[DeTomaso] DE TOMASO - PANTERA GTS

[Mike Drew]

Julian,

‘Tis true.  You ask the question ‘Why would De Tomaso...’ which answers the question right there. De Tomaso had nothing to do with it, or rather, Ford wanted De Tomaso to have nothing to do with it. Very deliberately, there is not a single reference to De Tomaso ANYWHERE on a US GTS. There are no logos, no script on the back, and they went so far as to produce a limited run of speedos and techs that were logo-free. All the sales literature said ‘Pantera GTS by Ghia’. Ghia badges replaced De Tomaso everywhere on the car, except the gauges. 

Divorce can be painful and ugly!

Mike

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> On Mar 12, 2019, at 04:44, Julian Kift <julian_kift at hotmail.com> wrote:
> 
>   Intriguing, that is the first I have heard of that. Why would De Toamso
>   produce a variant of the speedo and tach that have no logos
>   specifically for 150 cars?
> 
>   I looked in Chuck's registry and of the GTS's that had interior photos
>   I could not find one with gauges sans the Isis logo.
> 
>   Julian
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>   From: DeTomaso <detomaso-bounces at server.detomasolist.com> on behalf of
>   Richard Greenblum <richard at richardgreenblum.com>
>   Sent: Tuesday, March 12, 2019 7:02 AM
>   To: De Tomaso Forum
>   Subject: Re: [DeTomaso] DE TOMASO - PANTERA GTS
> 
>   As you can see, lots of things have been modified on this car,
>   including the paint (the front under the bumper).  I wonder what the
>   "bubbles" at the back just above the beltline are.  And, I wonder about
>   the true mileage--that may not be the original speedometer.  US GTSs
>   don't have DeTomaso logos or script on them, including in the speedo
>   and tach, but you can see it in the speedo.
> 
>   Richard
>   Austin, TX
> 
>   From: DeTomaso <detomaso-bounces at server.detomasolist.com> on behalf of
>   Julian Kift <julian_kift at hotmail.com>
>   Date: Tuesday, March 12, 2019 at 08:42
>   To: De Tomaso Forum <detomaso at server.detomasolist.com>
>   Subject: Re: [DeTomaso] DE TOMASO - PANTERA GTS
> 
>      A US GTS ta Barrett-Jackson Palm Beach next month;
> 
> 
>   [1]https://www.barrett-jackson.com/Events/Event/Details/1974-PANTERA-GT
> 
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>      Julian
>        __________________________________________________________________
> 
>      Here is a great example of a car that is pretending to be a Euro
>   GTS,
>      but it is very obviously an early 73 US L-Model that was repatriated
>   to
>      Europe and then tarted up.
> 
>   [2]https://www.classica-motors.ch/nos-vehicules/nos-vehicules-en-stock/
>      detail/412-de-tomaso-pantera-gts-1973-7
>      Mike
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