quote:It shows two reinforcement bars that are unique to 2263. They are still in our car today.
Actually, the reinforcementbars are std. to all the Pantera chassis prior til maybe #2700, but I agree the welds are unique and recognizable.
What I find even more convincing are the chassis transaxle mounts - they are not the std mounts but unique fabricated sidemount brackets present both in the 1972 and 2016 pictures.
The sidemounts of the Pantera were introduced on the production Pantera chassis at a later point (I think after 2263) and looked different. Prior to that the Pantera chassis had a single rear mount for the transaxle, and if I'm not mistaken, you can actually see the holes with threads for the rear mount still present in the rear crossmember!