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Originally posted by Corey Price:
Chris,

Wow, I just looked at the Forgeline wheels. Eeker

Looks great. How are the Webers?

I sent you a PM a while back, too.


The Webers are doing great! I think the intake has a slight oil leak so I'll have to re-do that at some point, but everything else is perfect. Having a lot of fun driving it on the weekends. Starts up easily and idles immediately. Good stuff.
I've never seen any reversion issues. Didn't even know what that was honestly. Had to look it up just now. No fire or fuel out of the webers as far as I have seen. I have aluminum mesh screens on the top of the stacks and they are still nice and clean. No signs of anything unwanted. No popping, back firing, etc.

Got the webers and intake from Pierce Manifolds. Good prices. They asked for some details such as the rev range, displacement and cam specifications. They sent everything pre-assembled so that I wouldn't have to figure out the linkages or anything. They were late getting the plate for the underside of the intake manifold so the machine shop fab'd one instead. Had an issue with the linkage popping off but that was easy to fix with a couple fender washers.

The webers had a nasty flat spot 2500 to 2800 rpm's. Everything else was good. I tweaked and tuned the mixture and reset and tuned to try to fix it. Couldn't get it. Finally called Augie Delgado, who is a Weber wizard. He gave me larger idle jets and whola! Runs like a champ now. Very smooth.

I would be interested to see how the car would run with a more traditional set up, but I can't imagine that I'd ever swap out the Webers long term. Just too cool and too much fun.
17x9.5 in the front. 3.25" backspacing.

18x12's in the rear. 3" backspacing.

Could easily go with wider wheels, but I went with sizes that would give me good tire options. I love the new meaty rear tires and short fronts that I have on there now.

I sent the measurements to Forgeline. Looked at the old wheels I had on there, measured them, and corrected the numbers so the new wheels would be perfect.

I'll be sure to take pictures of the adapter next time I pull a wheel.
I still have a small list of things that need to be done to the Pantera before I’d really consider it “finished”, but I’m happy with the outward appearance so it seemed like a good time to get some real photos. I contacted Jens Lucking, photographer extraordinaire, and asked him if he’d be interested. We planned for a day spent driving around Long Beach and LA. Jens scoped out the locations ahead of time. All I had to do was drive.

It was a long day but Jens was amazing. He is a true car lover and I think it shows in his work and the amount of effort he puts into every shot. He even pushed the ‘ol Pantera across three lanes of traffic on I-5 when the headers apparently overheated the MSD ignition system.

Anyhow, he’s awesome and affordable. Can’t thank him enough. If you need anything photographed, give him a shout! http://automotivephotographer.us/

Here are some of my favorites:















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Originally posted by SN8K ETR:
I first saw your car the PIM event and was blown away. Now that I've seen your posting on the build, I have a deeper appreciation for your vision and craftsmanship. You did say, "I want a Mangusta one day." Right?! Smiler


Very cool. Smiler
Oh man I would loooove a Mangusta! One of the most beautiful cars ever built in my opinion. Definitely on the wish list.
Chris, I hope you have those shots framed and on your garage wall. My favourites are the tunnel bridge shots. I love the blues of the tunnel wall picking up the blue in the stripes (and your shirt). The juxtaposition of the oil rigs to the Pantera is great. The shoot looks like it could use more drama. This probably went too far, but...

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