[DeTomaso] Where Panteras were made

[Richard Greenblum]

I¹ve read many dates and places for production over the years.  I was at the
factory in Modena in February or March of 1995 and a yellow car was being
finished with an EFI 302 for a Swedish customer.  Casarini told me it was
the last Pantera that was going to be produced and its sale price was
approximately $195K US.  I¹ve never forgotten the wheels it had for mobility
during assembly.  They were red steel spoke wheels resembling farm tractor
steel wheels.

Richard
Austin, TX


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Reply-To:  MikeDrew <MikeLDrew at aol.com>
Date:  Friday, September 11, 2015 at 7:49 PM
To:  The DeTomaso Registry Guy <detomasoregistry at gmail.com>
Cc:  deTomaso List <detomaso at poca.com>
Subject:  Re: [DeTomaso] Where Panteras were made

Chuck,

I have since learned (from the Ford man who was the head of Ghia operations
at the time) that when Ford took over the whole operation in 1972, they
brought all manufacturing in-house. The cars were then started and finished
at Vignale in Turin and never went to Modena. Only the non-US cars (euro and
elsewhere) were dispatched to Modena for completion and distribution.

Mike

Sent from my iPhone

On Sep 11, 2015, at 13:44, The DeTomaso Registry Guy
<detomasoregistry at gmail.com> wrote:

>  
>    Weren't they all made in the same place?
>  
>    I was referring to being made `close in time' or even physical
>    proximity on the assembly line...  The BSN of 4613 would tell me more.
>  
>    I presume that Julian is being facetious, but I do not want his
>    (British?) humor (?) to confuse people.
>  
>    No, all Panteras were NOT made in the same place.  The earliest
>    Panteras were made at Ghia, by then owned by De Tomaso too.
>  
>    Ford got (more) involved, De Tomaso bought Vignale, and they set up
>    production of the bodies at Vignale
>  
>    (which is about 300 Km from the DeTomaso plant in the former Maserati
>    buildings in Modena.) Vignale is where they were "started".
>  
>    Then they were trucked (on dollies) to De Tomaso, where they were
>    completed.
>  
>    Bodies starting around 9000 were then made by another constructor,
>    until around 9100 or 9200, where it moved to
>  
>    Embo.  Again, final assembly was at De Tomaso.
>  
>  
>    Julian, if you want to confuse people let us discuss the "year" (made)
>    of a car!
>  
>    Chuck
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   I've read many dates and places for production over the years.  I was
   at the factory in Modena in February or March of 1995 and a yellow car
   was being finished with an EFI 302 for a Swedish customer.  Casarini
   told me it was the last Pantera that was going to be produced and its
   sale price was approximately $195K US.  I've never forgotten the wheels
   it had for mobility during assembly.  They were red steel spoke wheels
   resembling farm tractor steel wheels.
   Richard
   Austin, TX

   From: DeTomaso <[1]detomaso-bounces at poca.com> on behalf of deTomaso
   List <[2]detomaso at poca.com>
   Reply-To: MikeDrew <[3]MikeLDrew at aol.com>
   Date: Friday, September 11, 2015 at 7:49 PM
   To: The DeTomaso Registry Guy <[4]detomasoregistry at gmail.com>
   Cc: deTomaso List <[5]detomaso at poca.com>
   Subject: Re: [DeTomaso] Where Panteras were made

   Chuck,
   I have since learned (from the Ford man who was the head of Ghia
   operations at the time) that when Ford took over the whole operation in
   1972, they brought all manufacturing in-house. The cars were then
   started and finished at Vignale in Turin and never went to Modena. Only
   the non-US cars (euro and elsewhere) were dispatched to Modena for
   completion and distribution.
   Mike
   Sent from my iPhone
   On Sep 11, 2015, at 13:44, The DeTomaso Registry Guy
   <[6]detomasoregistry at gmail.com> wrote:

      Weren't they all made in the same place?

      I was referring to being made `close in time' or even physical

      proximity on the assembly line...  The BSN of 4613 would tell me
   more.

      I presume that Julian is being facetious, but I do not want his

      (British?) humor (?) to confuse people.

      No, all Panteras were NOT made in the same place.  The earliest

      Panteras were made at Ghia, by then owned by De Tomaso too.

      Ford got (more) involved, De Tomaso bought Vignale, and they set up

      production of the bodies at Vignale

      (which is about 300 Km from the DeTomaso plant in the former
   Maserati

      buildings in Modena.) Vignale is where they were "started".

      Then they were trucked (on dollies) to De Tomaso, where they were

      completed.

      Bodies starting around 9000 were then made by another constructor,

      until around 9100 or 9200, where it moved to

      Embo.  Again, final assembly was at De Tomaso.

      Julian, if you want to confuse people let us discuss the "year"
   (made)

      of a car!

      Chuck

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