40 Pushbuttons?

40 only...lol Way over 200 were pushbuttons

Maybe he means only 40 were brought stateside?

Chucks registry indicates that:

Chassis 1001-1383 were pushbuttons
- 1001-1285 stayed in europe
- 1286-1383 were exported to the US

The euro pushbuttons are a little different from the US pushbuttons

i have pushbutton # 1006 not in europe i have had it in my garage for 21 years in bocaraton florida what do u mean they stayed in europe

Eric - my guess is that your car must have been imported from europe at a later time - the original pantera chassis failed in the US-crash test and the car could not be imported by ford without updates to increase chassis-strenght to frontal collision.

Those updates were added to all cars subsequent to chassis 1285, including the last about 100 pushbuttons (from approx. #1286 to 1383) that was send to the US. The rest of the early cars, including yours, known as euro pushbuttons, was not updated in the chassis and was sold in europe and other non-us markets.

Kristian

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Originally posted by eric:
i have pushbutton # 1006 not in europe i have had it in my garage for 21 years in bocaraton florida what do u mean they stayed in europe

Eric,
I am near you in PSL private message me if you would like to chat.
Joe

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Originally posted by eric:
i have pushbutton # 1006 not in europe i have had it in my garage for 21 years in bocaraton florida what do u mean they stayed in europe

Eric,

I think many of us still would love to see some pictures of #1006

I will as soon as I get it back,I stripped car myself, and towed car 1 hour away to a bodyshop thats supposed to do a great paint job at a great price,, but so far 2 months has gone by and they have not done anything, they promised they were going to start this week, but I will post tons of pics when i get it back

what are the differences from the euro pushbutton and us

IF my pantera ses 35 thousand,kilometers how many miles does it have exactly,,,, I know my lambo is 11,890 kilometers and i m told its like 7,800 miles I WAS ALWAYS BAD AT MATH

Here's a conversion link, and your pushbutton's 35 thousand kilometers = 21,747.00172830669 miles.Photos please!
http://www.calculateme.com/Len...lometers/ToMiles.htm

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what are the differences from the euro pushbutton and us

I think there are experts in here that are more knowledgeble on this topic than me, however, the early, early cars differ in many areas.

The euro pushbuttons differed from the US pushbuttons primarily in the chassis. They are basically the same, but after the crash-test performed in the US, A LOT of reinforcement was added by the factory. Most was centered on the front structure that was redesigned, but also the inside of the cabin and floorpans were strenghened, primarily to protect against the total collapse they experienced in the crash-test.

Then when the cars arrived in amerika, they (at least the '71 cars) were further updated at Bill Stroppes shop in CA - that included further chassis updates.

I think I counted 25+ reinforcenments that are MISSING from my early euro pushbutton compared to all post-#1285 cars. An excample is inside the cabin - in the picture I marked the areas that were reinforced after #1285 (I've added the centerstructure to my car).

Kristian

very intresting thanks

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yLzlJ9VV8uU Kistan your way ahead in the engine bay.. your looking great. BTW, that was my old motor. It;s almost Dec 24 again..!