[DeTomaso] Black '74 on Ebay

[John Taphorn]

Not to mention the gas produced welding galvanized steel is poisonous.  
I suspect that someone may have done a superior job restoring the area 
with a galvanized replacement that it wasn't noticeable.

JT
On 1/5/2014 2:47 PM, jderyke at aol.com wrote:
> 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 <mailto: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. The frame
>     uprights were rusting clean through making the car undriveable.
>     There were 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 in place, 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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