[DeTomaso] Dis-service?

[MikeLDrew at aol.com]

In a message dated 3/2/14 14 45 15, adin at frontier.net writes:
> 
> I am plenty calm, the derisive note regarding "made up" numbers just 
> struck me as unnecessary. I understand what Evans did and why. Does that make 
> Evans a bad guy?
> 
>>>The only person here deriding Kirk's noble effort appears to be you?

There are 'some people' out there who continue to insist that the 
Amerisport Panteras are not 'real' Panteras, and instead are some sort of glorified 
kit cars.   Referring to them by their Amerisport VIN instead of their De 
Tomaso VIN is an insult, one which perpetuates that myth and robs them of their 
well-deserved true identity as De Tomaso cars.

All Amerisport cars were made in Italy by De Tomaso and equipped with De 
Tomaso VINS; they were 'completed' here by Kirk, by the installation of the 
drivetrain and emissions gear, and technically, that meant they were 
considered to be manufactured here.   Due to stupid bureaucracy in the USA, the 
government refused to acknowledge the De Tomaso VINS the cars wore (our laws had 
changed and required more characters than had been used previously), and so 
the DOT made up rather arbitrary new ones for Amerisport to use, which 
unfortunately have no relationship to the De Tomaso VIN.   

That doesn't change the true identity of an Amerisport-sourced car, or make 
it any less of a genuine De Tomaso Pantera, despite what some may suggest.

Mike
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   In a message dated 3/2/14 14 45 15, adin at frontier.net writes:

     I am plenty calm, the derisive note regarding "made up" numbers just
     struck me as unnecessary. I understand what Evans did and why. Does
     that make Evans a bad guy?

   >>>The only person here deriding Kirk's noble effort appears to be you?
   There are 'some people' out there who continue to insist that the
   Amerisport Panteras are not 'real' Panteras, and instead are some sort
   of glorified kit cars.  Referring to them by their Amerisport VIN
   instead of their De Tomaso VIN is an insult, one which perpetuates that
   myth and robs them of their well-deserved true identity as De Tomaso
   cars.
   All Amerisport cars were made in Italy by De Tomaso and equipped with
   De Tomaso VINS; they were 'completed' here by Kirk, by the installation
   of the drivetrain and emissions gear, and technically, that meant they
   were considered to be manufactured here.  Due to stupid bureaucracy in
   the USA, the government refused to acknowledge the De Tomaso VINS the
   cars wore (our laws had changed and required more characters than had
   been used previously), and so the DOT made up rather arbitrary new ones
   for Amerisport to use, which unfortunately have no relationship to the
   De Tomaso VIN.
   That doesn't change the true identity of an Amerisport-sourced car, or
   make it any less of a genuine De Tomaso Pantera, despite what some may
   suggest.
   Mike