[DeTomaso] Black '74 on Ebay

[jderyke at aol.com]

Even in the '70s, spray-on or 'cold zinc galvanizing' treatments were available. But done as a zinc coating on metal thats then welded, the zinc burns off with any weld heat, leaving bare metal in the surrounding area. Which rusts; kind of expensive and counter-productive. So I doubt if true galvanizing was done to factory sheet metal during frame construction. FWIW- J Deryke
 

 

 

-----Original Message-----
From: bill gaino <gaino at earthlink.net>
To: Tom Cabanski <tcabanski at tencom.com>; detomaso <detomaso at poca.com>
Sent: Fri, Jan 3, 2014 12:43 pm
Subject: Re: [DeTomaso] Black '74 on Ebay


Tom, I rebuilt car 733? and it was a 74. To my surprise both rear inner panels where the suspension bolts up were made of galvanized steel. I mentioned this to Kirk Evans and he acted surprised too. Maybe this is the change? I donno.. Bill 1362

-----Original Message-----
From: Tom Cabanski 
Sent: Jan 3, 2014 2:48 PM
To: detomaso at poca.com
Subject: [DeTomaso] Black '74 on Ebay


Interesting info is stated by the seller.
 
“In 1973, DeTomaso realized something needed to be done. Theframe uprights were rusting clean through making the car undriveable. Therewere no 1973 Panteras. 1973 models were left over '72's, carrying late vins and'73 production dates, hence the early frame, that were titled and released in'73. When the '74's came along, major frame changes were inplace, forever ridding them of the uprights going away from rust. Why choose a'74? They are, simply put, the best of the best”
 
First I heard about this one!!
Tom
 
 


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