[DeTomaso] The Only De Tomaso Nuova Pantera Prototype Ever Made Is Going to Auction
Julian Kift
julian_kift at hotmail.com
Sun Sep 3 11:17:33 EDT 2017
Mike,
It generated quite a bit of discussion on the PI forum when posted for sale at $150K and was purported to be the factory mock up. Certainly looks to be what was abandoned at the factory at one pint, but is purely a fiberglass plug, that was clearly riding on casters in some photos.
I thought the original photos appear to show a more complete car with actual shut lines on the hood and lights, wipers, mirrors and driving lights, plus going by reflections real glass with perhaps even a hint of an interior?
Julian
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To: Don Thomas
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Subject: Re: [DeTomaso] The Only De Tomaso Nuova Pantera Prototype Ever Made Is Going to Auction
Yes, the owner of this thing has been trying to sell it to well-heeled De Tomaso collectors for a couple of years now. He also has a Guara pushmobile body.
I wonder if how he came to possess them? When De Tomaso collapsed and their facility, it was just like the fall of Saigon--just madness. There is an article in a recent OCTANE magazine showing the abandoned factory with loads of factory records and paperwork scattered on the floor, along with several prototype bodies, including this one I think.
I wonder if some enterprising guy just wandered in there and helped himself? Or is this some other example? Somehow I doubt they made more than one of these...???
Here is an article discussing it, with photos of the mold and what I suspect is this body....
http://mycarquest.com/2017/05/sad-last-days-de-tomaso.html
[http://mycarquest.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/mostrecentmodel-in-jig-550x365.jpg]<http://mycarquest.com/2017/05/sad-last-days-de-tomaso.html>
The Sad Last Days of De Tomaso - MyCarQuest.com<http://mycarquest.com/2017/05/sad-last-days-de-tomaso.html>
mycarquest.com
Apparently at De Tomaso in Modena, Italy it was a ragged ending with the workers leaving abruptly and cars left unfinished on the factory floor.
Mike
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> On Sep 1, 2017, at 18:31, Don Thomas <dtpantera at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> This just popped up on my radar...A
> [1]http://www.thedrive.com/sheetmetal/13992/the-only-de-tomaso-nuova-pa
> ntera-prototype-ever-made-is-going-to-auction
> Best regards,
> -dt
>
> References
>
> 1. http://www.thedrive.com/sheetmetal/13992/the-only-de-tomaso-nuova-pantera-prototype-ever-made-is-going-to-auction
[https://timedotcom.files.wordpress.com/2017/08/de-tomaso-2.jpg?quality=85]<http://www.thedrive.com/sheetmetal/13992/the-only-de-tomaso-nuova-pantera-prototype-ever-made-is-going-to-auction>
The Only De Tomaso Nuova Pantera Prototype Ever Made Is Going to Auction<http://www.thedrive.com/sheetmetal/13992/the-only-de-tomaso-nuova-pantera-prototype-ever-made-is-going-to-auction>
www.thedrive.com
It's expected to sell for over $100 grand.
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Mike,
It generated quite a bit of discussion on the PI forum when posted for
sale at $150K and was purported to be the factory mock up. Certainly
looks to be what was abandoned at the factory at one pint, but is
purely a fiberglass plug, that was clearly riding on casters in some
photos.
I thought the original photos appear to show a more complete car with
actual shut lines on the hood and lights, wipers, mirrors and driving
lights, plus going by reflections real glass with perhaps even a hint
of an interior?
Julian
__________________________________________________________________
From: DeTomaso <detomaso-bounces at server.detomasolist.com> on behalf of
Mike Drew via DeTomaso <detomaso at server.detomasolist.com>
Sent: Friday, September 1, 2017 6:45 PM
To: Don Thomas
Cc: DeTomaso at server.detomasolist.com
Subject: Re: [DeTomaso] The Only De Tomaso Nuova Pantera Prototype Ever
Made Is Going to Auction
Yes, the owner of this thing has been trying to sell it to well-heeled
De Tomaso collectors for a couple of years now. He also has a Guara
pushmobile body.
I wonder if how he came to possess them? When De Tomaso collapsed and
their facility, it was just like the fall of Saigon--just madness.
There is an article in a recent OCTANE magazine showing the abandoned
factory with loads of factory records and paperwork scattered on the
floor, along with several prototype bodies, including this one I think.
I wonder if some enterprising guy just wandered in there and helped
himself? Or is this some other example? Somehow I doubt they made more
than one of these...???
Here is an article discussing it, with photos of the mold and what I
suspect is this body....
[1]http://mycarquest.com/2017/05/sad-last-days-de-tomaso.html
[2][mostrecentmodel-in-jig-550x365.jpg]
[3]The Sad Last Days of De Tomaso - MyCarQuest.com
mycarquest.com
Apparently at De Tomaso in Modena, Italy it was a ragged ending with
the workers leaving abruptly and cars left unfinished on the factory
floor.
Mike
Sent from my iPad
> On Sep 1, 2017, at 18:31, Don Thomas <dtpantera at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> This just popped up on my radar...A
>
[1]http://www.thedrive.com/sheetmetal/13992/the-only-de-tomaso-nuova-pa
> ntera-prototype-ever-made-is-going-to-auction
> Best regards,
> -dt
>
> References
>
> 1.
[4]http://www.thedrive.com/sheetmetal/13992/the-only-de-tomaso-nuova-pa
ntera-prototype-ever-made-is-going-to-auction
[5][de-tomaso-2.jpg?quality=85]
[6]The Only De Tomaso Nuova Pantera Prototype Ever Made Is Going to
Auction
www.thedrive.com
It's expected to sell for over $100 grand.
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References
1. http://mycarquest.com/2017/05/sad-last-days-de-tomaso.html
2. http://mycarquest.com/2017/05/sad-last-days-de-tomaso.html
3. http://mycarquest.com/2017/05/sad-last-days-de-tomaso.html
4. http://www.thedrive.com/sheetmetal/13992/the-only-de-tomaso-nuova-pantera-prototype-ever-made-is-going-to-auction
5. http://www.thedrive.com/sheetmetal/13992/the-only-de-tomaso-nuova-pantera-prototype-ever-made-is-going-to-auction
6. http://www.thedrive.com/sheetmetal/13992/the-only-de-tomaso-nuova-pantera-prototype-ever-made-is-going-to-auction
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