[DeTomaso] Nice 73 on Ebay

[B Hower]

I don't know, but I also have a 70 Torino 4 Door 351C 2V,  with over 100k, a 74 Torino 351C 2V with over 100k, a 70 Torino GT 351C 4V ( with unknown miles on motor as it is not serial # stamped ------- assume it replaced original before me -- which I ran from odometer reading of 96k to 144k then had a bad head gasket ), and a 73 engine that I ran some 50k miles before a rebuild and upgrade for Pantera. The Pantera is the only place I have had SS valves. I lost a two piece valve in a Cleveland --------- So I must have just been lucky.

 
Bud #3400 ( Drive it like there is no tomorrow -- for there may not be ! )


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 From: Charles McCall <charlesmccall at gmail.com>
To: B Hower <b.hower3400 at yahoo.com> 
Cc: Mike Thomas <mbefthomas at comcast.net>; "DeTomaso at poca.com" <detomaso at poca.com> 
Sent: Thursday, January 30, 2014 9:59 AM
Subject: Re: [DeTomaso] Nice 73 on Ebay
 


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.
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>This looks like a nice car.  I think the VIN reads 5554, it does
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