Reply to "1974 Pantera"

Thanks to all of you for the welcome and great advice! I hope to close a deal soon and be a part of the community here.

To touch on a couple of topics:

Speed - my concern was that a '74 Pantera would suffer compared to a '71 the same way that a '74 Corvette or Trans Am suffered against their 1971 versions. This apparently isn't much of a concern any longer because the modifications for emissions can easily be reversed and a holley 750 alone should boost horsepower by 20 alone. I am curious to know what the the speed difference might be between a 71 and 74 pantera from 0-60.

Window Mouldings - I may just keep them as is - I'll live with it for awhile and see how I feel about the look.

Delta Wing - Likely to come off and perhaps I'll have someone fill in the bolt holes - I'd prefer not to repaint the car or even the decklid - The car is painted Viper Red 2002 and and has seen 300 miles since then, so paint fading or matching shouldn't be an issue.

As far as the bumpers are concerned, my thought is to now go with Amerisport bumpers in black in front and back, and leave the black mouldings as they are for the time being. This way, I don't have to worry about chrome bumpers.

Lastly, here is the link to the completed listing on ebay. I won the bid and was prepared to purchase but the Seller may be having some issues that will take six weeks to resolve before he can send the car, so he gave me an out if I want to take it. Any information on this car would be greatly appreciated, as well as thoughts in general. In sum, I'm willing to make certain compromises in terms of taking the wing off, year 74 instead of 71, and black trim instead of chrome because I think I am getting a great deal at 36K.

Again, any input is really, really appreciated.

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors...3eda86#ht_500wt_1182