427 tunnel port / 1972

Dear Mr. Sideoiler sir, would you possibly consider trading it for a 73 euro GTS pantera? Just curious if you would consider that or if you need the cash instead?

Thanks for the offer but I would prefer to trade towards my comfort zone which is Cougar, Mustang, Shelby, Torino. The only reason I bit on this one was the motor. I am 6'4" with size 14 shoe so this is fun for awhile but not long term. BTW I did a search in ebay motors with nothing but the word De Tomasa and it and all the others on ebay came up. I was thinking of starting the auction over but it is getting me many emails, calls and bids for how early on it is.

Still cannot consistantly spell Detomaso correctly! I hate it when people who own a Cougar spell it "Couger"! At least I got it right once in the title so it will come up in a search...

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Originally posted by sideoiler:
BTW I did a search in ebay motors with nothing but the word De Tomasa and it and all the others on ebay came up.

I'm sorry Don, that never occured to me, go figure?

Well if it did not occur to you others are probably missing it also. Hmmm, stay put or relist?

Whew! That's ok. I was worried all day. I want your car, I really do, but I love my car and it has caused me much anxiety, because I was like all torn. I want the 427, but I would be scared to death to drive it because if it busted it would costs a bagillion bucks to fix. My wife would beat me to death with the baseball bat too. I have been sweating all day that you would say yes. Thanks

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Originally posted by sideoiler:
Well if it did not occur to you others are probably missing it also. Hmmm, stay put or relist?

I'm sorry Don, I'm a traditionalist. I would have thought that a detamasa would have been some type of Polish sausage.

My apologies Doug, It turns out when I did my search I used "Pantera" Not the Polish Sausage spelling of de tomaso (just how many ways can you mispell it!) It is now under item #4634254459 out of the Ford section and into the Other Makes. Thanks for putting up with such a rookie and setting me straight, talk about retard....

Sideoiler,
Wow! Nice car! I too am from the Portland area but have never seen or heard of this car (since there are not many in the area, I get "Pantera Sightings" from friends and co-workers), how long has this car been in this area? The Wednesday night Beaches Drags/Cruise is going on at P.I.R., do you ever attend the event. If you need any advice/help from a local Pantera owner, just let me know.

Ron

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Originally posted by sideoiler:
My apologies Doug, It turns out when I did my search I used "Pantera" Not the Polish Sausage spelling of de tomaso (just how many ways can you mispell it!) It is now under item #4634254459 out of the Ford section and into the Other Makes. Thanks for putting up with such a rookie and setting me straight, talk about retard....

Don, caution, if you hang out with us you will begin to actually like the car, feel at home, understand it and start to consider keeping the car.
You can learn from our highly experienced crew on how not to reconnect your spark plug wires, amongst other highly technical issues.
I'm sorry but you certainly won't be able to spell from me.

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how not to reconnect your spark plug wires

I dunno Doug, this is an FE. I know even less about it than I do the Cleveland. Maybe it is ok to hook up the spark plugs wrong on an FE. THey are pretty dern tuff, you know??

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Originally posted by DeTom:

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how not to reconnect your spark plug wires

I dunno Doug, this is an FE. I know even less about it than I do the Cleveland. Maybe it is ok to hook up the spark plugs wrong on an FE. THey are pretty dern tuff, you know??

DT, gaining HP by switching the firing order was for the Chevy SB.
You just can't randomly switch them because one looks prettier on #6 then #5.
Well you can, but the car won't run to good.

As far as being a tough engine, I wouldn't use that termanology. They do make good industrial, particularly irrigation engines.
The mechanic on them needs to be tough to just do the plugs.
I need to get psyched up for a couple of weeks before I do them on my GT500. Then I need both psychological counciling and physical therapy afterwards, particularly since the 2x4's foul the plugs the first time you fire it up.

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The mechanic on them needs to be tough to just do the plugs.
I need to get psyched up for a couple of weeks before I do them on my GT500. Then I need both psychological counciling and physical therapy afterwards, particularly since the 2x4's foul the plugs the first time you fire it up.

Hey Doug,you also have a Shelby?Man thats cool.Is that the 427 or 428.A friend of mine has a black 68 with 428 w/2-4's origional.

Yes, a 67. 428.
'68s aren't original with 2/4's, '67s are.

I guess if an engine is designed really really well, it wouldn't need spark plugs at all. It would just fire by itself due to heat caused by compression. Like a diesel does.

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Originally posted by DeTom:
I guess if an engine is designed really really well, it wouldn't need spark plugs at all. It would just fire by itself due to heat caused by compression. Like a diesel does.

That's called a Diesel engine DT.

Did I misspell it again?? Darn spelling, always tripping me up.

What happened to this car? Did it sell? I can't find the ebay listing?

Maybe after talking to us he decided to keep it????????????????????????

I found it. It's at 42+. You can buy it now at 53+.
I'm kinda of surprized it is not gone yet for that.
It was built by Dennis Quella. It is just a little bit tricked out.
I wonder if it was "geared"? Don didn't mention that.