Reply to "Grabber Blue survivor"

Yeah, some people (my staff) just see me as more able to see flaws than your average bear.

There is a lot you can tell about a car when there are good reference photos of it. I love looking at the details and trying to put them together to get the real story on the car. BTW, I certainly don't fault the car or FJ's presentation or representation of it. It is an honest survivor as described. It's just not a perfect car. Mine isn't and I've yet to see a Pantera that is. Even the "100-mile" Pantera is not "perfect" because it isn't exactly the way it left the factory either (coating headers etc.).

It would be interesting to see if such a Pantera exists.

Oh, and the red Pantera has a few minor (very) issues as well. There are two screws in the center console (see from PS) that don't make sense to me, the engine has been poorly shot in a couple spots with blue paint to tart (or hide head gasket weeping like mine had?) it up (and the yellow "OK" on the valve cover looks a bit too fresh), there are some wires in the engine bay (lights, reverse switch) that are not following stock routes, the A/C lines have connections mid-bay and the steering wheel pad looks pretty beat-up for a 10,000 mile car. BUT, overall it looks like a MUCH better car to me. I haven't had the fortune of seeing either in person and THAT'S when you can really see what is real quality and what isn't. If I was looking for a very clean original car, I'd make a trip to see the red car in person, but not the blue one.

Mark