[DeTomaso] New Pantera Person John Bennett
Larry Stock
larrys at panteraparts.com
Tue Jun 28 10:23:39 EDT 2016
Hey I¹m wrong all the time, just ask the wife, but the factory and their
numbers are always suspect as to what was really true. Mike and I are just
better guessers at this stuff based on all our past mistakes.
Larry
On 6/28/16, 6:10 AM, "DeTomaso on behalf of Richard Greenblum"
<detomaso-bounces at server.detomasolist.com on behalf of
Richard at richardgreenblum.com> wrote:
> I knew Mike would know and I stand corrected. Thanks for clearing that
> up, Mike. My apologies to Larry for even insinuating he might be
> wrong.
> Richard
> Austin, TX
>
> From: DeTomaso <[1]detomaso-bounces at server.detomasolist.com> on behalf
> of Mike Drew via DeTomaso <[2]detomaso at server.detomasolist.com>
> Reply-To: MikeDrew <[3]MikeLDrew at aol.com>
> Date: Monday, June 27, 2016 at 22:43
> To: Richard Greenblum <[4]richard at richardgreenblum.com>
> Cc: <[5]detomaso at server.detomasolist.com>
> Subject: Re: [DeTomaso] New Pantera Person John Bennett
>
> In a message dated 6/27/16 6:53:23 PM,
> [6]richard at richardgreenblum.com
> writes:
> Larry is certainly one of the experts, but as I understand it,
> there
> were several factory produced US GTS's that did not receive "GT"
> serial numbers. Mike Drew probably knows the story and numbers.
> >>>Not true. There is some confusion over the number of US-market
> GTS
> Panteras built, because they were built in two categories--49-state
> cars and California cars. 98 of the former and 52 of the latter
> were
> built, for a total of 150, all of which had "GT" in the serial
> number.
> It's perhaps true that some enterprising dealers may have chosen to
> paint an L-model Pantera as a GTS and fit it with the gee-gaws like
> the
> flares, etc. but I don't know of any specifically. In any case,
> such a
> car wouldn't be considered a true GTS any more than if the dealer
> chose
> to put big wheels and flares on it and call it a Group 4 race car.
> What is true is that the Euro-spec GTS Panteras did not have "GT" in
> the serial number, but such cars have numerous differences from
> their
> US counterparts, and in stock configuration are very easy to
> distinguish.
> Mike
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