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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' Smiler

My connection with DeTomaso except that Tom Tjaarda has Dutch roots Big Grin 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 Mad

regards, Xander from Holland (near the Hague)


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

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