[DeTomaso] De Tomaso (Vignale Production) etc

Sun Jul 7 18:33:06 EDT 2013

I don't know how much a new GT5S cost, my guess is that adjusted for
inflation, etc.,  It would be well over $150,000 today.  Keep in mind that
even when new a Pre-L cost as much as 2 Corvettes and 2-3k more than the
most deck out Lincoln sold at the same dealership, which was about 8k.

A Ferrari Dino was about 12.5k and a 365GtS was about 17k.

The values are relative to the time period and the prevailing cost of labor.

I distinctly remember riding my bike to the Ferrari dealer in 1976 and
looking at 24k fiberglass 308s.  One of my classmates in high school
received a new 19k jaguar XKS for graduation in 1977.

Michael Shortt

On Jul 7, 2013 4:55 PM, "Pantdino" <pantdino at aol.com> wrote:

>
> I'm sure manufacturers' budgets did not allow for 1000 hours just for the
> body.
> The link provided by a previous poster went to a rolling chassis selling
> for $115K.
>
> My guess is that they start with thicker aluminum and when they polish it
> they take off material to eliminate the high points.
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: bill gaino <gaino at earthlink.net>
> To: Jeff Detrich <jjdetrich at gmail.com>; Pantdino <pantdino at aol.com>
> Cc: Detomaso <Detomaso at poca.com>; JDeRyke <JDeRyke at aol.com>
> Sent: Sun, Jul 7, 2013 8:39 am
> Subject: Re: [DeTomaso] De Tomaso (Vignale Production) etc
>
>
>
> I own and operate my own body shop. Yes the metal can be shaped and
> polished
> without any fillers. It is an art in itself, I don't have the skills or
> patience
> to do it. Bill 1362
>
> -----Original Message-----
> >From: Jeff Detrich <jjdetrich at gmail.com>
> >Sent: Jul 7, 2013 11:26 AM
> >To: Pantdino <pantdino at aol.com>
> >Cc: Detomaso at poca.com, JDeRyke at aol.com
> >Subject: Re: [DeTomaso] De Tomaso (Vignale Production) etc
> >
> >There are polished, bare metal  cobra bodies, and I've seen show quality
> >hot rods done the same way.
> >
> >Jeff
> >6559
> >
> >
> >On Sat, Jul 6, 2013 at 6:55 PM, Pantdino <pantdino at aol.com> wrote:
> >
> >>
> >> With a few exceptions the panels used on Ferrari road cars were steel.
> >>
> >> My thinking is that there is no way anyone can beat a flat piece of
> steel
> >> into a complex curved shape with hammers and have it so smooth you can
> >> paint it without a thin layer of putty to smooth over all the little
> >> irregularities.
> >>
> >>
> >> -----Original Message-----
> >> From: JDeRyke <JDeRyke at aol.com>
> >> To: pantdino <pantdino at aol.com>
> >> Cc: Detomaso <Detomaso at poca.com>
> >> Sent: Sat, Jul 6, 2013 3:36 pm
> >> Subject: Re: [DeTomaso] De Tomaso (Vignale Production) etc
> >>
> >>
> >> In a message dated 7/6/13 2:18:35 PM, pantdino at aol.com writes:
> >>
> >>
> >> So if the post-Ford panels were made without stamping machines they
> should
> >> also have this thin layer of putty, no?
> >>
> >>
> >> Maybe: Not sure if hand-formed aluminum body panels used on factory
> >> Maseratis & Ferraris equates witn hand-formed steel panels made by
> DeTomaso
> >> subcontactors, and really, after 40+ years and possible repaired road
> >> damage, it hardly matters. My '72-1/2 Pantera made from genuine Ford
> >> stamping dies had epoxy filler on the tops of both front fenders & in
> the
> >> weatherstrip channel for the decklid near the 'gills', plus body lead
> >> around the lower windshield posts & below the tail lights. A
> >> paint-thickness gauge is your best friend when shopping for a steel
> >> Pantera. I doubt they even work on aluminum cars which are not
> magnetic, so
> >> thats another DeTomaso advantage. Cheers- J Deryke
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