Let’s see some Pantera pics! Part 2

I almost went off the deep end collecting 100s of side view jpg of Panteras. Then finally went with these - Hall's Ultra, polished with knock offs - Michelin 17s fit perfect, offset's great (with some spacers) and they fit the car (although you sometimes have to steer with the throttle so the fronts don't rub).


This is as much of a side view as I can find.

http://www.canspanad.com/pantera/

Dave,

I like the wheel pattern. It looks great on a GT5!

Michael

Incitement.

it is shredded. Hit something while on a drive. It go boom. I have a new one, just haven't installed it yet...

no snow around here.

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Peter H., those are some great pictures! anymore?

Here is one

and here is another with my new wheels.

Thanks for the compliment, JK. I went out with our group again a couple of weeks ago, and have some new photos that I have been planning to post in the new photo gallery (as soon as I can figure out how to work it, that is). In the meantime, here's a teaser. And, yes, that's an Enzo in front of my car. Not only that, if you look closely you can just see the roof of a (real) GT-40 behind the concrete barrier.

Track Day in Chicago

Same Day

Hey,

great looking Pantera. You installed the Amerisport stuff up front too. Sure makes an improvement, doesn't it? Very nice.

I must say, I like the color of the body. Ever have any of the guys with white Panteras express envy? LOL!!!

George

Bump to the top...... Lets see those Pantera Pics... The new pics --- The hot shots !

BOOYA !!

The only thing that has not changed in the nut and bolt resto...

Dave # 3463

not had mine on the road yet but its comming on just fine

Been lurking too long.
Thought I would post a pic of my old girl to get me going.
She had 14,000 on the clock when I bought her and she is showing 125,000 now.
A few fun times have been had.

Here is my cat rollin with the worlds fastest production car (yes, faster than the Bugatti).

...and another.

The Ultimate Aero is a wicked car!! Would have loved to have seen it myself!

6018

Ha ha, I like da "MOVE OVER", is that an after market part or a stock factory deal?

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Not only that, if you look closely you can just see the roof of a (real) GT-40 behind the concrete barrier.

Peter, I met a guy at our company 'Last Supper' (after the takeover in October) that said he had just sold a real GT40. Nice guy, he was pretty interested in the Pantera's but didn't say he new you? How many 'real' 40's can there be in Calgary?

I'm sure this will be the same guy if he lives in Calgary. As you say, how many real GT-40s can there be in the city?

I don't know him personally, but I was told by someone in the ZR group that he acquired the car in connection with a business he had in the 1970s building replicas. I was also told (and I can't vouch for the veracity of any of this, of course) that he acquired the rights from Ford for the name "GT-40" at that time. The story goes that when Ford decided to build the GT, they tried to buy the rights back, but he declined their offer. In consequence, the new car had to be called the "Ford GT" instead.

All I know for sure is that he drove that GT-40 like it was stolen, and had no trouble keeping up with the modern exotics on the track that day. The noise it made was ear piercing.

Here's a close up of the car. If anyone is really interested, PM me with your e-mail address and I can send some high resolution photos by e-mail.

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Please send me all ya got Peter!

Some pretty cool stuff resides in Alberta including the Mangusta Spyder prototype, at least one Miura and, if that red car is not owned by the guy I talked to a couple of years back, another original GT40.

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I don't know him personally, but I was told by someone in the ZR group that he acquired the car in connection with a business he had in the 1970s building replicas. I was also told (and I can't vouch for the veracity of any of this, of course) that he acquired the rights from Ford for the name "GT-40" at that time. The story goes that when Ford decided to build the GT, they tried to buy the rights back, but he declined their offer. In consequence, the new car had to be called the "Ford GT" instead.

Sounds like the same guy, he had the car from the '70's and intimated he got it dirt cheap at the time. Thirty years ago the 'GT40' name was never apparently trademarked by Ford. The trademark problem actually began in 1985, when Safir Engineering Ltd. of Surrey, England, bought the rights to the GT40 name to set its vehicles apart from other replicas that were being made of the race car.

Safir Engineering produced copies of the car in the 1980s and 1990s, continuing the sequence of serial numbers from the original cars.

The company closed in 1999 and transferred the trademark and rights to produce and sell replacement parts for the cars to Safir GT40 Spares, a parts company owned by Bob Wood and partners Brady Pack and John Sadler, supplying spares for origianl GT40's. It's rumored they wanted a $40M tag to license the GT40 name back to Ford for the new Ford GT and no deal was struck. Now Safir licnese the name to Superformance for $3K a car so that the SPF GT40 can claim to be a true 'continuation car' with sequential chassis #'s.

Why am I so up on all this? Well this week I purchased an older 90's KVA GT40 MK1 replica.....eagerly awaited in Reno from CT

Peter, please do send me photo's!

Julian:

Hey, congratulations!! That is one smokin' car!

Either Mark or you are going to have to give me a ride so I can fulfill a longtime dream.

The photos are on the way!

- Peter

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Originally posted by Mark Charlton:
Please send me all ya got Peter!

Some pretty cool stuff resides in Alberta including the Mangusta Spyder prototype, ....

The Mangusta Spyder prototype is in Alberta? You mean the one that was shown at Pebble Beach? Holy crap! Who'd of thought we'd ever see a piece of DeTomaso history like that up here in Canada...

Who owns it?

PS: The photos are on their way.

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Originally posted by Peter H:

The Mangusta Spyder prototype is in Alberta? You mean the one that was shown at Pebble Beach? Holy crap! Who'd of thought we'd ever see a piece of DeTomaso history like that up here in Canada...

Who owns it?

PS: The photos are on their way.

Peter, Thanks!

The owner has over 50 VERY rare and expensive cars and would not give me his name when he called me back (I called his broker). I was interested in buying one of his "regular" Mangustas. He sent me pics and I decided against buying the car because it hadn't been well maintained and the price seemed high (but not now...). This is how I know he has the proto:

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Ha ha, I like da "MOVE OVER", is that an after market part or a stock factory deal?

hey thanks. it's after market. made by CSX.

Peter,
I would also like the photos.
rfmccall@comcast.net

Thanks,

Ron

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Originally posted by Peter H:
Here's a close up of the car. If anyone is really interested, PM me with your e-mail address and I can send some high resolution photos by e-mail.

Where is this place? Between the roads and the cars I'm movin' there.
Outstanding

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Originally posted by r mccall:
I would also like the photos.

They are on their way!

My green machine. Original owner until 2007, original paint, interior, engine, 24k miles, only the mods made I couldn't live without...