I can describe my buying experience as well.....plain lucky.
I was fairly patient and looked at six cars over the course of a year before I bought. Mine showed up in my local classified section (in small town Iowa no less) less than hour from where I live and right on the way to where I was driving to see another Pantera.
14,500 miles on the odometer and believable at that. Very little under coating on the car and almost none in the engine bay. I could see everything. After a drive and an hour of inspection which included a view from the pit in a local oil change shop, I paid $24k and drove it home an hour after I laid my eyes on it. It was publicly for sale less than 6 hours when I bought it. That was 5 years ago. None of the other cars I looked at were even close, and all were priced higher.
A chance encounter? -Lucky? Better lucky than good as they say and happy to be a member of the club.
Kelly
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