Does this mod work for you?

Doesn't work for me.

In fact, I don't really care for black as a colour on a stock Pantera because the gills are also black, and visually merging this area changes the lines considerably.

And to me this one looks fat without the black rocker panels.

But that's just my opinion... I'm sure I have some stuff somewhere that others would consider visually odd.

Here's mine for reference:

IMO, if the scoop had gone clear back and out to the line sweeping up the side, and had a cut-out for the side window contour, it would look awesome. Without a side window it makes it look too thick. But if you pot a functional scoop where the gills are and duckt through the inner panel, you could conceal air cleaner in there and feed twin turboes mounted under the exaust manifold.
Remember, function is better than form. Most race cars look the way they do because of function.

I actually liked the look of the Pantera 7X. You know, the 1975 concept car. It had a window all the way back the side.

7X

yep, thats the one. Although I must admit the front bumper does little for me.

Doesn't work for me however I have seen at least two other cars that have had similar modifications. I think this car has a combination of things that make it look different. That would include all the red trim and no black out on the lower body below the doors on the rockers both easy fixes if desired. All these items give the car a unique look I'm not sure its just the modification being mentioned above.

I don't care for the fixed headlights that some owners are going to. It kind of reminds me of corvette summer back in the late 70s. I think the goofy frog eyes are still pretty cool. But hey I have a windsor in my car so who am I to judge. LOL...

Yuck!

Not for me ! It looks like a kit car knock off. To each his own. But,Tom knew what he was doing .

Why mess with perfection ?

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Why mess with perfection ?

Ditto. Timeless design.
Will

Yea...Form & Function....interesting.
Pure looks wise i would agree with you all on the lites story, but both my Pantera's over the years exhibted the same problem,- (One i am sure could have been corected, but...)...hit the button to pop up the lites and here they come up, flopping and tremblling like crazy with the light beams flickering around all over the place when you hit bumps...But back to Function....all the bits i removed from the lite asseblies, levers/bolts, brackets, motors etc. weighed well over 40 lbs. On EACH side for goodness sake....Goran Malmberg says he got 46lbs off on each side, so in my case they had to go....Once you start this weight - loss 'thing' it all starts going mad...The frt & rear lid panels, remove glass all round, center instrument panel /console, lite rad. and lite wheels etc.....The Crazy Mad Swede Goran even shaves/cuts/lightens down his door-hinges to save a few kilo's....His car with heavy, cast iron block, 8liter+ Hemi-Head Chyrsler motor comes in around 2600lbs....must be the lightest non-space-framed street Pantera around......

Form & Function crops up again with the sidescoops thread seen somewhere else recently. Going for looks fine....anything goes, according to taste. But we do know that for the side scoops to pull air in they must be big....as in; stick out....at least 6inchs or more, it has been said ( i think by Hall way back....his drag car clocked a .02" difference thru the quarter with a set of his 'Bunny Eared' scoops which is what i started out with, but my 'new' ones are even bigger and stick out more, in carbon, and cover more area without loseing the rear gill/grills which i agree look gr8,...So i left them on....The added benificial function these scoops have is to change the direction of the flow of air,at speed of course, to flow from the scoops down thru the engine compartment and out the bottom of the car....also a good thing i am told.....