Reply to "Rust and the pantera ???"

Let me toss this one into the pot,having spent many years 'messing around' with restoring old cars,-the worst problem of ALL has to be the Ever Present rust problem. On all cars. - This is why alot of people that restore cars worldwide make quite extreme efforts to ensure that this is NOT a problem, by buying body-shells & body parts that have not been in an an envirionment or climate that rust can take place.ie.dry/non-humid climates; like here in the Transvaal, South Africa. We here are continually seeing guys coming from all over the world buying just that here in the rust free Transvaal. A problem for us here as this drives up the prices & we lose our local cars. Alot. Certain buyers come here and just buy shells since the mechanical stuff can all be rebuilt properly in other wetter climes, but NOT rust. A friend of mine who rebuilds old Jags has sold 6x Mk2 body-shells this year alone and unfortunately a great many cars are being bought here and shipped out to Australia, USA Britain and Moscow ( mainly US cars.)Be aware that not ALL parts of South Africa are like the Transvaal, climate-wise & so its important to know where the car has been, to determine whether its rust free or not.
A few P.I. Newsletter / mags. ago there was an article on a chap who came out here to South Africa and bought a nice Gt5. It seems he had a fine time here & bought a good rust free Pantera. We have a very small, but quite active 'Pantera Crowd' here in Johanesburg and i am sure we could find one of us to check out a Pantera for a prospective overseas buyer here who may be thinking of coming out here to see some Wild Game & perhaps buy a nice rust-free car.... OR,..if there are any folk out there who are interested in the future buying one of our 'Brand New' Pantera Replicas with all the latest Hi-Tech, highly needed up-grades (suspention, brakes etc.)...... -have a look at ALAN B's posting in the Technical Questions; under :"180 degree Headers" to see pics of this exciting venture of ours. Why struggle with trying to fix old fashioned,out-dated designs when you can obtain one with all the right upgrades first time around. I know i am tired of trying to fix all these problem areas & things myself over the years.(I have owned 3x )
Regads, tai.