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Forest Goodhart of California (display name forestg) is posed with his beautiful burgundy red 1971 Pantera, chassis 1972.

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Need upholstery and foam for 1973 Pantera seats

stevebuchanan
It looks like SACC is out of covers and foam for 1973 seats. A place called Mustang Market has the 73/74 (also late 72) covers, but no foam. They said the mold for the foam broke. I think these covers were (or are) made in Baja California, Mexico. I don't know where the foam was made. Does anyone know of another source for this stuff?Read More...
Last Reply By Zofix · First Unread Post

Upper rear ball joints

Gentlemen, I have installed extended zerk fittings to the top of my sealed upper rear ball joints and cannot get any grease through the bottom side of the ball joint. I have removed the zerks and I am getting grease all the way through the extension and into the top of the joints, but there is no grease coming through the bottom side of joint. The zerk fittings only penetrate the thin top cover of the ball joint. I do not have the rubber boots installed yet. The ball joint is not mounted in...Read More...
Last Reply By bosswrench · First Unread Post

LOUVERS

marlinjack
...A Great Start. 0.090" Laid-out, Sheared on a Powered Shear and ends cut on a CNC Lazer. Louvers are not mounted yet, 3/8" X 1/2" Aluminum Bars will be 'slightly' bent, to Match the Deck Line, and Blind Drilled and Tapped for 1/4-24 Flathead Stainless Machine Screws. The entire assembly will mount, pivot and open on the Extended Deck Lid PINS. The Rear Bars can be held down with a Pair '100 Lb' Magnets, the Idea being No HOLES DRILLED. Each Louver will Have 4 Screws, the 2 Rears Shimmed...Read More...
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Detomaso Horn Button

When I purchased my steering wheel I was looking for a Detomaso horn button. Contacted one of our vendors but the Detomaso buttons came with the steering wheels he was selling and he didn’t have any extras. That was about 7 years ago. Now that the project is just about done, I started thinking about it again. Bell 3156 had one done by Adam at revlimiter which looked very nice so I had him make me one as well. PI Motorsports made one for me which looks like the buttons that came on the older...Read More...
Last Reply By CTJackster · First Unread Post
I think the only two pieces I did not tear apart, redo or replace are the engine and the transmission.. Now the transmission is doing fine at this point and the Engine too. But I have a tendency just to take everything apart when I get something and the Pantera is not any different.. The 351 Cleveland in the car is running good.. starts idles and runs perfectly… and will stay in the car until the new engine is complete.. So if anybody’s interested to buy and wants to listen to it, let me...Read More...
Last Reply By panteradoug · First Unread Post

85 Deauville gearbox

Can anyone tell me which Ford gearbox was in the later Deauvilles? I have an 85 model and previous owners removed the original gearbox and put a GM Turbo700 in. That is having problems and I’d love to put it back towards what it was originally. So I will need parts also, tailshaft, selector mechanism, crossmembers, bell housing. Everything to put it back to how it would have been. Not this bastard child. Although I will repair the Turbo700 for now as I can’t leave it lying around not being ...Read More...
Last Reply By simon · First Unread Post
It looks like I'm the first. My car came with an MSD 8350 with the vacuum advanced locked out (for some reason - not that the car was ever tuned or dyno'd). I like vacuum advance and was going to put it back in but, as I did some research, I ran across these guys: https://progressionignition.com/ They seem to be a new player but this seems WAY better than fighting with advance springs, stop posts and vacuum valves. Looks pretty impressive! https://www.youtube.com/embed/neiyDK0wQRM AND now I...Read More...
Last Reply By stevebuchanan · First Unread Post
This car came with small velocity stacks that integrate with twin air filter boxes. I decided to sideline that setup and try these big velocity stacks. I plan to fabricate air filters for each stack and will use debris screens in the interim. The EFI is TWM throttle bodies on a Weber manifold by Hall Pantera. The ECU is Holley Terminator X. This car is a Pantera project that I received in February last year. It is a 1972 Pre L that is setup as a GTS.Read More...
Last Reply By 72panterasteve · First Unread Post

Current Source for Long Throw Slave Cylinder

OK, my new to me Pantera did what all my other old cars do - it acted up when I was at the furthest distance from home (I was just turning around from my first chance to drive the car after putting it into my garage in late December). No clutch where there once was clutch. Got it rolling a bit and got it into first, limped home and into my garage. Looks like brake fluid back by the slave cylinder, plus the prev. owner said he had to "pump up" the clutch a bit. No stranger to old cars doing...Read More...
Last Reply By husker · First Unread Post

ZF threaded studs questions

Detailing a ZF and have a few technical questions: 1- Did the factory use any thread locking agent on either the in board or out board portions of the 10mm and 8mm studs for the axle carriers and rear cover respectively? 2- II in the case the factory didn't use a thread locking agent, would it be prudent to do so in reassembly? 3- Is thoroughly cleaning and spraying these threaded studs with a self etching primer not recommended for any reason 4-What are the torque specs. for these fasteners?Read More...
Last Reply By LeMans850i · First Unread Post

Larger diameter wheels. Upgrading wheels and tires. Resizing wheels and tires. Modernizing wheels and tires. Campy clones, etc. Featured

This is my first post here as I just aquired my father's 1972 Pre-L (#2725) after his death. Now on to my question. I've basically given up on 15" tires and have decided to move on to Campi Clones as the car has maintained it's "stock" appearance and I would like to continue that look. Question: Which tire-wheel combo will keep that 4" clearance that I love so much?Read More...
Last Reply By cuvee · First Unread Post
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My project Pantera came with the large blue MSD 8253 coil. This is first time I have used such and I seem to be getting some plug wire crossfire from it. I am in the process of rearranging the plug wires to minimize any contact between them, especially the long runs of the wires. I also rerouted the coil wire to avoid contact with any wires and metal. Does anyone have any experience with crossfire issues and can shed more light on this problem? Thanks!Read More...
Last Reply By stevebuchanan · First Unread Post

Fresh Delivery

Woowho! Exciting news. We have just been told that a truck is coming to us from the Pirelli factory, among other things in there is a fresh delivery of the tyre the Pantera Fraternity asked for. 285/50R15 Pirelli Cinturato P7 - this tyre can be fitted on an 8" to 10" rim so these can fit the rear of everything except the wide body cars. 285/50 VR 15 Tyres - Classic PIRELLI CINTURATO ™ P7 This matches up with the front tyre 225/50VR15 Pirelli Cinturato P7 - this fits on a 6" to 8" rim so...Read More...
Last Reply By panterapatt · First Unread Post

The restoration of #4164

#4164
I would like to introduce myself. My name is Stephan and living in Yardley, PA. Being the proud owner of a 1972 Pantera, #4164 which I acquired in December 2023. The car was accidentally found on craigslist while looking for something completely different. Located in upstate NY, the previous owner acquired the car in 2000, disassembled the car and was planning on fully restoring it before he became very ill and had to abandon the project. Being an aviation engineer he was meticulous in...Read More...
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