Talk:De Tomaso Pantera

Early production numbers
Here is some info I found on a message board:

After Ford production had ended Alejandro (with a new company, deTomaso Modena) kept assembling Ford-built bodies as the Pantera GTS into 1975, giving them chassis numbers 7501 - <7700. No Panteras appear to have been built in 1976, but in 1977 Carrozzeria Maggiora was contracted to build the new chassis cars, introduced from chassis number 9000 (some say this was in 1980, dubious). After about 90 Maggiora cars were built, from 1978 Embo took over, starting at chassis 9101. Originally only GTS Panteras were built, while 9150 was the first GT5 (May 1980) and 9375 the first GT5-S (S for steel, November 1984). 9000 series Pantera construction continued at Embo until 9562, with the Gandini-designed Pantera Si receiving chassis numbers 9601 - 9641. Embo-built cars all have a wider rear license plate opening to better suit the European market, as do some Maggiora models - although the Maggiora cars use a mixture of Vignale and new parts.

After 1973, Ford destroyed the stampings, leading De Tomaso to switch the engine bay from a single stamped part to several welded together bits. This change took place somewhere during 1977 as the original parts ran out. Maggiora was dropped as they had skimped on the quality of the steel and also used too thin issue for the centre of the monocoque, leading to an embarrassing recall (at the owners' expense!) and ending the relationship with Maggiora.

Not necessarily good enough for the article, but useful to keep.  Mr.choppers &#124;  ✎  21:43, 29 November 2014 (UTC)

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Motorsport GT 1990's
It might be worth including the model's involvement in the BPR/GT1 racing series'. 86.41.22.138 (talk) 11:15, 8 February 2021 (UTC)

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