Pantera project

[Paul G.]

http://public.fotki.com/pjgrala/all_about_cars/pantera-project/

[BRE350Z]

Paul:

Looks like quite alot of work but worth the effort.

Wayne

[The Prez]

Boy! These cars are known to be Rust Mines.Thank goodness, the prices for theses cars are on the up swing.It makes it worth sinking some serious cash into a project.Are you going to build a scale version??

[Scott]

Boy! These cars are known to be Rust Mines.Thank goodness, the prices for theses cars are on the up swing.It makes it worth sinking some serious cash into a project.Are you going to build a scale version??

When I first got back to Atlanta after the Navy, my friend Marty and I worked for Performance and Classic Cars Unlimited in Smyrna. We went to New York to pick up a Pantera. On the trip back we were passing another car and hit a bump on the road.The ca made a grunching noise and settled just a bit. At the same time the deck lid popped open. When we pulled over and looked underneath, we saw that one of the main longitudinal frame members had cracked in half doe to rust and the other one looked like it was ready to go also.

When we go the car back to the shop, the whole thing was riddled with rust. The two C channels in the wheelwells along the inner fenderwells were paper thin from rust and covered in fiberglass to hide the damage. Those things were rust magnets.

[Scott]

The other problem withthose cars is that they were cheap long enough for people that shouldn't have owned one bought them and butchered them. The one in the picture is an L model, but the fron L bumper isn't there. Did you take it off to do the body work, Paul?

I don't know how big the owner is, but one of the best mods for that car is the dropped floorpans from Hall Pantera. It really helps with fitting in one.Even when I was skinny, with the seat all the way back my knee was wedged between the wheel and console.

[Paul G.]

The other problem withthose cars is that they were cheap long enough for people that shouldn't have owned one bought them and butchered them. The one in the picture is an L model, but the fron L bumper isn't there. Did you take it off to do the body work, Paul?

I don't know how big the owner is, but one of the best mods for that car is the dropped floorpans from Hall Pantera. It really helps with fitting in one.Even when I was skinny, with the seat all the way back my knee was wedged between the wheel and console.The floors are solid, a little beat up but solid. The bumper was off the car when he bought it and bent which matched the dent in the hood. but for some reason it doesn't seem to fit. He straightened it, but the studs on the bumper don't line up with the holes in the body. He has the euro bumpers from his other car that he is thinking of using. Any way he said to weld up the holes. What ever rust that is shown in the pics is about it. This one came from Cali.

[BobC]

You can find Panteras, most British and Italian cars and anything from the Northeast in the infamous Museum of Ferrous Oxide.

[Paul G.]

Pantera pics updated http://public.fotki.com/pjgrala/all_about_cars/pantera-project/

[BRE350Z]

Tons and Tons of work

[Paul G.]

but not as much as that 240Z