[DeTomaso] New series kicking off with a Pantera

[Peter Havlik]

Jim:

According to Kirk Evans, he imported a total of five Panteras for Shelby (all just body shells). For the early cars, the paperwork shows them as having been imported by Shelby directly, but Kirk says this was a product of confusion at the time as they were just learning as they went along. 

When I asked him about this back in 2008, Kirk told me he had been working with Shelby and Roush circa late 1987 to “do a 50 states car” with a 425 hp supercharged Roush engine. They had investors lined up who had committed a couple of million dollars to the project but then the October 19, 1987 “Black Monday stock market crash happened and killed the whole thing. 

My records show five wide body Panteras and one narrow body:

#9281 	GTS		red with beige interior	[auctioned off by Shelby’s estate by Bonhams in June 2018]
#9425	GT5-S	red with beige interior	[currently in New York]
#9426 	GT5-S	Black on black 		[currently in Parkville, Missouri]
#9428 	GT5-S	red with black interior 	[currently in Wheatton, Illinois]
#9430 	GT5-S	white with black interior	[Pat Mical’s car in Tyngsboro, Massachusetts]
#9461	GT5-S	white on white 		[auctioned off by Shelby’s estate by Bonhams in June 2018]

- Peter

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Interesting....I heard the words there is only one.......I have seen a Carroll Shelby owned white GT5S at Pat Micals shop.??
Is this the same car?
Jim
   On Sunday, March 1, 2020, 08:40:41 AM EST, Rob DuMoulin <rob at dumoulins.net <mailto:rob at dumoulins.net>> wrote:  

? Exclusive: Watch Discovery's New DRIVEN Trailer Before Show Premieres
? On March 30 | Carscoops.A
? [1]https://www.carscoops.com/2020/02/exclusive-watch-discoverys-new-dri <https://www.carscoops.com/2020/02/exclusive-watch-discoverys-new-dri>
? ven-trailer-before-show-premieres-on-march-30/A

References

? 1. https://www.carscoops.com/2020/02/exclusive-watch-discoverys-new-driven-trailer-before-show-premieres-on-march-30/ <https://www.carscoops.com/2020/02/exclusive-watch-discoverys-new-driven-trailer-before-show-premieres-on-march-30/>
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   Jim:

   According to Kirk Evans, he imported a total of five Panteras for
   Shelby (all just body shells). For the early cars, the paperwork shows
   them as having been imported by Shelby directly, but Kirk says this was
   a product of confusion at the time as they were just learning as they
   went along.

   When I asked him about this back in 2008, Kirk told me he had been
   working with Shelby and Roush circa late 1987 to "do a 50 states car"
   with a 425 hp supercharged Roush engine. They had investors lined up
   who had committed a couple of million dollars to the project but then
   the October 19, 1987 "Black Monday stock market crash happened and
   killed the whole thing.

   My records show five wide body Panteras and one narrow body:

   #9281 GTS red with beige interior [auctioned off by Shelby's estate by
   Bonhams in June 2018]

   #9425 GT5-S red with beige interior [currently in New York]

   #9426 GT5-S Black on black [currently in Parkville, Missouri]

   #9428 GT5-S red with black interior [currently in Wheatton, Illinois]

   #9430 GT5-S white with black interior [Pat Mical's car in Tyngsboro,
   Massachusetts]

   #9461 GT5-S white on white  [auctioned off by Shelby's estate by
   Bonhams in June 2018]

   - Peter

   Message: 1
   Date: Sun, 1 Mar 2020 18:44:18 +0000 (UTC)
   From: Jim Wallace <[1]pantera_4220 at yahoo.com>
   To: Rob DuMoulin <[2]rob at dumoulins.net>,  Detomaso List
   <[3]detomaso at server.detomasolist.com>
   Subject: Re: [DeTomaso] New series kicking off with a Pantera
   Message-ID: <[4]101461804.4183837.1583088258810 at mail.yahoo.com>
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   Interesting....I heard the words there is only one.......I have seen a
   Carroll Shelby owned white GT5S at Pat Micals shop.??
   Is this the same car?
   Jim
      On Sunday, March 1, 2020, 08:40:41 AM EST, Rob DuMoulin
   <[5]rob at dumoulins.net> wrote:
   ? Exclusive: Watch Discovery's New DRIVEN Trailer Before Show Premieres
   ? On March 30 | Carscoops.A
   ?
   [1][6]https://www.carscoops.com/2020/02/exclusive-watch-discoverys-new-
   dri
   ? ven-trailer-before-show-premieres-on-march-30/A
   References
   ?
   1. [7]https://www.carscoops.com/2020/02/exclusive-watch-discoverys-new-
   driven-trailer-before-show-premieres-on-march-30/

References

   1. mailto:pantera_4220 at yahoo.com
   2. mailto:rob at dumoulins.net
   3. mailto:detomaso at server.detomasolist.com
   4. mailto:101461804.4183837.1583088258810 at mail.yahoo.com
   5. mailto:rob at dumoulins.net
   6. https://www.carscoops.com/2020/02/exclusive-watch-discoverys-new-dri
   7. https://www.carscoops.com/2020/02/exclusive-watch-discoverys-new-driven-trailer-before-show-premieres-on-march-30/