Bankruptcy auction/1972 L............

other than the wheels, being dirty and the air filter element being removed, it looks pretty decent. I would bet that one would take a lot less $$ than what mine will take to get in a better looking condition.

I would drive it as is! If it was closer by....

I can see the potential. Just up the road too.

Steve

"Ouch" in response to that reply. I guess I won 2nd place! I like to get third place.

SOLD/$51,500!
Holy cats!..........I'm calling Grundy to increase my declared value.........

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SOLD/$51,500!
Holy cats!..........I'm calling Grundy to increase my declared value.........

I actually just did that myself with Hagerty! They were willing to go up to $77K on mine given the condition.

Not looking to hurt anyone feelings but that price was a bit strong for that car.
Even if someone wants to try to bring that to a original appearing car, paint, wheels, tires, solve overheating problem etc... they will have an easy extra 10 to 12K in that car.
There is a car on the for sale part of this forum that is much nicer for less money.

Since Pantera did have a factory silver color, and I had someone inspect this Pantera for me ( I didn't bid after seeing it at 35,000.00) I might have reasons to believe this WAS a factory color. Put as always, looking to be factually corrected. PLUS!!! this Pantera was last registered in 1984...so the new buyer is looking at 30 YEARS of back fees & Penalties!!!.....Mark

35K would have been my absolute high end of the range. I did bid on the car at $30,600 and figured I would wait it out and see what happened. I would have still felt good about it at 32 - 33 but nervous about anything higher. I did not have the car inspected, have to leave some margin for unexpected problems.
I was out of the game at when I saw the larger numbers roll in.
I wonder if the winning bidder will have second thoughts before paying for the car.

Wow, thats some heavy dough... I better start treating my car w/a little more respect..lol..

I agree that this one was a bit high, but the values are definitely on their way up. I recently turned down an offer of $55K from an insistent fellow at a local car show.

Ah well after 40 years of me losing my shirt on the cars I have owned... if I ever deside to sell I might make a dollar or two

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after 40 years of me losing my shirt on the cars I have owned

Amen brother... Know the feeling well..lol..

I wish are cars would stop going up in price. sense i never plan to sell mine it will just cost more and more to insure

ok it is me and currently not having any buyers remorse, I did have specific reasons for buying this car and yes I do think I overpaid some, I looked at about a dozen over the last year and a half, seen the whole range of prices and level of items needed
-big car guy but this is my first Pantera, hope you guys will show patience with me and by (4) teenage boys as we wrench and get this car to driver status to start with; don't know where we will take if from there

Dad -

Best of luck with your car. There are lots of great resources on this board, everyone is very helpful.

Good luck. My suggestion is to get the car as a safe, reliable driver first, and then do at least 6-12 months of Pantera action.

That way you will have a lot more incentive to get the car back on the road!

Rocky

thanks Rocky, great suggestion, I think you are correct and should drive for a while, I do have winters here to work on things as it is not very conducive to driving nice cars in the winter up here, but does give us some time to wrench, I'm sure I will be sending out questions in the near future, 1st items are leaking coolant, check brakes and other fluids

Welcome.

thanks, can't wait to start bugging you guys

Welcome Dad... These guys saved me countless times when I first got my car, you came to the right place... Good luck!

thanks PLT-1, really excited about this car, more so than any of the other cars I have ever owned

Dad210
Welcome aboard. I hope you find yourself pleasantly surprised with the condition of the car.
On close inspection of the pictures it appeared as though the car overheated. Looked like coolant sprayed out of the overflow or swirl tank. After checking the obvious stuff like water pump, keep in mind that these cars are prone to having air bubbles in the system which can cause a lack of water circulation and resulting in overheating. We will keep our fingers crossed that it is something simple. Good thing is that at the end of the day, its just a 351C and parts are easy to come by and cheap. Just a bit tight to work on.
Best of luck and keep us posted

yes they did state it "leaked" coolant, I know they had issues keeping it running (assuming junk in the fuel line/dry-rot fuel pump diaphragm) so hopefully it didn't get too hot, thanks for the welcome and I will for sure keep you guys posted/bug you for expert advice

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really excited about this car, more so than any of the other cars I have ever owned

Ditto... I have never kept a hobby car for more than a year or two and I have have had this car about seven years... Shes no longer a hobby car, shes a keeper.

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really excited about this car, more so than any of the other cars I have ever owned

Ditto... I have never kept a hobby car for more than a year or two and I have have had this car about seven years... Shes no longer a hobby cars, shes a keeper.

AMEN. I've had tons of neat cars over the years, but the Pantera was always my "Dream Car". Mines been in the family 28 years, she's a keeper!

Wow, 28 years... that's a keeper for sure...

ok got my car today spent about 6 hours climbing all thru it and looking over, drained the fuel tank also, I will start a build thread so you guys and see/help with what I will have going