Concorso Italiano and Monterey Historic Races Pics

Those are some great pictures thanks for posting.

Great pictures, thank you for sharing.

...OUTSTANDING!!! I Thank-You for taking the time to share with all of us...

I just saw pictures at

http://skyhighphoto.smugmug.com/gallery/1793466/3/89307787

there is a highly modified Pantera that has the top chopped and the whole rear end raises up. Lots of good pics.

James

Great site for photos. Who can tell me about THIS car?

The car is based upon water color drawings provided by Tom Tjaarda, requested by Pat Holeran (the owner). Powered by a large displacement Windsor motor with independent runner fuel injection (the system sold by PI Motorsports). Lots of goodies like PI Motorsports brakes, alloy control arms, etc. Headlight pods were hand made for this car.

It won Pantera International's best of show trophy (voting by the other Pantera owners in attendance). I selected it to be one of 5 Panteras representing the marque for the stage show.

George

The Pantera made the MSN report on the event:

"Also featured at Concorso Italiano is the 35th anniversary of the DeTomaso Pantera, a vehicle known as an exotic car for the common man. Sales began in 1971 through Lincoln-Mercury dealers.

Alejandro DeTomaso was an Argentine race car driver building cars in Italy; he sold the mid-engine Mangusta in the U.S. However, DeTomaso wanted to work with Ford. For a time Henry Ford II considered importing the Mangusta, but instead struck an agreement for a new car to be imported by Ford.

Based on the DeTomaso Mangusta, the Pantera was designed by American Tom Tjaarda, who had taken over the Ghia design studio. The engine for the Pantera was the Ford 351C, a small-block V8 engine used in the Ford Mustang at the time. It propelled a stock Pantera to a top speed of 145 mph."

http://autos.msn.com/as/minishow/article.aspx?contentID=4024156&s=Pebble2006