[DeTomaso] Trivia question: Factory colors and years of production
Mirril McMullen
mirrilm at earthlink.net
Tue Oct 20 07:27:21 EDT 2020
Well,
I'm not trashing Marti.
All the other details on the report were more info then I had
originally.
When I asked them for the correction, they were very professional and I
have no complaints with their service.
Color is really the only wildcard that I am aware of when it comes to
decoding the VIN.
That allows us to paint our cars any color we want,
If I owned a 70 HEMI Cuda, I wouldn't have that flexibility ;-(
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-----Original Message-----
From: Julian Kift
Sent: Oct 19, 2020 8:50 PM
To: Mirril McMullen , 'Charles Engles' ,
"detomaso at server.detomasolist.com"
Subject: Re: [DeTomaso] Trivia question: Factory colors and years of
production
That sure casts some doubt on the authenticity of Marti reports, which
have been regarded as gospel by so many marques for so long!
Julian
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From: Mirril McMullen <mirrilm at earthlink.net>
Sent: Monday, October 19, 2020 4:47 PM
To: 'Julian Kift' <julian_kift at hotmail.com>; 'Charles Engles'
<cengles at cox.net>; detomaso at server.detomasolist.com
<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?
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#6859 WAYBAC
-----Original Message-----
From: DeTomaso [[1]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
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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
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