DeTomaso Mailing List: May 98, Message #553

First off, its not a Pantera.
72 Pantera-65 Tiger-96 Thunderbird 4.6

On Thu, 7 May 1998 14:03:30 +0000 carter tate <ctate@electrotex.com>
writes:
>Turned 40 last month, just couldn't resist buying a new toy, it had to 
>be a
>Pantera, found it, bought it-done deal..Joined POCA, have enjoyed the 
>E-mail
>chatter, except the politix, guess I'll be a newbie. How long does 
>that last
>anyway and can you advance any faster if you have other toys allready
>(XKE,TR6,914-2.0,LEX) Will appreciate all responses to my newbie 
>Questions!
>The Car- Black,Black,Black, full flares, gull-wing. 1973 (THPNMTO5051)
>So, its #5051 right.
>Its been sittin up for about 7 yrs, here comes the bad stuff..will I 
>be
>banished, hung to dry and the like if I admit that previous owner or 
>before
>converted it to 350Chev. The motor is out and being gone all the way 
>through by
>the "best" the mechanics are very excited about working on this 
>machine and
>just love it in there "showroom".
>Questions: Can someone do that fancy title search and tell me anything 
>about
>this car.
>Is it a GT5, GTS, GT or an L with flares and a chevy motor.?
>What about parts..need full set of bushings/bearings, really want to 
>secure
>suspension, its all original, also want to clean up the "look" from 
>behind, A
>frames and that sort.
>What about this chevy thing..should I just bight the bullet and put a 
>ford back
>in it and my life will be alot easier, there concerned about the 
>equipment
>attached to the motor, A/C comp. Alt, belts not fitting in the space 
>provided
>without major adaption? anybody ever done this or is it just a bad 
>idea, I'm
>man enough to admit that fords are not my favorite motors, so I was 
>kinda happy
>but you can go to far and I am concerned about maintaining the car's
>History/Integrity and of course the "Fleet".
>How's about it, anyone care to chime in and give me the skinney.
>Much Appreciated.
>Carter L. Tate
>ctate@electrotex.com
>
>
>
>Paul & Cathy Rimov wrote:
>
>> Ahh! what are we doing??? Are we really going to be P owners??? We 
>think we
>> found a GTS We have VIN # EPTHPNMS04908. The question however is 
>this an
>> import euro, or one of the 97 brought over???? Has American license 
>plate
>> roll pan but pre-L front bumbers, and gauges in Italian. Is this of 
>any
>> greater value than a regular 73-L??? Opinions  & comments 
>please!!!!!
>>         Thanks- the Rimov's
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