eBay Pantera SOLD

I agree. Good buy at $30K. Basically a stock car and they have a limited market. But to get your foot-in-the-door and become an owner, this is a good starting point.

any LA folks know this car?

Larry

You'd be surprised Larry, a good 25% of the inquiries we get at the club, are people looking for showroom stock examples.

Good eyes Bill, this does look like it was a good buy. Winning bid $28,215

Geo,
I thought that stock or close to stock originals were becoming very rare. I would have thought that this car to be at least 35 K.
Jeff

Look through the back issues of PI or Profiles, study the pages of the BVE registry, you'll find names of hundreds of owners who were active enthusiasts years ago, but not today. They're not here on the forums or on the mail list. Many of these people are still in possession of their cars.

5200 Panteras were imported to the US by Ford. Because there is a lot of cross-over in the membership of POCA and PI, I'm going to guess that our clubs together represent 1500 owners, or possibly 1500 cars "on the road". If you guesstimate that another 1500 have been destroyed in one way or another, that still leaves 2200 Panteras lying in garages collecting dust since the '80s or '90s. Many of these cars are in relatively stock condition, and low mileage. There are 2 yellow examples for sale on the PI club web site right now.

George

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Originally posted by Cowboy from Hell:
You'd be surprised Larry, a good 25% of the inquiries we get at the club, are people looking for showroom stock examples.

I'd have to agree with that. I've been watching PI, PIM, and Ebay for several months now and the cars that are selling are the "stock' examples (although not in every case). The modded cars tend to take a little longer. It seems to me that this would indicate that people are starting to look at them for investment potential.

A prime example of this is the White tribute car we all have talked and posted about. Most of use agree that at $35k it's a good buy however its been modified and therefore only appeals to a few, even among this forum. It's been for sale at PIM for a very long time and on Ebay twice.

Interesting photos of the ebay car, I live about 1/4 mile from the lake where those photos were taken. Although I never heard rumbling from the car in "the hood".

I noticed that car before I went out of town and wondered what happened. Thanks for the update. Aside from a few things we could pick on this car that aren't fully stock, they all seem very changeable.

That car seemed like a great buy.

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5200 Panteras were imported to the US by Ford. Because there is a lot of cross-over in the membership of POCA and PI, I'm going to guess that our clubs together represent 1500 owners, or possibly 1500 cars "on the road". If you guesstimate that another 1500 have been destroyed in one way or another, that still leaves 2200 Panteras lying in garages collecting dust since the '80s or '90s. Many of these cars are in relatively stock condition, and low mileage. There are 2 yellow examples for sale on the PI club web site right now.

I think this is why they are priced too low. More supply than there is demand. There are more Panteras than there are people who want to own them. This is a good thing for owners as we will always be able to find parts cars. Bad for our widows trying to sell our cars after we die though.

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Originally posted by DeTom:
Bad for our widows trying to sell our cars after we die though.

SELL?!? I'm going to be buried in mine!!

I looked into that. It is illegal in most states. Even if all fluids are drained from the car.

LOL...figures. They never let anyone have any fun.

Lets see....a couple hundred acres in Montana, a big hole.....what they don't know won't hurt me!!