DeTomaso Mailing List: May 98, Message #158

A little more info on the Pantera VIN

American GTS cars have the third and fourth position of the VIN
e.g.    THGTxx00000    indicated as "GT"...

Euro GTS cars have the regular third and fourth position letering
e.g.     THPNxx00000   indicating Pantera.... note that you could be told that
a Euro car is a GTS (because of badges etc.)  but it was really not a 
factory GTS car.

For those that forgot...

TH is the DeTomaso Manufacture Code
the xx position is taken up by the date code
and the 00000 is the consecutive (?) serial number
of the Panteras starting with 1000

Enjoy...


DonM in Miami
Florida's     "72 UFO"     a real "Protect the Panther"   plate
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