Date: Sat, 07 Feb 1998 17:50:23 +0000
From: [email protected]
Subject: POCA Store
To: Multiple recipients of list {[email protected]}

The store has the following publications available:

Pantera Buyers Guide (M Stone)                        15.00
Pantera Sales Brochure (original)                     18.00
Pantera Owners Manual (blue) '71-'72                  18.00
Pantera Owners Manual (red) '72L-'74                  18.00
Mangusta Owners Manual                                15.00
Pantera (Ford) Parts Book                             23.00
Pantera Shop Service Manual                           72.00
ZF Transaxle Manual                                   23.00
Pantera Technical Service Bulletins (TSBs)            18.00
POCA Technical Articles                                5.00
Pantera Wiring Diagrams (set of 2)                     5.00
POCA  Expandable Binder;
with dividers only                                    35.00
with dividers and Pantera TSBs                        45.00
with dividers, TSBs, Parts Book,
ZF Manual, Shop Manual, Wiring
diagrams & POCA Tech Articles                        145.00
Back issues:  Profiles (quarterly)                     6.00
Newsletters                                            2.00

Shipping and handling: (US only)
up to $25.00                                           3.00
$25.00 to $50.00                                       4.00
over $50.00                                            5.00

VISA/MasterCard accepted


NEW ITEM   NEW ITEM   NEW ITEM  NEW ITEM

Exclusive to POCA:

Pantera Group 4 RC (radio control) car shell    $25.00
call for details.

Order from  Bob Reid (temporary store manager)(I hope)
2706 Wellington Ave
Schenectady, NY 12306
phone/fax (518) 374-7949


Date: Thu, 19 Mar 1998 21:47:10 +0000
From: DtomasoCat {[email protected]}
Subject: Ever wish you were there?
To: Multiple recipients of list {[email protected]}

I have finally located (after years of searching) a manual produced 
exclusively for Lincoln-Mercury Pantera dealers.  It was produced in 1972 to 
"teach" Pantera Dealers about the cars and also to inform salespeople "how" to 
sell the car.  It is about 300 pages in length and it is called 
"Pantera....The Car..The Sale."  The formal name for the manual is "Dealership 
Product and Merchandising Guide".  Dealer items related to the Pantera are 
extremely hard to find due to the "Non-Public" nature of the items.  There is 
an incredible array of information on who the typical(?) Pantera buyer is, 
what they might drive up to the dealership in, what kind of job they 
have....and on and on. 

I will expound on one item I located in the manual that I thought was really 
interesting. There was a spot in the manual for the dealer to insert 
information about the Pantera such as literature and newspaper and magazine 
articles and the like.  This particular dealer somehow got ahold of the 
"script" that was read at the 1972 introduction of the Pantera at the New York 
Auto Show.  This was not from the original introduction of the Pantera in the 
US, but appartently the "Re-Introduction".  It is almost as good as being 
there, 26 years ago.  There was a real suprise to me at the end of the script. 
See if you knew about it! 

This is the text, exactly as written:

Revised 3/15/72
New York Auto Show
Script: de TOMASO PANTERA

Ladies and Gentlemen, welcome to Lincoln-Mercury's Pantera exhibit. We'd first 
like you to know this is not a dream car -- but a car actually being produced 
in limited quantity.  It is being imported for Lincoln-Mercury Division, and 
is available through a selected number of its dealers.  Alejandro deTomaso of 
Modena, Italy conceived the Pantera -- from cockpit layout and monocoque 
chassis to four-wheel independent suspension and mid-ship engine placement. 
The internationally famed body builder, Ghia of Turin, Italy designed the 
coachwork.  The engine, a 351 cu. in. V-8 is by Ford of America.  So you can 
see, Pantera is truley the unique achievement of two continents and, we think, 
destined to be hailed as the most impressive car of its class ever to be 
offered in America.  Alejandro de Tomaso, a former international race driver 
and designer of Grand Prix sports racing cars, has truly surpassed himself in 
the Pantera, which incidentally is Italian for Panther.  His design marries 
form and function, and sheathes it in tautly smooth steel, imparting the car 
with a feeling of lightness and feline grace.  Yet Pantera, with body and 
frame welded as a single structure, is a singularly light yet most rigid car 
of high performance. 

..Open Door...

Pantera's sound-proofed cockpit is elegantly appointed and richly designed. 
You'll note an emphasis on luxurious comfort, and not the usual spartan 
austerity associated with sports car interiors.  The instrument layout and 
central command console are elegantly in keeping with space-age technology. 
The driver has excellent visibility of operating controls and easy accedd to 
the bank of rocker-type switches.  You'll find uncompromising care given to 
every detail of the interior, from the richly tailored vinyl upholstery and 
body-contoured bucket seats to the curved glass of the side windows.  And, of 
course, Pantera is a high-performance automobile -- so as you might expect 
there are engineering inovations here, too.  The mid-ship engine placement, 
for example, provides ideal weight distribution fore-and-aft and gives the car 
unsurpassed roadholding qualities.  Each specifically cast magnesium wheel is 
independently suspended and given its own power-assisted disc brake, providing 
Pantera superb braking ability.  Due to the additional weight at the rear of 
the Pantera, you will notice that the tires size has been increased on the 
rear wheels for better balance and handling.  The 351 cu. in. Ford V-8 
delivers power through a five-speed transmission fully synchronised in all 
forward gears.  Yes, Ladies and Gentlemen, Pantera is unique among cars at the 
auto show this year. 

