<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=windows-1252"><base href="x-msg://7291/"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; ">The galvanized part might be true.<div><br></div><div>But does it really matter? These parts rust, but it can be repaired. I certainly wouldn't pay more for a 74 over any other year.</div><div><br><div><div>On Jan 3, 2014, at 2:48 PM, "Tom Cabanski" <<a href="mailto:tcabanski@tencom.com">tcabanski@tencom.com</a>> wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote type="cite"><div lang="EN-US" link="blue" vlink="purple" style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: medium; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: -webkit-auto; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; "><div class="Section1" style="page: Section1; "><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; "><font size="2" face="Arial"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; ">Interesting info is stated by the seller.<o:p></o:p></span></font></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; "><font size="2" face="Arial"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; "> </span></font></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; "><font size="3" face="Times New Roman"><span style="font-size: 12pt; ">“In 1973, DeTomaso realized something needed to be done. The frame uprights were rusting clean through making the car undriveable. There were no 1973 Panteras. 1973 models were left over '72's, carrying late vins and '73 production dates, hence the early frame, that were titled and released in '73.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><strong><b><font color="#ff0010" face="Times New Roman"><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 16); ">When the '74's came along, major frame changes were in place, forever ridding them of the uprights going away from rust. Why choose a '74? They are, simply put, the best of the best”<o:p></o:p></span></font></b></strong></span></font></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; "><strong><b><font size="3" color="#ff0010" face="Times New Roman"><span style="font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(255, 0, 16); "> </span></font></b></strong></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; "><strong><b><font size="2" face="Arial"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; font-weight: normal; ">First I heard about this one!!<o:p></o:p></span></font></b></strong></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; "><strong><b><font size="2" face="Arial"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; font-weight: normal; ">Tom</span></font></b></strong><b><font size="2" face="Arial"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; font-weight: bold; "><o:p></o:p></span></font></b></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; "><font size="2" face="Arial"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; "> </span></font></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; "><font size="3" face="Times New Roman"><span style="font-size: 12pt; "> </span></font></div></div>_______________________________________________<br><br>Detomaso Forum Managed by POCA<br><br>DeTomaso mailing list<br><a href="mailto:DeTomaso@poca.com" style="color: purple; text-decoration: underline; ">DeTomaso@poca.com</a><br><a href="http://poca.com/mailman/listinfo/detomaso_poca.com" style="color: purple; text-decoration: underline; ">http://poca.com/mailman/listinfo/detomaso_poca.com</a></div></blockquote></div><br></div></body></html>