Fall Pantera Run

David's 1982 GT5.

and my 1971.

Awesome pics Mark! Sorry about the "way overpriced" brunch, but the ride and company were great!

Yes they are great pictures thanks for sharing them.

Awesome pictures! Wish I were there!

Michael

Mark & David,

Good thing it wasn't snowing, you would have lost your cars. LOL...........

all joking aside, gorgeous pics, I wish I could have joined you.

your friend on the DTBB, George

Angelic pictures!

Your two white Panteras look like they're all dressed up for wedding or something. Like bride and groom.

Simply beautiful.

Josh

Very nice indeed, Im gonna get the wheels like on Marks car, just as soon as I sell a house! One of my childhood fantasy's has been driving in the leaves as they blow away behind the car.Just watch out for those wet leaves stuck to the road.....thanks

Thanks for all the nice comments guys.

LPB: the leaves on the road were no problem. The large chunks of mud fallen from tractors doing the fall harvest made for some interesting road texture. I'll spend next weekend pulling the straw and mud from my wheel wells. And those wheels? Yeah, they totally transform the car. Looks 100X better, rides as well and handles like it's on rails. The only down-side I found is that the P-Zero's don't make a screech when you smoke 'em. Just a sound like you're skidding on gravel. Good when there are cops around, but it doesn't scare pedestrians as much.

Josh: OK, I know we’re Canadians and you can pretty much do anything up here, but even WE draw the line at marrying cars...

Michael, George: Come on up! Bettter hurry though, We'll probably have snow in the next few weeks. Hmmm. I can see the "January" calendar photo now... just 4 wheels in the snow...

Those are some real nice photos!

Gentlemen:

You seem to have been more fortunate with your fall weather than I was. Below is a photo of #9517 just outside Banff, in the rain which later turned to wet snow. We took a trip with 25 other exotics but were quickly separated from them because of mechanical problems. The car was fresh from a "down to bare metal" total restoration, and was not properly sorted out before we left (a very long and tedious story). However, I am pleased to report that, even though it is not yet running properly, the new 427 stroker has transformed the car. In short, I found myself literally shaking from adrenaline after getting out of the car after a good run. I am also told that the 3" Mind Train exhaust sounds like "pure sex", and can be heard for many kilometres through the mountain valleys when in full song.

All the best from the West, and I look forward to the day we can get all our cars together!

- Peter

Peter,

The headlights look great! Who made them?

Michael

Hi Peter,

Your car looks great, but then it did before too. Sorry to hear that you had "teething issues" on you first major outing. Not much fun to be stranded in the mountains in the snow with a broken supercar. I hope you can get it well-sorted and really look forward to seeing a gallery of images including that new motor.

Mark

Peter,

What fantastic car. I don't care for black or white much, except for on the GT5's. I have always wanted a GT5, and in my opinion the best colors are White and Black. On stock bodied cars, I like red, yellow and blue. It's funny how the lines of the car affect how colors look different from one style to the next.

I'll trade you my red stock bodied '72!

John

John

Peter, your car looks awesome - wish I could hear that cat purr. Love those lights. I just installed them in mine. Cyboman, they're Vader. Crazy expensive, but damn nice and they actually light up the road. I added some super bright lights in the front air damn and it's a great combination.

After our final fall run in the leaves - great day Mark - I cleaned and polished the car for two days. I got the insurance evaluator in to update the file and add another few bucks to the coverage. (I finally got to use that bag of cool McGuire products I got on the podium in Monterey). Then I carefully (well not so carefully) drove into my sister in law's garage, took out the battery, covered her up, and kissed her goodnight for the winter.

Yes, another season is over. Very sad. But the good news is - for the first time in over 20 years, I have NO WINTER PROJECTS. The car is complete. Holy cow. Something must be wrong?

Umm, we just covered these lights a few days ago.

They're not Vaders..

http://pantera.infopop.cc/eve/forums/a/tpc/f/3350045562/m/5670012163/p/1

Kevin,

Thanks for refreshing my memory!

Michael

Deeb,
Wow.. Driving season is already over?

Surely you'll be tempted to take her out one more time!

Kevin