quote:Originally posted by Sharkey:
I understand from different sources there were anywhere from 3 maybe 4, to another source claims 9 Shelby DeTomaso Panteras. The only ones I have knowledge of is film maker Jim Hansens car, & BelgiumBarrys cars. Shelby always built three of everything, and if anyone has knowledge of one for sale, I have a buyer. Please advise. Perhaps the original Shelby Mark V [aka Mangusta] will ring a bell to many, if not google it on cobraranch.com. Where is that car today? Can it be bought? In the interum, George P & Pantera Doug, do you have any knowledge of one for sale? Cobra Jeff did you ever hear anything on the white one at Shelbys in 2005? Would love to find the 1983 PANTERA that says DODGE on the side, with the Chrysler small block w/940 [twin turbo] HP. I'll just bet even money theres a couple Shelby Panteras residing/hiding in Cali as we speak. Anyone with knowledge please send me a PM.
I had only heard of the one that was converted to a 340 back in '83. That was the one covered in a magazine article.
If that article didn't call everyones attention to it, NO ONE would have ever known.
They WERE NOT US Certified. Look OUTSIDE of the US. They COULD NOT legally be sold in the US back then.
I knew nothing of the others. As far as I know, discussion of 9 is just recent within the last two years?
Jeff Burgy would be the one to ask, aka, CobraJeff. You can PM him on this forum.
That was all a "Chrysler deal". Iococca was involved. He wanted an "Italian exotic" in the Chrysler offering.
He had done the same thing at Ford with the Pantera.
It was before they purchased Lamborghini.
Shelby had a services contract with Chrysler like he did with Ford back in the Cobra days.
Iacocca brought him in to soup up the econo boxes Dodge was making.
The Diablo I remember Iacocca driving at the press introduction in '92 I believe. The Diablo essentially was built with Chrysler 's money. Hardly anything like Chrysler could build?
How Belgium Barry knew his was originally one of the Shelby cars, you need to ask him.
It is entirely possible and probably highly likely that the current owners have no idea they were one of the Shelby/Chrysler cars?
I would presume that Kevin Marti could research that for you? I would think that since there are only 187 of the 9000 series, you may have alreay seen some unknowingly?
I would take an educated guess though and say the serial numbers are all around Belgium Barry's?