Firstly, after reading your previous excitement in obtaining your dream I'm sorry to hear you have discovered this, unfortunately the ZF is the most expensive part of a Pantera to restore.
That said I have a spare ZF-2, previously rebuilt by RBT, and safety wired, does not include clutch fork as it was used in a hydraulic setup previously. It is currently painted with a ppg black which could be stripped if you so desired. It is stored in a shipping tote, ready to go and I'll sell for $6.5K.
Only reason I'm selling is because I now decided I want a 3.77 Ring & Pinion for open road racing, so it makes more sense to rebuild the original than tear a perfectly good box apart.
Drop me a PM or e-mail julian_kift(at)hotmail(dot)com if interested.
Julian
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