Coolant tanks MOD.

This works. In '98 I removed BOTH stock water tanks & the charcoal cannister, fabricated a single swirl tank that sits on the right outer frame extension and connects to the right-side "gill" trim plate. The gill has a door exactly like the left-side gas door, stock on '73-up Panteras. All the bits are mirror-image, though. The overflow tank is a 2-qt plastic unit from Pep Boys, attached where the charcoal can was. I suggest NOT mounting the battery down there; first, the Pantera is already heavily weight-biased to the rear; the 45-lb battery only makes it worse. Second, the cables & battery are totally inaccessible in the event of a loosened connection, battery failure etc. The rt rear wheel, then the inner fender panel must be removed to fix it or attach jumpers. Been there; done that. Not fun. Better is to drop the battery into the ready-made cavity below the front trunk floor- better balence & access is an easy-to-remove little plate.

Just another idea on the remote battery. My car came with battery mounted back there. It is totally inaccessible, BUT the vendor who put it there did add a remote positive post on the wheelhouse right next to the deck lid shock which makes jump starting not a problem. You can get these remote posts at Jegs or Summitt for about $20. If I had my choice, and sometime in the future, I would probably put it up front in the space Jack spoke of.

Larry