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Is there a 100% street legal Pantera GT Si ???
I do not think so!!!

I was the first to import a GT5s to Sweden in 1999 and after that experience I thought I know it all.
So I bought my first Pantera 90( As DeTomaso call them) #9631 in 2000 and imported it to Sweden and thought it to be an easy task.
At the registration test it completely failed the emission test HC=1100 (100) and CO=0.6 (0.3) and I slowly start to realize that things where not the way they where supposed to be.
The German papers (Brif) showed that the car had catalytic converters and so on, but that was all false and I later learned that it seams to be like that with all the 38 except for two of them.
The 5.0 Ford engine is not a standard engine, it is tuned for DeTomaso, with well ported heads and intake, SVO 1:1.7 roller rockers, hotter cam and most antipollution equipment like carbon-canister, catalytic converters, air pump, many computer related functions removed.
Learning all the tricks and regulations I sex month later past the test and had the first Pantera 90 on the road in Sweden.
In 2001 I imported the Guara that became an other story.
In May 2002 I bought my other Pantera 90 #9609, after 14 months and a new book of papers it past the registration without catalytic converters or any modifications, only a lot of paper work, that due to some new EU-regulations. I got the first road legal Pantera 90 w/o catalytic converters in Sweden.
Can the Pantera 90 be imported to the USA?
Yes I think so, and its safe! Percy (Phill1) you must trust me once again.
Best Regards
Kjell Jansson