Reply to "Pantera #9103 - GT5? Advice sought"

After seeing the eBay ad, these are my thoughts. The US bumpers, side markers and door tag make me believe the car was built for the US market & imported in 1979 by Mr Eckart (in agreement with Peter).

So that leaves us to explain why the car was imported from Europe in 1989 as David believes to be true. One plausible explanation, it was returned to Europe prior to 1989, and brought back to the US again in 1989. Or the deal with Mr Eckart fell through, and the car was never imported in 1979.

The car most likely started life as a GTS, not a GT4. If it had been built as a GT4, I would expect it to still be wearing the 10 spoke Campy wheels, not the aftermarket wheels in the pictures. The steel flares are not factory, so I would guess the car was repainted when the flares were added.

David, the fit of the flares with the wheels is my biggest reservation just looking at the pictures in the ad. I would want to know if the flares were poorly done, or if the aftermarket wheels have the wrong off-sets, before I layed down my hard earned dollars.

cowboy from hell