[DeTomaso] Marti Compilation Results Updated 11-6-2013

[MikeLDrew at aol.com]

In a message dated 11/6/13 14 21 14, rgg at gregorycook.com writes:


> 
> That seems odd to me too and not only is it showing the same number built 
> but the standard and GTS numbers are exactly the same?
> 
>>>The 1974 report is (presumably) from a GTS model, and shows that 150 GTS 
cars were made (which we know to be true already), and doesn't specifically 
show how many regular Panteras were made that year.   For years people said 
that the number was only 98, but apparently this is because 98 were made 
for the 49 states and 52 for California (or vice-versa).
>   
> > Any chance that the 74 report you have is actually for a car made in 73 
> but sold as a 74 and thus the report is listing 73 production numbers? Or 
> possibly the 73 car was originally sold and titled as a 74 but later 
> retitled as a 73 and report is listing the 74 production numbers? I remember a 
> while back there were several guys looking to do this in order get the cars 
> exempt from smog checks?
> 
>>>Remember, all these numbers are being generated from Ford records back 
in the day.   All the horsing around that people did to retitle their cars as 
'73s would have no relation to that, as it all happened in the 2000s.   

What I think has happened is that somebody doesn't know what kind of 
Pantera he has (according to Ford's highly arbitrary model year splits).   That 
is, he has a 1974 Pantera that was registered as a 1973 model, but his Marti 
report calls it a 1974, and he failed to notice, and gave it to Michael 
claiming that it was for a 1973 model year car (in error).   So in Michael's 
summary, he actually has one 1971, one 1972, and TWO different 1974 reports, one 
for an L-model and one for a GTS.   When you view the numbers that way, 
everything adds up nicely, and it also indicates we're missing the 1973 
numbers, which were certainly more than 1,112 produced.   I've seen them elsewhere, 
and it's more like 2000-something.

What will be interesting is to compare different Marti reports from the 
same years, and see if the total numbers for that year are the same from one 
report to the next.   I suspect they won't be different.

Also, a number of GTS Panteras were titled as 1973 cars, probably because 
they were sold in 1973, but technically it appears they were all 1974 models 
because all of them have VINS that start after Ford's arbitrary cutoff point 
for the 1973 model year, and the Marti report confirms that.

Mike
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