[DeTomaso] Earliest known Pantera

[Tomas Gunnarsson]

The Euro parts catalog says pushbutton handles to car 1339, square handles from car 1340.

Tomas
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From: "Ed Mendez" <edducati at mac.com>
To: "Michael Shortt" <michaelsavga at gmail.com>
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Sent: Friday, July 24, 2015 2:57 AM
Subject: Re: [DeTomaso] Earliest known Pantera


> If that’s true. It blows my mind because I just went today to a friends shop and saw a nice Pantera and I am pretty sure it was #1286 with only 16,000 original miles. I have to confirmed as I just glanced at the number, but I am pretty sure.
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> Ed
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>> On Jul 23, 2015, at 17:08, Michael Shortt <michaelsavga at gmail.com> wrote:
>> 
>>   Thanks,
>> 
>>   I called Wilkinson, they know of 1001, but do not have it.
>>   He also said the crashed cars never had serial numbers, good to know.
>>   So theoretically,A  if you have #1500, it is the 500th Pantera.
>>   So mine #1660 is the 660th car built ( June 71 ).
>>   He also confirmed that the first rectangular door handle was #1286,
>>   thus 1001 thru #1285 were pushbuttons ( subject to Italian build order
>>   as we all know ).
>> 
>>   More info for the list.
>> 
>>   Michael
>> 
>>   On Jul 23, 2015 5:26 PM, "marshall smith"
>>   <[1]marshallgsmith at sbcglobal.net> wrote:
>> 
>>     I believe Wilkenson has 1001.
>>     --------------------------------------------
>>     On Thu, 7/23/15, Michael Shortt <[2]michaelsavga at gmail.com> wrote:
>>     A Subject: [DeTomaso] Earliest known Pantera
>>     A To: "[3]detomaso at poca.com" <[4]detomaso at poca.com>
>>     A Date: Thursday, July 23, 2015, 2:12 PM
>>     A A A A Knowing that the
>>     A serial numbers started at 1000
>>     A A A A and knowing that 3 were allegedly
>>     A destroyed for crash testing
>>     A A A A assuming these were 1001, 1002, and 1003.
>>     A A A A Is the whereabouts of 1004 known,
>>     A A A A what is the earliest known Pantera in
>>     A existence?
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