quote:I was at Don Garlits' shop and he has a engine he wants to sell and I want it, maybe a joint venture.
I have owned my yellow #4744 since 1976.........
And red #4745 was recently for sale here........
https://www.classiccar-auction...ctory-test-car-1974/
Judy and I have quite a few competition miles in Chuck Banks' #3187, when it was Rich Agiorni's car in NorCal. At the time (mid '80s) it had a 500-horse engine with SVO heads, Gr-3 brakes (factory kit), 180 exhausts and 8 & 10 BBS. The ZF has the rare 4-plate LSD. I could have done without the Recaros which shoved me up into the headliner, but they fit Rich and Judy fine. The paint was always Ford deep- blue.
In the early '80s, I made up a list of consecutive s/ns in Nor-Cal because I was curious as to whether DeTomaso batch-painted the cars in groups. Found out no: consecutive s/ns were likely to be any color. About 50% of my 100 car list were red, about 30% were black, then the rest were any other color. Least popular was DeTomaso's two shades of green. Seems like those numbers are still true today.
Jack,
Chuck Banks' #3187 is still in Nor-Cal, is still Ford deep blue, and the surrounding earth still trembles when those 180's are lit up, but it's competitions now are Santa Rosa, Ca. area car shows/displays/cars and coffee/benefit events, where it is a recent multiple award winner..........
Have you considered revisiting/updating/sharing that vin list information here?
Feel like I'm out in the weeds with 9193.
I have 6648 here in Arizona
Man, all these yellow cars look super!!
Good advise . Thanks Rocky
