[DeTomaso] Longchmap at Beverly Hills Car Club

[Mark Charlton]

Good points Mike. Interestingly, it DOES have the later style bumpers AND GT5-style seating but the early ventilation controls. 

Somebody went to a lot of trouble to make a nice car and sadly it ended like that.

Mark Charlton
pantera01826 at rogers.com



On Jul 30, 2014, at 9:36 PM, MikeLDrew at aol.com wrote:

> 
> In a message dated 7/30/14 17 07 27, pantera01826 at rogers.com writes:
> 
> 
>> I do not believe that car COULD be an actual GTS as they were introduced some 5 years later at the 1980 Turin Auto Show.
> 
> >>>True dat, but several early cars were sent back to the factory by their then-owners to be converted to GTS specification; this is likely one of those cars.  So while it wasn't built as a GTS, since the factory converted it, would it be considered an 'actual' GTS?
> 
> I dunno.
> 
> They also converted at least one early car to full GT5-S specification--same question could be asked there.
>> 
>> >Pretty scary condition.
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> >>>I'd say so!
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> I'd love to find the guy who owned it when it was a really nice car, and then let it deteriorate to this degree, and beat him (more) senseless!)
> 
> Mike

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   Good points Mike. Interestingly, it DOES have the later style bumpers
   AND GT5-style seating but the early ventilation controls.

   Somebody went to a lot of trouble to make a nice car and sadly it ended
   like that.

   Mark Charlton
   [1]pantera01826 at rogers.com
   On Jul 30, 2014, at 9:36 PM, [2]MikeLDrew at aol.com wrote:

     In a message dated 7/30/14 17 07 27, [3]pantera01826 at rogers.com
     writes:

     I do not believe that car COULD be an actual GTS as they were
     introduced some 5 years later at the 1980 Turin Auto Show.

     >>>True dat, but several early cars were sent back to the factory by
     their then-owners to be converted to GTS specification; this is
     likely one of those cars.  So while it wasn't built as a GTS, since
     the factory converted it, would it be considered an 'actual' GTS?
     I dunno.
     They also converted at least one early car to full GT5-S
     specification--same question could be asked there.

     >Pretty scary condition.

     >>>I'd say so!
     I'd love to find the guy who owned it when it was a really nice car,
     and then let it deteriorate to this degree, and beat him (more)
     senseless!)
     Mike

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