#9402 1987 GT5-S new owner

Welcome! Great looking car!

Very nice!!! Welcome

Lui.
SWEEEEEET Ride and welcome.

Nice cat. Let's see some more pics!

Pretty car Lui, another Cat for Oz.

Superbe 5-S Lui, tell us how you got it, where does your car come from, tell us your story please.

Very nice. Almost looks like a Wilkinson build shown in the photo below, especially with those mirrors & wheels and especially if it has the modular engine:

Nice.

*Mic - I bought it in November from Con Michael who is also based in Perth Australia. As to my story I first came across panteras many years long before I had the means to even consider purchasing one. I had actually been scouting for a 69 Mustang fastback for a while when I came across the add for this Pantera
It was love at first sight Arranged to view it and go for a ride and in just over a week a revised offer was accepted and the rest is history.

*Does 200 - I'm pretty sure that is the same pantera. Wilkinson Pantera replaced the 5.7 pushrod engine with a high spec Ford Cobra 4.6 Quad cam and 32 valve engine with an intercooled Whipple supercharger.

A few more pics:

Interior:

Front:

I'm looking at replacing the current mirros which are really useless. Especially the right side mirror as the windscreen frame obstructs the view. I've purchased a set of 2010 Camaro electric mirros from Sacc Restorations http://pantera.saccrestorations.net/sck0002.html

Has anyone used these before. If so what do you think? Or are there other options that may suit better? Appreciate any input.

Beautiful car. I believe I may have seen it at Wilkinsons during one of my visits. I love the look of those mirrors on the car; it is a shame they don't function well. Congrats on a fine purchase - a lot of money has been spent on that ride.

Great looking s car!!! I bought and installed the same mirrors, WHAT A DIFFERENCE!!! I can see now, and they look great on my GT5-S.

Wayne

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Originally posted by Lui:
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I visited Perth in 1986 on the USS Enterprise.
What a great City!

Gorgeous car. Do you know what kind of power to the ground the 4.6L Whippled motor puts out?

Again, beautiful car -- the paint looks really strong on the car with nice bodywork.

Mark

I've seen this car in person and it is stunning and spectacular. Regarding Pantera mirrors, many people make the aesthetic mistake of using mirrors that are porportionly too large for the car. The best looking mirrors for Panteras are rather small. You might be able to make those beautiful Wilkinson mirrors more functional by having a convex mirror cut to fit and attached to the flat mirror.(That is what I did on my GT5S) Thanks for sharing pictures of your beautiful car. - Jim Coyne

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