Reply to "YES!! A REAL PANTERA IN THE BARN PURCHASE OPPORTUNITY"

I don't think that there is a $10000 Pantera. If it is complete and not wrecked then it is worth more then that in parts. The glass and transmission alone make it worth somewhere around there.
If you do all the work yourself, $25000 is a conservative estimate as to what will go into it.
I would presume that you value your own time at more then $10 per hour.
I would guess that if the seller was really hard up and wanted to dump the car you are in the high teens if not $20k.
If you are going to tell me that the numbers just don't add up, that this car is going to require a $50k effort to make it worth $35,000, then you are understanding the problem.
The market is going to have to do something like double itself in order to make saving these cars financially feasable.
Of course many decisions are made with the heart rather then the head. That probably accounts for why so few cars are actually on the road.
You are also going to have to deal with the insurance issue.
Panteras have this little problem of having $35,000 to $50,000 fender benders.
If the accident was a Mustang, even a classic one, it would be a $3500 issue. Try x10 on a Pantera.