2008 Pantera Gathering in Japan

Wow! From the land of rice rockets, how do you think they refer to Panteras. Red Meat Rambos?

I like their Miss Panteras!

George Nitta from Hawaii used to be one of the the major exporters of Panteras to Japan back in the day when they were buying up Hawaii real estate. His infamous $100k Pantera was built for a Japanese land developer who never picked it up. I'll check with him if he still has some old connections

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Originally posted by Mark:
OK Team Pantera Canada you guys need to build a plane that could fit all of our cars..!

We talked it over and decided it was worth doing just for the Miss Panteras...

Having learned from last time, we have decided that we needed to add an on-board libation-delivery service...

Good thinking Mark,

"Team Pantera - Japan" website, but I can not seem to find it.

SHOTGUN !!!

Michael

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Originally posted by Peter H:
Does anyone have any idea how we could get in touch with the guys in Japan? There are a lot of Panteras there:

Peter, is this the site you were trying?

http://p400sv.at.infoseek.co.jp/

Michael

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Originally posted by Mark Charlton:
We talked it over and decided it was worth doing just for the Miss Panteras...

Having learned from last time, we have decided that we needed to add an on-board libation-delivery service...

HA! That is pretty cool.

Nice video find. It's amazing how many Panteras made it to Japan!

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Originally posted by Cyboman:
Peter, is this the site you were trying?

http://p400sv.at.infoseek.co.jp/

Michael

Yup. Over the last couple of years I have sent three messages in English, and one in Japanese. No answer to any of them.

Mark,
the scary thing is...you guys could probably pull it off.

www.panteraguy.com

That video is pretty awesome - for numerous reasons. And Mark, when can I book my flight????

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Originally posted by edmguru:
Mark,
the scary thing is...you guys could probably pull it off.

www.panteraguy.com

Yeah, but we'd have no money left for beer...

Here's their link to the event. It appears Tom Tjaarda was there, or at least sent them a nice signed sketch dated for the event!:

http://p400sv.at.infoseek.co.jp/Meeting8.htm

I count 24 Panteras in the last picture, and there was also a Guara Barchetta there too.

These guys seem pretty serious about their cars. They have some nice Panteras! I've even seen an Si at some of their past events, so be sure to check out there website thoroughly.:

http://p400sv.at.infoseek.co.jp/

It would be great if they were to become involved with us, so keep trying Peter!

Michael

Wow, nice cars. Thanks Michael. Looks like they really like the hood grilles. With such a passion for the car, I don't understand why they've never made an attempt to contact or join the forums here. Maybe we should set up an "Asian Regional Forum" category under the Socializing Forums for them.

Peter,

Maybe Michael has hit on something here, how about you try to contact them through Tom Tjaada?

I have a Japanese friend who found the owner of the yellow Guara and is trying to make contact through him, in Japanese.

I leveraged one of my employees in Tokyo to make contact. Took 24 hours to get a positive reply.

Please do not swamp them with requests. I owe one to Peter to see if I can first get his registraton data. Otherwise they might decide it is too difficult and go silent.

Sorry to have been AWOL these last few days, but I have been busy tearing up mountain roads with three other Panteras in Canmore, Alberta.

I'm hopeful that the contacts that duz185 and RoverLtd have developed will prove successful, but I will not be able to follow up until I get home later this week.

If this works out, we may succeed in expanding the DeTomaso community. Thanks, guys!