I'll try to keep this short.
Well after almost 3 yrs I've finally got my chance to own my mom's cousin's 71 Pantera. It needs a good going through so I'm looking for some opinions on it's worth.
The car is #2239 (if I remember that right). It has 36K miles on it. The car is 100% stock with the exception of the clutch & tires. No upgrades as far as I know. Spent it's first 10 yrs in Northern Calif. & Arizona.
The problem is that the car was stolen back in 1980 and some dope took the eng/trans out. They basically just hacked the headers unbolted & cut whatever & removed them. The car was found with the eng/trans. My uncle bought the car in 1981 paid a mechanic $100 to bolt the eng/trans back in for the trip to Massachusetts. The car was stored in that state till 2 weeks ago in a nice dry barn.
I have tha car up on stands in my garage & can see virtually no rust anywhere other than a couple small surface spots where paint was missing. There is a little body damage on the nose from a tow chain incedent. Definately fixable & not a huge worry.
I want to restore this car to a decent driver. Probably to a $30-35K car.
My questions are:
What kind of money are these following items going to cost? Are any of these not readily available?
Upgraded cooling system?
Complete exhaust? There is NONE with the car.
Stock engine rebuild with new carb & intake?
Trans once over to ensure 30 yrs of sitting hasn't wreaked havock?
Windshield? The orig. has a bullseye in it.
Steering wheel?
Carpet?
Once I decide what these might cost I'll have an idea what I want to offer my uncle for the car. Any opinions what the car's worth as it sits? It's definately restorabe but I do not want to get into a project the will cost 2 times its end worth to get to a nice driver condition.
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Thanks in advance for any help/opinions.
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