[DeTomaso] The Only De Tomaso Nuova Pantera Prototype Ever Made Is Going to Auction

Mike Drew MikeLDrew at aol.com
Sun Sep 3 16:17:44 EDT 2017 

Julian,

I never saw anything but a painted clay mockup. It had real glass as I recall, but no opening doors or hood. Just grooves and paint to give the illusion of speedster panels....

Mike

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> On Sep 3, 2017, at 08:17, Julian Kift <julian_kift at hotmail.com> wrote:
> 
> 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....
> 
> http://mycarquest.com/2017/05/sad-last-days-de-tomaso.html
> 
> 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. 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
> www.thedrive.com
> It's expected to sell for over $100 grand.
> 
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   Julian,

   I never saw anything but a painted clay mockup. It had real glass as I
   recall, but no opening doors or hood. Just grooves and paint to give
   the illusion of speedster panels....

   Mike
   Sent from my iPhone

   On Sep 3, 2017, at 08:17, Julian Kift <[1]julian_kift at hotmail.com>
   wrote:

   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 <[2]detomaso-bounces at server.detomasolist.com> on behalf
   of Mike Drew via DeTomaso <[3]detomaso at server.detomasolist.com>
   Sent: Friday, September 1, 2017 6:45 PM
   To: Don Thomas
   Cc: [4]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....
   [5]http://mycarquest.com/2017/05/sad-last-days-de-tomaso.html
   [6][mostrecentmodel-in-jig-550x365.jpg]
   [7]The Sad Last Days of De Tomaso - MyCarQuest.com
   [8]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 <[9]dtpantera at gmail.com> wrote:
   >
   >  This just popped up on my radar...A
   >
   [1][10]http://www.thedrive.com/sheetmetal/13992/the-only-de-tomaso-nuov
   a-pa
   >  ntera-prototype-ever-made-is-going-to-auction
   >  Best regards,
   >  -dt
   >
   > References
   >
   >  1.
   [11]http://www.thedrive.com/sheetmetal/13992/the-only-de-tomaso-nuova-p
   antera-prototype-ever-made-is-going-to-auction
   [12][de-tomaso-2.jpg?quality=85]
   [13]The Only De Tomaso Nuova Pantera Prototype Ever Made Is Going to
   Auction
   [14]www.thedrive.com
   It's expected to sell for over $100 grand.
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References

   1. mailto:julian_kift at hotmail.com
   2. mailto:detomaso-bounces at server.detomasolist.com
   3. mailto:detomaso at server.detomasolist.com
   4. mailto:DeTomaso at server.detomasolist.com
   5. http://mycarquest.com/2017/05/sad-last-days-de-tomaso.html
   6. http://mycarquest.com/2017/05/sad-last-days-de-tomaso.html
   7. http://mycarquest.com/2017/05/sad-last-days-de-tomaso.html
   8. http://mycarquest.com/
   9. mailto:dtpantera at gmail.com
  10. http://www.thedrive.com/sheetmetal/13992/the-only-de-tomaso-nuova-pa
  11. http://www.thedrive.com/sheetmetal/13992/the-only-de-tomaso-nuova-pantera-prototype-ever-made-is-going-to-auction
  12. http://www.thedrive.com/sheetmetal/13992/the-only-de-tomaso-nuova-pantera-prototype-ever-made-is-going-to-auction
  13. http://www.thedrive.com/sheetmetal/13992/the-only-de-tomaso-nuova-pantera-prototype-ever-made-is-going-to-auction
  14. http://www.thedrive.com/
  15. mailto:DeTomaso at server.detomasolist.com
  16. http://server.detomasolist.com/mailman/listinfo/detomaso
  17. http://server.detomasolist.com/mailman/listinfo/detomaso
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