<font color='black' size='2' face='arial'>E<font size="2">ven in the '70s, spray-on or 'cold zinc galvanizing' treatments were available. But done as a zinc coating on metal thats then welded, the zinc burns off with any weld heat, leaving bare metal in the surrounding area. Which rusts; kind of expensive and counter-productive. So I doubt if true galvanizing was done to factory sheet metal during frame construction. FWIW- J Deryke</font>
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From: bill gaino <gaino@earthlink.net><br>
To: Tom Cabanski <tcabanski@tencom.com>; detomaso <detomaso@poca.com><br>
Sent: Fri, Jan 3, 2014 12:43 pm<br>
Subject: Re: [DeTomaso] Black '74 on Ebay<br>
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<div class="aolReplacedBody"><font color="#000000"><font size="2"><font face="arial,sans-serif">Tom, I rebuilt car 733? and it was a 74. To my surprise both rear inner panels where the suspension bolts up were made of galvanized steel. I mentioned this to Kirk Evans and he acted surprised too. Maybe this is the change? I donno.. Bill 1362<br>
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<div class="MsoNormal"><font face="Arial" size="2"><span style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:Arial">Interesting info is stated by the seller.</span></font></div>
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<div class="MsoNormal"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt">“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. <strong><b><font color="#ff0010" face="Times New Roman"><span style="color:#FF0010">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”</span></font></b></strong></span></font></div>
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<div class="MsoNormal"><strong><b><font face="Arial" size="2"><span style="font-size: 11.0pt;font-family:Arial;font-weight:normal">First I heard about this one!!</span></font></b></strong></div>
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