Reply to "Pantera #4524 - 3800 Mile Pantera?"

I'm with Quickitty et al on this one... not a chance in my book that it's a 3,800 car. The seat wear always tells the tail. Plus, tires, carpet etc. Hard to tell about the shifter plate from the crappy pic, but then again...changing those is the same 5 min job now as it was 20 yrs ago. If the speedo was swapped, the owner certainly had the ability to change the shifter/plate. One additional item that hasn't yet been mentioned ..look at the wear on the driver's door arm rest..... I would presume flying seat belt "release" wear...?? However it got there...significant wear. Certainly not indicative of 3,800.



Anyway.. I too think it's a bit irresponsible for them to advertise it as 3,800 miles, with so many signs of wear, unless of course.. it can be substantiated with documentation. Which it seems does not exist.

All that said, I agree with gilles' remark.. it does look to have good bones. Keep in mind, as the crew reading this knows all too well, these sexy girls rot from the inside out. For all practical purposes, it's been sitting on the Fla coast for its entire life. (quick story: I once pulled the door handle off of a 69 stang I was looking at down there when I opened the door :-). This, while candy shell still looked pretty). In my book, it needs a full restoration! No question. If you pay -anywhere- near $45k you will quickly be upside down vs. the market. You're better off buying one of the many that are for sale on the net from $47-67K right now. And..you don't have to deal with the headache of a project, and could start enjoying it this summer.

Just my $0.02...