Did De Tomaso ever make factory targas from the GT5-S series.
There is a car for sale in Germany and the seller claims that this one of 14 factory build Targas.
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quote:Originally posted by ALFA4FUN:
There is a car for sale in Germany and the seller claims that this one of 14 factory build Targas.
quote:This is one of the few Pavesi GT5-S Targas and is in NY:
quote:It no longer looked like Tjaarda's design; resembled the Mangusta Roadster in profile. To each his own....
quote:Originally posted by accobra:
Car is nice as ever and the wheels were a perfect choice ... what wheels came stock ?
quote:However, the scoop and delta wing make the back look too busy and heavy. They put too much color over the back and make it look very out of balance when the roof is out. That's why I took those off of my Pantera.
quote:Originally posted by Cyboman:
Anyone want to go for a ride?
I hope this answers some of the questions asked!
Michael
(Here's one of my favorite pictures of my Pavesi Targa GT5-S)
quote:Originally posted by adoberetreat:
Michael, that was very imformative and interesting insights into the Targa Pantera's.
One thing that I don't think was mentioned, was the additional cost involved in buying a GT5-S Pevasi Targa back in the mid '80's. I heard somewhere that ordering a Pevasi GT5-S nearly doubled the price of the car. Maybe someone can verify if I am correct on this? I own an '88 GT5-S Amerisport. When I bought the car, it came with the original Amerisport invoice from 1988. The invoice of the car back in 1988 was 89k. Since the mid to late '80's, if you calculate using an inflation index compared to that of today, the price of money has approximately doubled. That means a GT5-S purchased in 1988 for around 90k would be the equivalent of paying 180k in today's money. If you factor in what you had to pay for a Pevasi GT5-S back in the mid nineteen eighties, which was about double the cost of a regular GT5-S, it would have cost the equivalent in today's money around 360k. Wow! Can that be right? If so, that would explain why only 14 or so Targa's were ever produced.
David #9465
quote:Originally posted by adoberetreat:
BelgiumBarry- I double checked the invoice of my '88 Amerisport GT5-S from 1988. The cost was $88k and change. Because these 5-S cars were grey market cars here in the U.S., Amerisport had to have the cars shipped to the USA without the engine. AmeriSport installed the engine, made the car DOT compliant, and then Amerisport became the listed manufacturer. I don't really know what these GT5-S' sold for in Europe. But in the USA these cars were quite an expensive proposition. I believe less than 50 of these cars ever made it to the USA.
David #9465