[DeTomaso] Nice 73 on Ebay

[Charles McCall]

Bud - my former '72 Pantera had 32,000 miles on it when I bought it.

It dropped an intake valve at 35,000 miles, 6 months later. The famous
2-piece valve issue...

So it could happen. Did you get lucky, or did I get unlucky?


On Thu, Jan 30, 2014 at 3:45 PM, B Hower <b.hower3400 at yahoo.com> wrote:

> It amazes me --- the number of so called low mileage Panteras that have a
> rebuilt engine. My 70 1/2 Torino Sport Roof was driven hard and put away
> wet from new to 144k miles without heads ever being removed. In fact the 4V
> 351C still has never had new timing gears and chain. Yes I was lucky, but a
> rebuild prior to 40k would seem unnecessary on cars that aren't even
> getting 10k miles a year. Just MHO.
>
>
> Bud #3400 ( Drive it like there is no tomorrow -- for there may not be ! )
>
>   ------------------------------
>  *From:* Mike Thomas <mbefthomas at comcast.net>
> *To:* "'DeTomaso at poca.com'" <detomaso at poca.com>
> *Sent:* Thursday, January 30, 2014 8:00 AM
> *Subject:* [DeTomaso] Nice 73 on Ebay
>
> This looks like a nice car.  I think the VIN reads 5554, it does not appear
> to be in Chuck's registry.
>
>
> http://tinyurl.com/lo4f3ub
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>
>
> Mike Thomas
> VP, POCA
> VP, Panteras Northwest
> Yellow '74 #6328
>
>
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