quote:Secondly, the featured Gr IV build. While I admire the craftmanship, I'm a bit puzzled as to why. I can understand the need to improve some things, especially with regards to reliability and speed (you can never get enough speed). But why convert narrow bodies into wide bodies, and I even read about someone doing the opposite, why not just buy the car you want and leave the grinder alone? Just MHO of course. Another small example is the instruments. What really defines the Pantera interior for me, is the beautiful chrome rimmed gauges, and especially the vertical layout of the 4 gauges, angled toward the driver. Pretty unique I think.
Any other views?
Very limited number of widebody cars out there for sale as Vegas stated.
I considered a few cars before I went ahead with my conversion. There was always something that I didn't like about the car. The color was wrong or the interior was white or the panels/wheels didn't "look" right. And I figured if I was going to spend ~$70k on a car, it better have the main things I wanted.
I recently received a comment about why I should've cut up a beater for a conversion instead of a perfectly good narrow body car. The reason for me was $$$$$. Buying a solid car with no mods for $30k and converting it will send you deep into a moneypit.
Or you can convert a car that already has a high HP motor, worked ZF, suspension, brakes, cooling, exhaust, cooling, electrical....etc purchased as a package at a reduced price.
Great thing a Pantera's is you can modify them without being looked down upon (so I've heard).
Will ( waiting for my car to return from paint)