Ralph Suarez, an officer of the San Diego Pantera Club, gave me the lead on this vehicle as he saw it at a car show in Belmont Shores (Long Beach , CA area) a couple of months ago and picked up a flyer.
I gave a call to Russ Sena, the owner. He purchased the vehicle in 1979 (29 years ago!) from the original owner, a studio executive at Paramount Studios, Hollywood. He said the original owner was frustrated with the car because it had "too many issues" and sold it to Russ.
When I spoke to Russ a couple of months ago, he told me that the car was at Precision Pro Performance for an MSD ignition install as well as the installation of jack pads front and rear. He suggested that I stop by and take a look at it.
I visited the shop and informed Don, the technician working on Russ' car, that all I wanted to do was just take a look at it and please do not let me disturb him from doing his work.
To make a long story short, Don spent almost an hour going over the car with me and what improvements Russ had made to it.
After 29 years, Russ had decided to sell the car, because he is now more into sailing and will use the proceeds from the sale of his Pantera to upgrade his sailboat.
Russ provided me with a few "odd"
items, namely an original, brand new condition spare tire, tire cover, sun visors and the windshield wipers. The owner's manual is in absolutely, pristine, brand new condition. He also gave me a supply of fuses and replacement light bulbs. He also gave me a box of good, factory Pantera rotors.Since the car has the factory wheels in an 8" and 10" width, I will probably immediately purchase a replacement set of tires. The tires on the car are in near new condition, but I know that replacement rubber is getting very scarce.
He also gave me the dealer Service manuals for the Pantera as well as a book that details every bulletin regarding service actions to be performed on the cars.
Lastly, EVERYTHING works on the vehicle. The car is in very good to excellent condition and shows tremendous pride of ownership.
It took Russ and I about 2 months to come to terms on price, but we finally did.
The following info is from Russ' flyer:
Engine: 351 C 4v
Rebuilt 1984
Engine balanced
Bored 30 over
Block decked and line bored
Bronze freeze plugs
New TRW pistons
Chrome molly rings
Rods polished and shot peed, heavy duty rod bolts
Crank ground 10-10 Tuffrided and oil holes chamfered, heat treated, oil resistor plugs.
ISKY cam
Cloyes True roller double row timing chain, steel sprocket gears
High volume oil pumps
10 quart oil pan, windage tray
Hall Pantera high tork starter
Aluminum high flow water pump
Holly high performance fuel pump
Heavy duty inline filters
Edalbrock manifold
Holly 750 dual feed carburetor
Neophalactic carb spacer
Inline fuel pressure gauge
Ford Dura-Spark Distributor/MSO system
Stainless steel braided lines.
Heads
Magna fluxed, resurfaced
Milled to accept screw in studs 5/16
Manley guided plates
3/8 Pushrods, hardened tips
Heavy duty springs, chrome molly retainers
Roller rockers
Stainless steel valves Teflon coated bronze valve guides
Hardened valve seats
Chrome valve covers.
Exterior Trim
Painted 1995, shows well
All exterior trim powder coated
Aluminum side markers
Aluminum door handles
New glass windshield and rear window
New rubber seals, door, front trunk, rear trunk and stops
New carpet, trunk and tray
New side view mirrors
New emblems
Splash shields, powder coated, new rubber moldings
Hall Pantera hood vents
8-Inch front Campy, 10 inch rear Campy, 205 BF Goodrich , 305 BF Goodrich tires, approximately 5,000 miles.
Interior
New interior
Hall Pantera A/C and heating system. A/C condenser moved forward. New fan, heater valve, Neoprem hoses, rotary pump
New rubber pads to clutch and brake pedals
New aluminum accelerator pedal assembly and cable
Overhead speaker system
Alpine radio, setup for Sirius satellite radio, I-pod
Billed aluminum – shift handle, seat handles
Seat rollers replaced with bronze units
Hall Pantera replacement foam to seats
Dash recovered
Hall Pantera center counsel
New Bosh window switches
Bronze window gears
New window felts
New turn signal assembly
New Sparco steering wheel assembly
New carpet to front and rear trunks.
Cooling System
Hall Pantera Phoenix radiator
New fan sensors
Two sucker fans, new
Stainless steel water tubes and pressure tank, overflow tank
New Neoprem hosing
Aluminum cap.
Transmission
In good condition
Aluminum flywheel
Hay’s diaphragm pressure plate panel clutch, throw out bearing
New slave cylinder stainless line and braided hoses
Stainless steel vent tube
Rebuilt half shafts
New speed gear seals
New speedometer cable
Billet aluminum trunion bearing.
Suspension
New upper and lower ball joints
New Neoprem bushings
New Neoprem motor mounts
Rebuilt brake system, stainless steel braided brake line
New wheel bearing front and rear
New upgraded Hall Pantera master cylinder and brake lines
New brake light sending unit
New Hall Pantera heavy duty rear sway bar, billet aluminum brackets
Original rear sway moved to front of car
Bronze spacer to rack and pinion steering
New rack and pinion rubber boots
New Koni shocks
Spacers removed from springs
Billet aluminum wheel housing camber bar
Suspension powder coated
Precision Pro-Performance rigged suspension kit installed.
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Kerry
