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Reply to "US grey market GT5"

As Bosswrench points out, your VIN indicates #9362 falls in between two known cars in the registry, #9364 and #9359, with the latter car being thought to be a 1985. The VINs were sequentially numbered and #9374 was the last car in the GT5 production run before De Tomaso transitioned to the GT5-S in 1985 (except for custom orders). Consequently, it is most likely a 1985 build year.

The "title" (are you referring to a bill of sale or the registration?) may refer to the model year, which could be a year later than the build year. If the car was registered previously in Europe, this will confuse things because there they refer to a car's year as the year it was first registered, which was often later than the build or the model year.

Please note that none of this means it is necessarily a GT5. Both the GT5 and GT5-S eras were interspersed with custom orders of GTS Panteras and other variants.

For us to give you any meaningful feedback, you will need to post as many detailed photos as possible. You should also be sure to ask the seller for any paperwork in their possession that would give you information about the car's provenance.

If it is important to you that this car be a legit GT5, the only way to be 100% certain is to get the factory paperwork. I believe RS Corse in Modena may be willing to provide you with the factory build records for a fee.
Last edited by peterh
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