quote:Originally posted by PanteraDoug:
I will bet you a nickle that when all is said and done that percentage wise there are more Mangusta survivors then Panteras.
Just think how many Panteras have been parted out recently because of a "fender bender" and they aren't worth what they will cost to fix.
How many Mangusta parts cars have we seen?
I tend to believe that people who buy them are not casual purchasers. They know that they have always been special.
They werem't looking for a pickup truck and wound up with a Goose.
I say that over 80% survive. I didn't say they are registered or are driven regularly. They just survive.
I wouldn't mind having a few more surviors around.
Rest assured Doug, some day, long after you and I are gone from this world, There will be a few hundred Panteras left and they will sit quitely in some carpeted air conditioned glass show case, where maybe once a year the owner will show it along with his hundreds of other cars in his collection, and he will lament the fact of how it is damn near impossible to find a Pantera that wasn't ruined by a previous owner. He will take a sip on his mint julip and say "Too bad these cars were not appreciated for what they were. They should not allow commoners to purchase classic cars."