Reply to ""New" Pantera"

Laslo is correct with your car. Ironic coming from him, but yes, it is correct. If you have the warranty card, original MSO, dealer sticker and all other owner's literature -- at some point a car like that is going to possibly worth more. I say possibly because now it is not.

The same thing occurred to Corvette owners in the mid sixties. It could happen to cars like yours as they are only original once. I was just talking to a friend of mine today and he purchased a 1965 Corvette convertible in 1980 for $12,000. It was factory black with a white interior and white top. 327 car with a four speed. Also had the hard top. He had all of the documentation from the window sticker to dealer invoice to warranty information and all other owners information. He sold it for $15,000 four years later and he felt he made a ton of money on it. Hate to know what a car like that is worth today, but I know an original Vette is worth a lot more than $15,000 today. Not to say you could not do some of the desirable modifications that are known to work. And the Vette example is not here for the de tomaso world yet -- but it may at some point.

Welcome to the detomaso world! Great group of people here. You will like it.

Best of luck with your car and most of all, enjoy it!

Mark