[DeTomaso] Panteras for Rob

Fri Feb 27 10:36:38 EST 2015

My experience was EXACTLY the same.  Very Easy.  I bought my Pantera in Sandy Eggo in 2000.
Never ever been hassled.

"Sometimes I think the surest signs that intelligent life
  exists elsewhere in the universe is that none of it has tried
  to contact us!"

Terry W. Himes [cid:EF6B0E9D-5064-4097-945E-B42B831DB3BD]
JPL Jet Propulsion Laboratory
InSight Sequence Team Lead
Rosetta/MEX Sequence Team Lead
Phone: (818) 393-6261
Cell:     (818) 653-8213
Fax:     (818) 393-3147
thimes at jpl.nasa.gov<mailto:thimes at jpl.nasa.gov>
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From: Fresno Finches via DeTomaso <detomaso at poca.com<mailto:detomaso at poca.com>>
Reply-To: Fresno Finches <fresnofinches at aol.com<mailto:fresnofinches at aol.com>>
Date: Friday, February 27, 2015 12:05 AM
To: "detomaso at poca.com<mailto:detomaso at poca.com>" <detomaso at poca.com<mailto:detomaso at poca.com>>
Subject: [DeTomaso] Panteras for Rob

Rob,

Short answer, you will not have any problems or issues registering a Ford-era Pantera in California.

My experience with my 1972 Oregon-sourced Pantera being registered here in CA was thus-

Arrived with old signed-by-seller registration papers and my proper ID, my checkbook and the Pantera.

I was asked questions, including what was the purchase price. I told the young girl at the window a figure, to which she exclaimed “Wow, that is a lot of money for a car so old.” I “may” have even understated the purchase price. CRS seems to cloud that memory a bit. I was not asked for any bill of sale or purchase receipt.

With paper work finished, a visual inspection of the Pantera was made. The gal, and the young man who accompanied her, had never seen a Pantera. I showed them the dashboard VIN plate and I think opened both the trunk and engine bay. And that was it.

No smog equipment inspection. No requirement to visit a smog inspection station. No visit to the CHP for any reason.

No issues or smog requirements since.

This was in 2002, so perhaps some of this has changed. I suggest you briefly answer any questions, pose none of your own and your visit should be quite painless.

But I’m sure a Ford-era Pantera is still exempt from any emissions/smog requirements in CA.

Larry

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   My experience was EXACTLY the same.  Very Easy.  I bought my Pantera in
   Sandy Eggo in 2000.
   Never ever been hassled.

   "Sometimes I think the surest signs that intelligent life

     exists elsewhere in the universe is that none of it has tried

     to contact us!"

   Terry W. Himes  [cid:EF6B0E9D-5064-4097-945E-B42B831DB3BD]

   JPL Jet Propulsion Laboratory

   InSight Sequence Team Lead

   Rosetta/MEX Sequence Team Lead

   Phone: (818) 393-6261

   Cell:     (818) 653-8213

   Fax:     (818) 393-3147

   [1]thimes at jpl.nasa.gov

   From: Fresno Finches via DeTomaso <[2]detomaso at poca.com>
   Reply-To: Fresno Finches <[3]fresnofinches at aol.com>
   Date: Friday, February 27, 2015 12:05 AM
   To: "[4]detomaso at poca.com" <[5]detomaso at poca.com>
   Subject: [DeTomaso] Panteras for Rob

   Rob,
   Short answer, you will not have any problems or issues registering a
   Ford-era Pantera in California.
   My experience with my 1972 Oregon-sourced Pantera being registered here
   in CA was thus-
   Arrived with old signed-by-seller registration papers and my proper ID,
   my checkbook and the Pantera.
   I was asked questions, including what was the purchase price. I told
   the young girl at the window a figure, to which she exclaimed "Wow,
   that is a lot of money for a car so old." I "may" have even understated
   the purchase price. CRS seems to cloud that memory a bit. I was not
   asked for any bill of sale or purchase receipt.
   With paper work finished, a visual inspection of the Pantera was made.
   The gal, and the young man who accompanied her, had never seen a
   Pantera. I showed them the dashboard VIN plate and I think opened both
   the trunk and engine bay. And that was it.
   No smog equipment inspection. No requirement to visit a smog inspection
   station. No visit to the CHP for any reason.
   No issues or smog requirements since.
   This was in 2002, so perhaps some of this has changed. I suggest you
   briefly answer any questions, pose none of your own and your visit
   should be quite painless.
   But I'm sure a Ford-era Pantera is still exempt from any emissions/smog
   requirements in CA.
   Larry
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