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You are correct about the provenance being important, but often over looked. I look back on the summers spent running around the factory, and I try to remember what was going on at the time. I recently asked Santiago about getting some registry up, and he said he was going to work on it, but honestly Italy is totally different than the US. Everything takes years. I know that the move from the old factory, to the new place has taken 2 years plus. But I digress.
When I asked about my car, I got the build sheet, but not my time card. I asked about if it had been back to the factory for work, and I got "I have nothing more William to tell you." that is the way deTomaso handled everything. Don't get me wrong, my Aunt and Uncle loved every car that went out the door. They just did not get the idea that people would want to know about the little stuff. Or maybe they were afraid that people would not understand. The factory was a fun place for me as a teenager to work, but even I did not appreciate what people would want to know about it at the time. When we all stopped working to watch the Italian soccer team or when we were getting ready to go the boat, and everyone on the factory floor would stop building for a couple of days to "check the rubber boat motor, or wax the Red deauville." Or when Corgi would get us together to head up to pickup a Pantera that had stopped someplace nearby. I wish I had kept a complete log of the Vins that I had worked on and what we had done. Or even..shh... taken a picture. I once took a picture of the shop floor and "testa" made me give him the film... "the Sanitoria said no picture Willie" Oh well.