DeTomaso Mailing List: September 97, Message #201
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Okay, I'll give you the codes (before every code there is always "thpn"): Month 1971 1972 1973 1974 Jan. LC MB NJ PL Feb. LK MR NU PY Mar. LD MA NM PS Apr. LS MG NP PT May LL MC NB PJ June LY MK NR PU July LS MD NA PM Aug. LT ME NG PP Sept. LJ ML NC PB Oct. LU MY NK PR Nov. LM MS ND PA Dec. LP MT NE PG Please note that the serial numbers do not always seem to correspond exactly to the year and month code, i.e. a car with a lower serial number can in some cases have a later month code than another car with a higher serial number, but these variations are normally only marginal. The reason is probably that the car received the serial number when the production of the car started, but the year and month code when it was ready for delivery. The true age of the car can only be told from the letter code. As a rough rule you can say that in the Ford years De Tomaso built up to about 400 cars a month. That is why I guessed that #2431 must be one or two months "older" than my car (#2869), but only the letters will reveal if my guess is right. By the way, De Tomaso says that T means that the car came from Ghia Operations, H denotes Turin, Italy, and PN is the reference designating the model code and stands for PaNtera. Personally, since T and H do not suggest to mean Ghia or Turin, I prefer the explanation that these letters stand for THe PaNtera. Cristiano Rossi thpnma 03869 ---------- > Fra: Peter Brown <pete@poi.net> > Til: Cristiano Rossi <Rossi@image.dk>; Frank Koniszewski <frankk@interramp.com>; detomaso@wgate.com > Emne: Re: Sv: info on 2431 > Dato: 5. september 1997 23:06 > > At 10:11 PM 9/4/97 +0200, Cristiano Rossi wrote: > >The 2431 must be a 1972 and not a 1973 Pantera. Mine has (thpnma) 02869, > >and it is from march 1972. I guess 2431 must be from january or february > >1972. If you give me the letters in front of the number, I can tell you > >exactly from what month in 1972 the car is. > > > >Cristiano Rossi > >thpnma 02869 > > > >---------- > >> Fra: Frank Koniszewski <frankk@interramp.com> > >> Til: detomaso@wgate.com > >> Emne: info on 2431 > >> Dato: 4. september 1997 16:24 > >> > >> good day all, > >> > >> would like to start by thanking all on this list for freely contributing > >> all of the hard lessons and tips learned through experience. as one who > >> is in the market for his first pantera ( i can smell the next promotion > >> coming, and the money is going towards a pantera ), i have found the > >> information extremely helpful. > >> > >> '73 Pantera #2431 is for sale at a local euro dealership. > >> > >> i was wondering if anybody on the list is able to offer any history on > >> the car. > >> > >> frank > >> > My Pantera with bumperettes is #2573 and the driver's side door jam tag > indicates the care was made in Janurary of 1972. About as early a 72' as > you can get. ==============================================================================