DL10 Predator

This guy is kidding right??

Sure, right, original. It is based on the pantera. A guy around central Illinois has one. There was a discussion on the Fiero forum about them one time.

If anyone has Marcello Gandini's contact information, we should let him know about this clown so Gandini can sue him.

"it is not a copy of anything"

I think that this IS the guy that lives near me. The Car shows that he has attended are all in Illinois. I sent him an email and included a Pantera 200 pic for his reference. We will see what the reply is.

Check this out.

http://www.fiero.nl/forum/Forum1/HTML/043414.html
At least this guy is giving the Pantera proper credit. Looks like he does good work. Wonder if we can get him to make parts to fit the pantera. His work looks better than some of the vendors stuff.

I saw that thread and it looks like that guy is doing the Pantera justice. The proprtions will be a bit out of whack, but the detail is great. Those who aren't in the know will probably mistake it for a real one. He's doing a chopped version that will give the finished product better proportions

I must say, the Si copy (Predator) doesn't look at all bad either (at least in pictures). The design translates very well.

Michael

Nice to see people trying different things. Where would we be without artists doing their thing, and at worse all it would do is wreck a stinkin $500 Fiero. Would be nice to see one side by side a Pantera for proportions...we all know what the Ferrari/Fiero conversions looked like, ugh!

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Would be nice to see one side by side a Pantera for proportions..

Might be pretty close. FWIW, I once owned an '87 Fiero at the same time as our '72 Pantera L. Parked side by side, the Fiero was an inch longer, an inch wider and an inch higher than the Pantera- even with the L bumpers. Yet everyone seems to think the Pantera is 'big' and the Fiero is 'small'. Also, a Fiero car cover is a tailor-made fit on a wing-less Pantera.

I bet an old Lotus Europa would make a dandy little baby Pantera. You just need to take the old fiberglass body off and put a new fiberglass Pantera body back on.

I think I know why some Pantera stuff like tail lights are so expensive on Ebay. While browsing the Fiero forum, the Pantero converts are buing Pantera stuff on Ebay to put on their Fiero/Panteras.

I too used to have a Fiero - but being in the UK makes it a rare beastie and relatively exotic when you park it next to a Fiat Punto.
It doesn't take away from the fact that it was the biggest pile of sh*te that I ever owned. And i've owned some piles.
When I sold it, the only system that worked correctly was the stereo.

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Originally posted by Bosswrench:

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Would be nice to see one side by side a Pantera for proportions..

Might be pretty close. FWIW, I once owned an '87 Fiero at the same time as our '72 Pantera L. Parked side by side, the Fiero was an inch longer, an inch wider and an inch higher than the Pantera- even with the L bumpers. Yet everyone seems to think the Pantera is 'big' and the Fiero is 'small'. Also, a Fiero car cover is a tailor-made fit on a wing-less Pantera.

Thats real interesting Bossman, I always thought the Fiero was much smaller... mind illusion I suppose.

FWIW, when our Pantera was down for a home-made paint job (14 months- I'll never attempt THAT job again!) we autocrossed the Fiero in C/stock with Kumho street tires- and won the N. CA Championship (12 events) in both mens & women's divisions, against hordes of Miatas, Acuras, 240Z's and other small-bore cars. While the mid-engined Fiero had almost zero power relative to the Pantera, it handled well and the A/C always held its charge!