[DeTomaso] Euro Pushbutton #1150 for sale

[MikeLDrew at aol.com]

In a message dated 12/21/13 13 09 15, guson at home.se writes:


> Nice pictures indeed.   I noticed that it has round edge front bumpers 
> and flat edge rear bumpers and they are blacked out.  Like most Panteras I 
> assume this one has had some updates made.
> 
>>>I suspect the front bumpers were changed.
> 
> >Some things in the pictures I haven't seen before.  Are these typical of 
> PB cars?
> 
> >Rear deck lid badge says de Tomaso, not Powered by Ford or the Detomaso 
> V8 badge.  Never saw that badge before.
> 
>>>Nor have I.

> >Hand brake is located on the driver's side next to the console forward 
> of the seat.  I wish mine was located there.
> 
>>>That's an interesting modification.   I don't think it was original.

> >What's the push/pull knob next to the driver's seat near the rear 
> console?  Manual choke?
> 
>>>I think you're exactly right.

> >What's the pull handle next to the panel light dimmer knob on the 
> instrument console?  Emergency front hood release?
> 
>>>I don't think that's a push/pull switch.   It has a flat paddle shape, 
and I think it goes up and down.   It looks a little bit like the four-way 
turn signal switch that was fitted to the earliest RHD Pantera known.   That 
is probably the original turn signal switch this car came with, and it was 
retrofitted with a standard column-mounted switch later?   That's just a guess 
though.


> >The round Isis crest next to the Pantera script above the glove box 
> looks like the emblem that is on my Momo steering wheel (that I've never seen 
> another like it)
> 
>>>That is a stock steering wheel emblem liberated from the remains of the 
rubber pad.   It has gold trim.   On this car, a wheel center emblem has 
been kluged into the steel wheel.   Yech!

> >One slot wheels in front and two slot wheels in back.
> High placement of the Pantera and Detomaso script on the rear panel (looks 
> unbalanced)
> 
>>>They are replacements; the original early cars like this came with 
extremely fine, delicate emblems, much smaller than the later style we are 
accustomed to.   Those looked okay in this location, whereas these don't.

> >Hood vents?  I assume these didn't come from the factory.
> 
>>>True dat.

> >Has three color tail light lenses.
> Shoulder harness belts mount on the flat part of the bulkhead and not in 
> the raised edge.
> 
>>>Yes, there is a box welded to the firewall that accomodates the seat 
belt mounting bolts.

These early cars are filled with unusual features that differed from the 
production cars....

Mike
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