The Pantera is available through selected Lincoln-Mercury Dealers in the New 
York area .... (point to sign).  Why not visit the dealer nearest you for a 
demonstration drive? 

For more information on this new and exciting addition to Lincoln-Mercury's 
array of fine automobiles, please contact our representative here at the show. 

Making it's debut at the New York Auto Show is the new Pantera GT-4 (point) 
flown over from Italy. Mr.___________ accompanied the car and will gladly 
answer any questions you may have. 


I wonder who they sent over with the Group 4?

Jim Demick


Date: Sat, 09 May 1998 12:30:19 +0000
From: Toy 4 orv {[email protected]}
Subject: Re: DeTomaso spelling
To: Multiple recipients of list {[email protected]}

I Have the book Automobile Quarterly from 1970  Vol.8 no.4, It has pictures 
and article on the very 1st. car built including the wooden mockup. push 
buttion and yellow , should make Bo Bo happy. The article uses the small 
deTomaso 11 times and the large DeTomaso 4 times it depends where it is used 
in the sentence. You may be able to check the book out of the library if you 
cant locate one. 


Date: Sun, 10 May 1998 18:50:04 +0000
From: DtomasoCat {[email protected]}
Subject: Who owns this beauty now?
To: Multiple recipients of list {[email protected]}

In my never ending quest for all memorabilia of Detomaso cars, I have come 
across the following bubble gum card.  I hope you are sitting down.  If you 
aren't, please do so before reading any further. 

The front side has a picture of a Pantera and the bottom of the card has the 
title "Jackson Five Pantera".  The back of the card has the following 
information. "Jackson Five Pantera - Barris created this wild Ford Pantera 
with a pop out moon-styled sun roof, half mast vinyl roof, and custom front 
and rear nerf bars.  It's got a flex-powered side exhaust, mag finned wheels 
and steel belted radials.  Inside, the quardraphonic AM/FM tape radio and 
black tuffted foam leather interior contrasts with the lime gold green flake 
lacquer paint. 

George Barris should be shot....anyone know where this car is and who the 
lucky owner is currently?  The flex-powered side exhaust should give it away! 


Date: Tue, 19 May 1998 18:52:07 +0000
From: JDeRyke {[email protected]}
Subject: Re:  Re: NORWAY (mission completed)
To: Multiple recipients of list {[email protected]}

{{I got an emergency fax from someone named "Tommy" in Norway, asking for
  frame dimensions to straighten a 81 GTS damaged Pantera.}}

Be aware that the last two pages of the white-page Tech Service Bulletins 
(#47-11-04) has frame & suspension pickup dimensions for the '71-'74 cars. 
They aren't very clear (won't scan) and use non-std reference points but will 
be better than nothing at all, if "Tommy" has a frame machine available. J 


Date: Mon, 27 Jul 1998 16:01:33 +0000
From: [email protected]
Subject: Re: Automobile Quarterly
To: Multiple recipients of list {[email protected]}

The Volume 8, Number 4 Automobile Quarterly did have a cover.  It is 
unfortunate that it is missing on the copy you found, because it has a front 
view picture of the prototype Pantera on it.  The cover is dark blue, and like 
all other AQ's it is hardbound.  The going rate for that issue is $75. 

As a side note, that article on the prototype Pantera is the first article 
printed on the car.  It was so secret at the time, not even they were supposed 
to be photographing it!  HA HA! 


Date: Mon, 27 Jul 1998 16:04:05 +0000
From: [email protected]
Subject: Re: Automobile Quarterly
To: Multiple recipients of list {[email protected]}

Reading your post again, I think you meant that it did not have a paper cover
for the outside of the book.  This is correct.  AQ's did not have a paper
slipcover to protect the exterior.


Date: Tue, 02 Jun 1998 19:43:56 +0000
From: ROBERT J RUIZ {[email protected]}
Subject: More on ring gear bolt specs
To: Multiple recipients of list {[email protected]}

On the subject of manuals, I've got what I thought was a complete set.
I've got the factory Pantera manual (white vinyl 3 ring binder, came
with the car), the laminated electrical diagram, the parts manual
(purchased from PPC - the one with the red GT5 on the cover), and the
manual of TSB's (white paper bound, also purchased from PPC).  Is there
another collection of POCA TSB's.  The reason I ask is that the car came
with several loose leaf POCA TSB's.  I thought these were going to be
included in the TSB's manual but it appears to contain only Ford and
Detomaso bulletins.