Hello from the other side..

...of the ocean

I'm Xander from Holland,
I got interested in the DeTomaso Pantera because of this Jay Leno video on youtube

I got particularly interested because of the availability of parts and the dedicated following mentioned here and because the Pantera is IMHO the nicest looking and sounding supercar ever built. I guess you could say that I'm a 'car- and bikeguy'

My connection with DeTomaso except that Tom Tjaarda has Dutch roots

is that I own two rare Moto Guzzi's from the time De Tomaso was owner of Moto Guzzi: A Daytona 1000 the same here of which 900 are built and a Le Mans 1000 SE of which 200 are built. Next to that I drive a Citroen C6 of which 23000 are built I believe.

Somewhere in the years to come I would like to buy a pantera from the beginning of the seventies, most probably imported from the States. Meanwhile I will look for a dry spot to park the car to protect it from the cold en rainy weather in holland

regards, Xander from Holland (near the Hague)

Ps, if anyone here needs anything from Holland, I'm happy to help

12/13/156:24 AM

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huskerMember

Xander,
Welcome! You have excellent taste!

12/13/159:46 AM

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guznaxMember

thanks!

does any of you know what Book shows the optional and technical differces between different modell-years pre-L and so forth?

Most Pantera books are photo-books, but seem to lack detailed information.

thanks in advance,

Xander

12/13/1510:54 AM

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jfb05177Member

Welcome,
If you find that "one" book, I would like a copy too!
while they are not naritives, I would suggest getting the parts and service manuals.
besides the hard copies, I recently got a CD form POCA so I would have PDF to cut and past sections from

Joe

12/13/1512:16 PM

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guznaxMember

thanks, Joe!

That's the CD Mike Drew mentions on the Jay Leno video. I'll contact POCA to order it.
Happy I can save the costs of expensive photo books (no offence)

Xander

12/13/151:24 PM

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joules"Racing is Life, anything before or after is just waiting" - Steve McQueen

There are a couple useful books I have in my library;

"Illustrated Pantera Buyers Guide" ISBN 0879385243
"Pantera Ultimate Portfolio" - Brooklands Books ISBN 1855205807
"Pantera Gold Portfolio 1970-1989" ISBN 18706427X

These books contain primarily reprints or information from press and test drives (and biases) of the era.

To compliment that there are some really valuable web resources;

Mike Daley's "Pantera Place" www.panteraplace.com/
Garth Rodericks "Banzai Runner" site with a superb collection of data on buying a Pantera
www.BanzaiRunnerPantera.com
Chuck Melton's regisrty (although you need to contribute to get access, but contact him he's usually pretty good about getting prospective owners access) www.provamo.com

The next thing to do is to search out a friendly Pantera owner local to you, I know there are quite a few Pantera's in the Netherlands.

12/13/151:34 PM

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guznaxMember

thanks Joules!

looks like I have some reading to do.
I'll visit some Italian Car days in Holland. Hope to find some Dutch Pantera owners there.

12/13/153:06 PM

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jfb05177Member

Have you read (in its entirity) the Forums start page
http://pantera.infopop.cc/eve

It summerizes the summation of ALL the books I have BOUGHT.

Any additional knowledge has come about by reading here and the online sources Joules listed.

12/13/153:34 PM

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goodrocMember

Hello Xander, you might want to know that you are not entirely on the "other side" Look at the title of the Forum, its called Pantera International ;-) and you might be positively surprised when you realize how many enthusiast you find on "this" side of the North Atlantic........

Hello from Denmark

12/13/153:48 PM

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guznaxMember

I sure hope so. In Holland there are just 26 registered pantera's.

12/14/1510:38 AM

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simonMember

quote:
Originally posted by guznax:
I sure hope so. In Holland there are just 26 registered pantera's.

Xander , I send you a PM
Simon

12/15/158:50 PM

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guznaxMember

Hello Guys,

Am I really stupid that I subscribed and paid $25 here http://repairablecars-forsale.com/contact_us.htm ?

I cant find the link to the buyer.

Look at the 'too good to be true'-pantera at the bottom of the page.

regards, Xander

12/18/1512:02 PM

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jfb05177Member

looks like it would be worth $6K from just the body parts

Does it say where it is located?