Pantera year of manufacture vs VIN

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Originally posted by The Pope:

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BTW, the information in other so called registry for the car #1280 which is mine was not entered by the car owner and the date was assumed for the purpose of getting info into the registry. It makes such a thing not credible.

So, are we going to have a rumble after school behind the gym?

OOO! NO ONE ASKED ME!

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Originally posted by The Pope:

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Silver Panteras were built with an extra 100 bhp none of the others had

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Originally posted by Cowboy from Hell:

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Originally posted by The Pope:

... coughyellowsquarehandledcarsarefastestcoughcough ...

Silver Panteras were built with an extra 100 bhp none of the others had

I know. I read that in the specifications.

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Originally posted by The Pope:

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Ditto that

Doug M

Looks like we have 1971 to 1974 pretty much nailed down ... so my question is what are the production numbers for the later year cars ... specifically for 1979 ... and how many GTS were made ?

"and how many GTS were made?"

As with most things DeTomaso, it's confusing... With U.S GTS's, the model is built into the serial number- 'THGTS-0xxxx', and the body serial begins with '3'. Early on, there were thought to be only 98 U.S GTS's, all '74s. Until the first Registry found another 40 1973-dated GTS's, apparently part of Ford's redated CA car series George mentioned.
To compound the confusion, all Euro narrow-body cars sold by DeTomaso were refered to as 'GTS' when they were ordered from his factory. Their serials did NOT have 'GTS' in it. You could get a Euro GTS thru about 1988 or so.
In the U.S, this was a decal pkg with the only real extras being a dash clock and useless fender flairs (the original fender lips were not trimmed off for wide tire clearance under the flairs). In Europe, some GTS's were Gr-3 club racers with roll cages, Weber carbs, 10" rear Campys and pumped up engines- from the factory.

Boss thanks ... My 79 GTS 9138 I have the original Invoice and shipping docs to USA in 1985 ... but no production numbers.

VIN THPNUD09138

The options include, front spoiler, hood grills, rear window defrost, rear marker light, clock in dash, Decal Kit, 2 Tone Paint, Cloth Seats, cloth dash, Bumperettes, dropped floor pans, 10" rear wheels, roof antenna and Embo Coach Chassis. No Fender Flairs

I don't believe the car was GR3 prepared ?

Ron

If you repainted your silver Pantera, did it lose the extra 100 hP?

so my car original color was yellow now its panted silver so thats must mean it is the fastest with the most power cool how that worked out

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Originally posted by PanteraDoug:

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Originally posted by Cowboy from Hell:

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Originally posted by The Pope:

... coughyellowsquarehandledcarsarefastestcoughcough ...

Silver Panteras were built with an extra 100 bhp none of the others had

I know. I read that in the specifications.