Reply to "Big 10 Spoke Wheels on Pantera!"

PROBABLY 18x13.5" AND 17x9" STILL WANT IT TO BE AS WIDE AS POSSIBLE BUT TO BE ABLE TO USE 335 TYRES. HEY, WHERE CAN I SEE MORE SHOTS OF YOUR GR-4 CAR, HOW WIDE ARE YOUR 19'S AND 18'S??

I don't have that many shots of my car online, but there is the POCA website that has some photos of my car on it. If you would like to see more, just let me know and I'll see what I have for photos. Here is the link to the POCA website:

1974 Pantera GT

I'll have to look again -- but I believe the rears are Pirelli 345 35 19's and the fronts I really cannot remember, but I will take a look and get back with that.

I've got a 71 Hemi Cuda convertible clone with all the goodies (i.e. rubber bumpers, AM/FM Thumbwheel radio (it does work), rallye gauges (these all work too), power steering, power disc front brakes, manual 4 speed, 4.10 Dana rear). I do understand the addiction with the Mopar thing. I was even thinking about getting a 1968 440 GTX convertible with a manual 4 speed and Dana rear end. But the insanity had to stop with one Mopar. My car is all stock except for the addition of factory cruise control and A/C. I know, I know, it is a convertible and the 426 motors never would have had these, but that is how I purchased this thing. The crazy thing is it all looks factory from the 1971 model year. The color is Curious Yellow with the large black billboard (along with a matte black shaker to go with the billboards) on the rear quarters as well as a black vinyl interior. Good factory NOS parts are really hard to come by. The reproduction stuff just does not fit as well as the original stuff.

Anyway, the Challenger looks great and you'll have great fun with it. I have the stock 15 inch wheels and tire sizes on my car, so I put the cheapest rubber I can find on the rear. They just get ripped up so bad it just does not pay to put anything good on the back end. When the kids ask if I can squeal the tires the correct answer is, "... oh yea..."

Your 1970 Cuda looks like it will be a lot of fun too. Are you doing any reinforcing of the body? Anyway, it looks great too and you'll have loads of fun. I don't know what is more rare in OZ, the Mopars, or the DeTomasos? One thing has to be said of both marques, they definitely did more with less. I guess that is why I like both of them, I am always a sucker for the underdog.

Cheers,

Mark