[DeTomaso] Trivia question: Factory colors and years of production

[Charles Engles]

Dear Mirril,

              Is it possible that the Marti Reports are over-rated?


               Follow up on the original email: Chuck Melton told me that
the Provo Mo registry site has about 30 or more Panteras with a Marti
report.   He recommended finding a Pantera with a VIN close to the one in
question and then finding one with the same color.  Voila!  IIRC, about a
thousand 74 Panteras were made and a 225 were painted silver.   The DeTomaso
Registry site has a number of helpful features.

                           Warmest regards, Chuck Engles

-----Original Message-----
From: Mirril McMullen [mailto:mirrilm at earthlink.net] 
Sent: Monday, October 19, 2020 6:47 PM
To: 'Julian Kift'; 'Charles Engles'; detomaso at server.detomasolist.com
Subject: RE: [DeTomaso] Trivia question: Factory colors and years of
production

For the record......

There is no paint identifier on the VIN plate or that can be decoded from
the VIN.

My 74 was originally silver.

I sent for the Marti report and they told me my car was originally red.

I then sent them proof that my car was Silver not Red originally (long story
on how I proved it).

Marti turned around and promptly sent me a corrected Marti report.

Who was collecting these?

/\/\

#6859 WAYBAC



-----Original Message-----
From: DeTomaso [mailto:detomaso-bounces at server.detomasolist.com] On Behalf
Of Julian Kift
Sent: Sunday, October 11, 2020 3:43 PM
To: Charles Engles; detomaso at server.detomasolist.com
Subject: Re: [DeTomaso] Trivia question: Factory colors and years of
production

Chuck,

I thought Marti Reports have the "yours is one of XX silver Panteras
produced in 19XX" statement. Wasn't Michael Shortt working on collecting all
the available Marti Report data into a database at one point, was that under
his tenure with POCA and shared or an individual effort?

Julian

________________________________
From: DeTomaso <detomaso-bounces at server.detomasolist.com> on behalf of
Charles Engles <cengles at cox.net>
Sent: Sunday, October 11, 2020 12:16 PM
To: detomaso at server.detomasolist.com <detomaso at server.detomasolist.com>
Subject: [DeTomaso] Trivia question: Factory colors and years of production

Dear Forum,



            A Pantera friend is interested in learning how many silver
Panteras were made in '73 and '74.   I've checked my books and google
without success.



           I *think* that info Is out there.  Would anyone know the answer
about the silver Pantera production numbers or where to ferret it out?





                               Warmest regards, Chuck Engles