The first Panter I drove was a '71 with webers and a trans-am/nascar engine. It was a street car.
The day before I had just driven a street 427 Cobra.
I can't prove it scientifically but I thought the Pantera was faster, noticably. It certainly required much less effort to drive at any speed and I still don't know where the "ceiling" was on the damn thing.
Save yourself alot of time and grief. Just buy a nice Pantera. Don't worry so much about the work it will need mechanically.
Just make sure it isn't too rusty (they all will have alittle somewhere, they are Italian).
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