Reply to "Pantera factory options"

SteveD, your question of whether there were options for U.S-bound Panteras depends on when the car was imported and by whom. If it was '73/'74 and imported by Ford who had the U.S. franchise, there were NO options at all except for the well known U.S. GTS 'decal-option' found only on 155 '73-74 cars that have 'GTS' in their registration serial numbers. Euro GTS were different and do not have GTS in their serials. During that time Ford had already halted production, put the Pantera project up for sale and wasn't going to spend one more penny on it.

On the other hand, if it was sold in '73-'74 in Europe by DeTomaso sPa, there were quite a number of options available, from GR-3 upgrades to special seats and headlights, Weber intakes etc, depending on the country the car was to go to. There's an addendum to the Illustrated Parts Manual of 1973 that was published in early '75 listing a number of options that obviously were not instantly developed on 1 Jan '75. But none of them were ever available or even mentioned by Ford or its dealers.

And of course all these parts plus more were available from '75-on, on any Panteras sold after DeTomaso bought the remnants back from Ford. 'Course at that time, there was no Internet and the U.S. was in panic-mode trying to keep any gray-market cars out of the country since they MIGHT not meet the rapidly-changing smog rules. Later, they all relaxed a bit. But as I said, it depends. Indeed, most answers about DeTomaso start with that phrase.....