Reply to "Pantera year of manufacture vs VIN"

Doug W,

Yes, it appears to be very confusing.

I have no idea why those two dates are so far apart. I've seen some Marti Pantera reports that have the serialized date BEFORE the released date, and some AFTER.

If the two dates on my Marti report were reversed, that might make sense if my car went through Stroppe's shop.

Maybe George or someone else can shed some light on this.

The Marti report did show my selling dealer. However, my Owner Card has the Dealer Sales Code of my selling dealer written below another number that had been "scratched" out. That first number may have been for the dealer that my car was originally delivered to. It’s possible that my car may have been first delivered to a dealer in LA, and then traded to my selling dealer in San Diego.

Another puzzling thing on my Marti report is that the Port of Entry is shown as Baltimore, Maryland. I would have thought that it would have been Long Beach, California. Maybe it was trucked across country ????

The first Marti report that I got for my Pantera had errors on it. I had to send it back to be redone. I thought that I had a copy of that first report, but I haven’t found it yet. I do remember that the car color was wrong on that first report.

John