Reply to "High Dollar Pantera market heats up..."

The "1973 GTS" No. 4864 certainly was an impressive sale result — considering the rather interesting write up (which seems to raise some questions about the accuracy of the description) and the rather non-original state of the car. But it seems everything sells for a lot more in Europe. I know it was DeTomaso and they would do whatever a customer wanted, but what makes that car a GTS? It doesn't have the GT in the VIN as the US cars do, no dash clock, no Ghia badge in the steering wheel or the bumper. No riveted-on fender flares either. So other than the vinyl graphics and recently re-sprayed deck-lids, why is this a GTS?

For similar money, Craig Brody's 3K mile GTS is a much more honest car and while it had some paint issues, it really is a special and unique car. Worth the money too, I suspect.

If I was (like Sharkey) in the business of selling Panteras, I'd be happy with how the numbers are going, but since all this means to me is that my insurance costs keep going up, I can't say I'm all that excited about it.

Mark