For sale is my 1971 deTomaso Pantera. I purchased this car in May 1983 from a gentleman in Los Angeles, CA. The car was stored indoors until summer 1997 when I was able to start a restoration of the car. The engine and transmission were rebuilt, front and rear trunk felt replaced, many of the suspension components replaced or refurbished, new high performance brake system installed, original seats recovered in black leather, exterior professionally repainted in the original red color. See below for a more complete list. The car had approximately 50200 miles on it when I bought it. I am selling the car because I have another car project coming up. The car is located in Fort Collins, CO, about 1 hour north of Denver.
VIN: THPNLE01386
Assembled: 4/71
Mileage: 57,848
Original 351C motor with 2 bolt mains and closed chamber 4V heads
Original ZF transaxle
Engine rebuild includes:
- Pantera Air Cleaner with K&N filter
- Holley 750cfm double pumper carb
- Ford Aluminum Boss 351 Dual Plane Intake manifold
- Crower roller rockers arms
- Manley Valves
- Crower Street Roller Cam
- Crower roller lifters and Crower valve springs
- New crankshaft main and rod bearings
- Keith Black Hypereutectic pistons
- Crank assembly, flywheel, clutch, etc. balanced
- MSD distributor and MSD 6AL ignition with 6500 RPM rev limiter
- Aviad 8QT road racing oil pan with new oil pump
- Billet aluminum flywheel and performance clutch from PPC
- GTS exhaust with Ansa mufflers
- New AC compressor with R134a Freon.
- Consistently starts on first turn, cold or hot
- Cooling system completely replaced/upgraded. Engine has never overheated. Pantera Perfrormance Center water pump.
- On the chassis dyno this engine produced 307HP@6000RPM and 310LB-FT@3800RPM
ZF transaxle rebuild includes:
- Safety wired ring gear
- New seals
- Rebuilt by Dennis Quella of Pantera Performance Center, Castle Rock, CO
- Shift linkage upgrades by PPC.
Brake System
- Pantera Performance Center Street/Track brake system
o New ventilated front rotors
o Wilwood Superlite 4 piston front calipers
o Wilwood Superlite rear calipers
o New PPC power brake booster
o Braided steel brake lines
Suspension
- Front ball joints replaced
- A-arm bushings replaced
- Koni shocks rebuilt by Koni
Interior
- Original seats recovered in black leather with “deTomaso Pantera” logo embroided in seat back to match car color.
- Recovered center console
- Headliner replaced
- Blaupunkt radio with Rockford Fosgate boost amplifier
- Boston Acoustics speakers
- Power window and headlight consealment mechanisms upgraded with brass gears
- Momo steering wheel. Original steering wheel and second Momo wheel included
- New weather stripping installed for both doors, front and rear trunks.
Exterior
- Campagnolo 8” and 10” wide 15” GTS wheels. Original single slot wheels included, 7” and 8” wide
- Period correct appearing BFG raised white letter tires, 225/60 front and 295/50 rear
- Body professionally repainted in January 2001. Still in excellent condition. Car always in heated garage, never in harsh sunshine.
- Bumpers and exterior trim pieces rechromed
- Collapsible spare and original tool kit included
Asking $85,000
Contact: Brian Deeny
Email: b_deeny@comcast.net
If you are interested in the car photos are on Flickr, send me your email and I will share them with you. Thanks for looking.
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