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In a message dated 12/21/13 13 09 15, guson@home.se writes:<BR>
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>>>I suspect the front bumpers were changed.<BR>
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>Some things in the pictures I haven't seen before. Are these typical of PB cars?<BR>
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>Rear deck lid badge says de Tomaso, not Powered by Ford or the Detomaso V8 badge. Never saw that badge before.</FONT><FONT COLOR="#000000" FACE="Geneva" FAMILY="SANSSERIF" SIZE="2"><BR>
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>>>Nor have I.<BR>
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>>>That's an interesting modification. I don't think it was original.<BR>
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>>>I think you're exactly right.<BR>
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>>>I don't think that's a push/pull switch. It has a flat paddle shape, and I think it goes up and down. It looks a little bit like the four-way turn signal switch that was fitted to the earliest RHD Pantera known. That is probably the original turn signal switch this car came with, and it was retrofitted with a standard column-mounted switch later? That's just a guess though.<BR>
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>>>That is a stock steering wheel emblem liberated from the remains of the rubber pad. It has gold trim. On this car, a wheel center emblem has been kluged into the steel wheel. Yech!<BR>
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High placement of the Pantera and Detomaso script on the rear panel (looks unbalanced)</FONT><FONT COLOR="#000000" FACE="Geneva" FAMILY="SANSSERIF" SIZE="2"><BR>
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>>>They are replacements; the original early cars like this came with extremely fine, delicate emblems, much smaller than the later style we are accustomed to. Those looked okay in this location, whereas these don't.<BR>
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>>>True dat.<BR>
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Shoulder harness belts mount on the flat part of the bulkhead and not in the raised edge.<BR>
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>>>Yes, there is a box welded to the firewall that accomodates the seat belt mounting bolts.<BR>
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These early cars are filled with unusual features that differed from the production cars....<BR>
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Mike<BR>
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