Tim
Welcome to the PI Forum. There is another Pantera forum that also has good insight sponsored by POCA. Register at
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The Pantera community is rather unique with the effort owners put forth to help one another. It is likely that an owner in another town would be willing to inspect a car for you that is not in your locale.
Also, Chuck Melton has donated an incredible amount of time and effort in creating a registry at http://www.detomasoregistry.org/ This is a great resource for learning as well.
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