[DeTomaso] Fwd: body differences - Euro GTS vs USA market car

[Mike Drew]

Ken,

Well, the sheetmetal was all stamped the same, probably, and the euro cars were then modified to suit specific lighting schemes....

Mike

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> On Dec 13, 2016, at 8:24 PM, Ken Green <kenn_green at yahoo.com> wrote:
> 
> Mike,
> 
>     It is a Claude DuBois import.  The US front and rear side marker supports are still there, just covered over.  I wonder if most the Ford years Panteras started out as US versions? 
> 
> Ken
> 
> 
> On Tuesday, December 13, 2016 7:20 PM, Mike Drew via DeTomaso <detomaso at server.detomasolist.com> wrote:
> 
> 
>   Mike,
>       Do you know if the bodies were modified to use the round lights?
>   5093 appears to have been modified to the front corner lights, and a
>   closer to square rear corner light.  The lights were lost before I
>   bought the car.  I bought a pair of round lights that were described as
>   being for a Fiat and they fit.  I have not found lights to fit the
>   rear.
>   >>>Ken,
>   You should look on the inside of the fenders for evidence of work
>   done.  I don't know if the cars that came with round dots in front and
>   nothing in the back, started off with smooth fenders, or if De Tomaso
>   welded in patches.
>   For sure, your rear lights are non-De Tomaso.  In order to import it
>   into the USA, it would have had to be retrofitted with rear marker
>   lights, and whoever imported it just grabbed whatever was at hand to
>   satisfy the DOT.  That's also what Kirk Evans had to do with the
>   Amerisport cars, which is why those cars have USA-made external side
>   marker lights.  The cars were built with only round dots in front and
>   smooth panels in the rear; Kirk drilled holes to accommodate external
>   lights.
>   Mike
> 
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   Ken,

   Well, the sheetmetal was all stamped the same, probably, and the euro
   cars were then modified to suit specific lighting schemes....

   Mike
   Sent from my iPad

   On Dec 13, 2016, at 8:24 PM, Ken Green <[1]kenn_green at yahoo.com> wrote:

   Mike,
       It is a Claude DuBois import.  The US front and rear side marker
   supports are still there, just covered over.  I wonder if most the Ford
   years Panteras started out as US versions?
   Ken
   On Tuesday, December 13, 2016 7:20 PM, Mike Drew via DeTomaso
   <[2]detomaso at server.detomasolist.com> wrote:
     Mike,
         Do you know if the bodies were modified to use the round lights?
     5093 appears to have been modified to the front corner lights, and a
     closer to square rear corner light.  The lights were lost before I
     bought the car.  I bought a pair of round lights that were described
   as
     being for a Fiat and they fit.  I have not found lights to fit the
     rear.
     >>>Ken,
     You should look on the inside of the fenders for evidence of work
     done.  I don't know if the cars that came with round dots in front
   and
     nothing in the back, started off with smooth fenders, or if De Tomaso
     welded in patches.
     For sure, your rear lights are non-De Tomaso.  In order to import it
     into the USA, it would have had to be retrofitted with rear marker
     lights, and whoever imported it just grabbed whatever was at hand to
     satisfy the DOT.  That's also what Kirk Evans had to do with the
     Amerisport cars, which is why those cars have USA-made external side
     marker lights.  The cars were built with only round dots in front and
     smooth panels in the rear; Kirk drilled holes to accommodate external
     lights.
     Mike
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