Hey everyone, my names Zybe.Im 15 and live in Ventura County Southern California. I guess i shouldnt call this my "new" car because its been sitting in our garage since be fore i was born.
It's a 1971 Pantera Pre-L. Im not sure of the exact vin number but i know it's arount 1500. My dad bought the car in an auction in i belive '85. When he purchased it it was already modified. The most notable upgrades are: 2inch long tube headers, 4 glasspack mufflers, cat removal, mild cam, edlebrock torker manifold, holley 750 double pumper carb, a lazar nitrous system (never even been touched), 72 pantera door handles, recaro race seats, black emron paint, and new wheels with 225/50/15 front and 285/50/15 rears.
Anyways my dads been letting the car sit for the last 10 years along with his 289 cobra and now neither of them are driveble. My dad also recently purchased a lotus elise so he hasnt really had an intrest in the pantera. Ever since i was a kid i used to look at it in our garage in awe and now that im older and have learned alot about cars, my dad decided that he's going to give me his pantera as a graduation present if i A) be responsible with it and B) help his restore it. Also hes made it prety clear that Even though it'll be "my" car, he's not fully going to trust me with it by myself till ive had 5 to 7 years of driving experience with it.
So, last sunday me, my dad, and a few of his mechanic friends were able to get it started in our garage. with new plugs and a battery it managed to start but we found some problems.
First, the alternator is smoking so we just disconected it but we need a new one.
Second, the carb isnt punmping any gas and we had to spray fuel into in directly to kepp it runing.
Third, the gaskets on the carb and intake manifold are cracked and the car gasket is actually leaking.
and Fourth, weve known this since my dad last parked it , the brake booster is shot.
So i have a few questions, first, can anyone give me a part number for a new alternator belt as we plan on replacing that since its coming off anyways. and second we plan on converting to elctric ignition aslong as we have the car torn apart anyways so can anyone give me some info on this? like do we just have to replace the distributor or do we need a new coil and wires to? and shuld be upgrade the alternator or can a stock one hancle an elctric ignition? also if we upgrade the alternator shuld we upgrade the volt. regulator as well? and lastly if anyone has done this, wats a good, but reasonably priced brand to use for the elctric ignition.
Thanks in advance, Zybe
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