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73 Pantera #4499

Body, very straight rust free, painted with base coat, clear coat black. Orignal side markers have been removed and filled in with metal. Orignal bumpers removed, holes filled with metal. Carbon Fiber rear bumpers have been installed. Orignally there was minor damage to the front drivers fender. Photos of car before paint and while work was in progress are available as there is nothing to hide here. Front signal housings and lens have been changed to GTS style with white running light/Amber signal. Front mini air dam was installed for looks and better air flow to radiator. Engine bay stripped of factory rubber coating and smoothed and painted. All A/C lines and electrical lines hidden in underbody. Headlights have been modified to low profile "vader" style lights for improved streamline modern look. All this on a orignal 43,000 mile car.

Suspension and Brakes. Before I bought the car the front suspensioin had been gone through. I had the rear suspension bushings replaced. Cleaned and painted the rear A arms. Front and rear brakes have been rebuilt and stop on a dime. Emergancy brake adjusted and works as it should. Braided Stainless Steel brake lines were installed. All shocks were disassembled, cleaned painted and spacer removed for a lower stace.

Tires and Wheels. I have installed 18" Budnick wheels with BF Goodrich G-Force 295/35ZR18 in back, 215/35ZR18 up front. The tires have less than 400 miles. The orignal wheels with tires come with the car.

Interior. The interior is very clean. I have installed new (factory style) seat covers. Floor mats with Detomaso logo. Sony stereo with 10 cd changer. Perfect dash and door pannels. Orignal carpet does have some wear but mats cover the areas. All factory gauges work as new. Power windows work with atleast 1 window motor having been replaced. Orignal steering wheel replaced with a 4 spoke Lecarra wheel.

Engine. The orignal matching numbers engine has been removed and put on a engine stand. It is available if requested. I have purchased a new block and completely built a new engine for this car. Started with a 72 low miles block, bored and stroked to 393. Installed Eagle crank and rotating assembly (full Eagle Kit). Heads have been reworked with a 3 angle valve job, heavy duty springs and new stainless steel valves, High Performance Roller Rockers, high lift - Hydrolic roller Crower cam, Offenhouser 360 intake manifold. Big Bore exhaust headers, Centerforce clutch disk. Resurfaced fly wheel. Entire rotating assembly was balanced. High volume/high flow Oil pump. Holly high flow fuel pump. Eldebrock high flow water pump. New Quickfuel Carb. was installed. New mini high torque starter was installed, starts right up with no problem. The engine is estimated at 500HP at flywheel. This engine is supper smooth and only 100 miles since the rebuild.

Misc. Cooling to radiator was improved with the removal of the orignal fan units, which were replaced with new 1250 CFM twin pusher fans. This keeps temps good even in Florida. New 100 amp Alternator was installed to provide all the power needed for fan and other accesories. ZF Transmission was removed, cleaned, polished, clear coated and reinstalled. New Clutch Master Cylinder was installed as well as a new clutch slave cylinder. The orignal York A/C compressor was removed and replaced with a new efficiant rotorary compressor.

General. This is a extreamly fast and good looking car. It always does well at local car shows and draws attention where ever you take it. By all standards it is a rare collectors car that will continue to increase in value.