it's serial number,
followed by the release date which is
 more likely when it was finished and
 ready for shipping.

27 US Cars and 1 Euro Car so far,

Please send your info if you have it.

US Cars

TOTAL  5,244

Imported to the US Market

25.57% of which were Yellow

The second most popular
color appears to be White.

 Less than 3% were GTS Models

14% were 71's
40% were 72's
24% were 73's
21% were 74's

So far, the rarest US Pantera is a
74 GTS in YellowGold/Blk at .0057%
of US Import Models at 30 total units.

1971

743  ALL Standard

Cars Included
1490    5/71    12/71
1660    6/71     3/72
1661    6/71     4/72

120 made in May
208 made in June

224 Yellow       30%
87 Lime Green    12%

1972

2,131 ALL Standard

Cars included

2071    9/71    5/72
2761    2/72   10/72
3310    4/72    8/72
3482    4/72    9/72
3676    6/72    2/72
3960    7/72    3/73
4234    7/72    2/73

238 made in February
308 made in April
227 made in June
445 made in July
83 made in Sept

558 Yellow    26%
517 White     24%
244 Blue      11%
107 Silver     4%
57 Green       2%

1973

Includes some 72 Models
designated as 72 1/2*
These are #4269 -#4839

1,258 ALL Standard

Cars Included

4443*    9/72    5/73
4665*   10/72    6/73

5048    12/72    8/73
5445     3/73    9/73
5491     4/73   12/73
5906     7/73    5/74
5926     7/73    7/73

68 in March
83 in April
185 in July
187 in October
163 in September
113 in December

334 Yellow      26%
277 White.     22%
203 Orange      16%
178 Red         14%

1974

1,112 Produced

962 Standard
150 GTS Models

6143    8/73    2/75
6328    9/73    9/74
6480   10/73    8/74
6590   10/73    8/74
6928   12/73   11/74
7080    1/74   11/74
7207    2/74    9/74
7217    3/74    1/75
7314    6/74    1/75
7366    6/74    1/75

142 in Jan
39 in Feb
61 in Mar
69 in June
65 in Aug
113 in Sept
224 in Oct
128 in Dec

225 Yellow         20%
191 White          17%
188 Orange         17%
151 Red            13%
60 Slvr/Blk GTS    40%
60 Burg/Blk GTS    40%
30 YGold/Blk GTS   20%

Euro Cars

1971
549 Produced

1972
416 Produced

1973

 ? Produced

5186 GTS

May

Blk/Silver

1974
369 Produced

The following information was
shared with me by Scott Bell
who credits George Pence.

The DeTomaso model year was in line with
the calendar year I 1971. The last 1971 Pantera
was #2292, built in December 1971.

Whereas North American Ford had been
building 1972 model Fords since July of 1971,
because they manufactured automobiles
based on the fiscal year.

The curious part of that difference ...
chassis 2292 which was the last 1971
Pantera, probably didn't hit a Lincoln
showroom until February or March of
1972.
Ford had been selling 1972 models
since September 1971.

The DeTomaso model year was aligned
with Ford's model year in 1973 ... the
DeTomaso 1973 model year was cut short,
it was only 6 months long. DeTomaso began
manufacturing 1974 models in July of 1973,
just like Ford.

Push Buttons (hand built models,
a few were actually built before
January, in 1970)

Chassis 1001 - 1382
January 1971 - April 1971

Pre-L
(The beginning of the assembly
line models)
Chassis 1383 - 2292
April 1971 - December 1971

 Total 1292 cars in 1971

Pre-L
Chassis 2293 - 4268
January 1972 - August 1972

Pantera L
Officially called 1972-1/2 models
Chassis 4269 - 4839
August 1972 - December 1972

Total 2547 cars in 1972

Pantera L (this is the short
6 month model year)
Chassis 4840 - 5899
January 1973 - June 1973

Total 1060 cars in 1973 (only 6 months)

Pantera L (aligned with Ford's
production year, then extended.
Should have ended June 1974)
Chassis 5900 - 7380
July 1973 - August 1974

Total 1481 cars in 1974 (14 months!)

The total number of Pantera’s based
 on the above data is 6380 from 71-74

5,244 US Models
1,136 Euro Models

6,380-5244 =1,136
Yearly totals = 1,334
not counting all of 73.

These totals do NOT AGREE.
 More to come.

Michael L. Shortt
Savannah, Georgia
www.michaelshortt.com
michael at michaelshortt.com
912-232-9390

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