747km GT5S on eBay.de

Unfortunately I dont read German, but as far as the car goes I'm sooo on it. Lets see if I can swing it for Christmas

Umm, how would you bring it into the US?

An old high school buddy of mine is involved in importing and exporting...he has actually done this a few times with cars...Im waiting for the return call as we speak

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Originally posted by Deloreans and De Tomasos:
Unfortunately I dont read German, but as far as the car goes I'm sooo on it. Lets see if I can swing it for Christmas

All you have to do is right click anywhere on the page and select "Translate to English".

It is definitly the last built original Pantera.
We have seen this car in the assembling hangar during the factory meeting in Sept. 1990, where they presented the new Si.
This car wears a special metal plate on the dashboard, which you can see in one of the pictures.
After the meeting this car was sold to Austria and a few years later to Germany.

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Originally posted by Deloreans and De Tomasos:
An old high school buddy of mine is involved in importing and exporting...he has actually done this a few times with cars...Im waiting for the return call as we speak

That would be awesome if you could bring this car to the USA.

Good Luck.

For what it's worth, my understanding of the US importation laws is that if an American version of a car was brought in originally, it precludes bringing a non-American spec car in later. For example, take the Ferrari F40. You would not be able to import a European spec F40 into the US as Ferrari originally built a US-spec version. How this affects the Pantera is not quite as straightforward though as there were a variety of grey imports throughout the 1980's. Basically, it could be done, but you'll need deep pockets and lots of patience with the endless banal bureaucracy of the EPA and DOT.

Best,

BT

Mine came from Europe as part of the Grey market bunch. No problems at all. I sold my Euro '73 to someone in the US. Again, no trouble at all. Why not buy it as a Canadian and ship it to Canada. This will solve your problems. Mark and I will be glad to look after it for a (long) while then ship it to you in the US.

Absolutely! In fact, I would be more than pleased to do the "break-in" mileage myself and offer free personal delivery anywhere in the lower 48 states. The car would be delivered (eventually) with a fresh coat of wax and a full tank of gas.

Hi Roland,

Do you know the chassis number by any chance???

Best,

BT

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Originally posted by pantera874:
i had some of the last production cars in my shop. Those where so ugly build with all parts they found around (one had a gearbox from 1972 in). So i won't want this one to have. It's only a collector item.
I don't collect, i drive them as they wher build for.

Interesting info on late model cars...

This one though would be neat to own bec of its low mileage. A collector's item.

Josh

No Dice on this one for me...long story but wife had alot to do with it...some crap about mortgage loans etc....Might as well wait a little bit, might be done with the extension on the garage by then. Kinda sucks though she went as far as buying me "DeTomaso the man and machines book"....Guess the new years trip to vegas didn't work

Here is a photo of 1990 GT5-S #9562 from Germany. It differs from the one in the E-Bay ad by virtue of having a wing, aftermarket wheels, painted outside rearview mirrors mounted in a different location, etc., so it is not likely to be the same car. Apparently, yellow GT5-S Panteras were popular in Germany in 1990!

Yellow is mellow. Good for the heart.

Hi Peter.
The E-Bay car is definitly #9562.
The car in your picture is #9547 and it is also for sale.
See more at:
http://www.carclassic.com
Franz

Some additional info re USA importing. A few PI Newsletters back there was an article & photos of a yank who fly in here ( South Africa ) to buy a nice black (?) GT5 from a fellow on the East Coast (Port Elizabeth in fact). All went very well and the buyer had a great time here going on a couple of quick Big Game Safaries etc while the car was being prepped for him....I ll try and find out details to post on how it all went down.....
I know there are a lot of cars being shipped out of South africa to all around the world especially since there is virtually no rust problems here to speak of. Jag freaks from UK come here and just buy body-shells. Someone in Moscow just bought a pal of mines Jag XKE Roadster for big money. Also the nice little Noble which are built here in SA are shipped out all the time. Cobra Daytona Coupe replica's sold as Superformance Coupe's from the same company....and a sheeet-load of very nice GT40's (..one of which i owned for 6 years )which have mostly gone to the states. In fact 3x of them were, or still are on the PI Cars for Sale Section....the one went for, or they were asking $129 000. The other $119 000. I think they were shipped out to the US with out motors and then put up for sale there as 2nd.hand ?? I'll make some inquiries.
Cheers from the DeepSouth...

Tai Krige,
President.
S. A. Pantera Club.

A big hello to all DT fans ! I acually have a quick question for tai krige which isn't related to this topic. Sorry in advance for busting this thread.
Tai, do you know of a 81 Pantera GTS # 7218 still being around in South Africa.
According to the list of the Dutch DT importer it was shipped sometime during the 80's to South Africa. It was used in a Dutch car magazine back in 1984. The colours were silver over black with a Maserati style Marrone interior.
Just currious to know if it is still around.

Greetings from,

Dutchie

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Originally posted by kats:

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Originally posted by Deloreans and De Tomasos:
Unfortunately I dont read German, but as far as the car goes I'm sooo on it. Lets see if I can swing it for Christmas

All you have to do is right click anywhere on the page and select "Translate to English".

My right click doesn't offer translation of the page.

Panteradoug,
open ALTAVISTA.com and copy what you wnat translated and paste it there then click on the language you want it translated to ...
worked for me .. I had to translate the money conversion also.

Ron