Reply to "New Chassis?"

John,

Larry Stock at PPC (Pantera Parts Connection) Carson City has two or three containers of fiberglasss molds, everything from panels to complete bodies for Pantera and Mangusta and even a couple already cast bodies. I understand at least some of the molds are the L&N originals.

Only a month or so ago there was full L&N chasssis on Ebay, I cannot recall if it sold or not. Les Gray (Guitarman) either worked for L&N or was involved in the L&N Pantera's, maybe drop him a PM.

As stated Dennis Quella of PPC (Pantera Performance Center) Colorado has a tube chassis race car as does Jerry Sacket at PI Motorsporst, Oange County CA. They would both be good resources to tap into.

Here's a link to a Hot Rod article on Jerry's car.
http://www.hotrod.com/featured...o_pantera/index.html

There's a BMW (V8) powered Pantera in Sweden, one thing about the short stroke european motors they always sound awesome.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d4g6-ewavbU

I toyed with the idea of dropping a Cosworth V8 into a Pantera, more 'in keeping' with the Blue Oval, but 13-15 hrs between rebuilds is hard on the check book. Maybe I'll resurrect it one day....

Good luck,
Julian