Reply to "Seeking my fathers former grey, twin turbo GT5"

Mike:

The email Bosswrench posted for me is not quite correct, so please just send me a private message on this forum if you want to contact me directly.

I can't recall any cars matching your description offhand, but I will have a more careful look through the registry and let you know if I find anything. I suggest you also search through the ProvaMo registry to see if any cars seem to match the one you are looking for (I provide the ProvaMo registry with all the Panteras I find and so summaries of all but the newest listings I have are posted there).

http://www.provamo.com

I would be surprised if the car you are looking for is in Australia because Joe organizes the Australian De Tomaso club and so if he does not know about it, then it is likely not there. A twin turbo GT5 or GT5-S Pantera is a very rare thing indeed, and would likely be known by the community if it was still around and configured that way. There is only one late model race car in Australia that could be mistaken for a genuine Group 5 race car, #9242, but it is Australian-built and has never left the country as far as I know. Due to their rarity, I would be very, very surprised if your dad's car was a factory Group 5.

I would urge you to scan and post the photo you have of the car, because we may be able to spot some other identifying features that could lead us to locating it. It would also allow us to narrow down for you whether it is a GT5, GT5-S or a Gr 5.

- Peter