Reply to "Pantera year of manufacture vs VIN"

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Originally posted by Bosswrench:
There are hints that manufacture at Vignale was so chaotic that if there was a problem with one particular car and they needed to make a shipment (they used SHIPS that did not wait around!) that chassis was pulled from the "assembly line" and shoved outdoors until the workers had time to correct whatever its problem was. A different car would be inserted in the line to complete the batch & make delivery. If this is accurate, it may help explain why some numbers have far-out finish dates.
Plus, it's well known that DeTomaso NEVER threw anything away that he could eventually sell; prototypes languished in the factory junkyard for years before actually being finished and sold. The crash-test wreckage was even retained and sold- Roland Jaeckel bought at least two of the 3.

My pushbutton #1280 is a 1972 and I know several pushbuttons titled 1972.

2/21/138:19 AM

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