long and newman pantera

Check your POCA member directory for contact info for Raymond & Mark Krivanek. They have a Long & Neuman Pantera.

Here's a link to another one. You might be able to contact the owner to learn more from him:
http://www.members.shaw.ca/david.p.brown/pantera.html
A few more pics:
http://www.members.shaw.ca/david.p.brown/shop.htm

These probably make an excellent foundation for a track car given the tube frame (steel box) construction and fiberglass body. Although I have no idea on value.

Nice car AND a nice shop....

Thanks for the links, Garth!

Rocky

According to ex-POCA Prez Les Gray who once worked for Long & Newman, there were two different chassis built. Most were made to take a front-drive Citation 2.6-l V-6 engine, transaxle & clutch plus hubs mounted in back with the steering arms locked. Think Fiero- the exact same engine/trans & hubs were used by Pontiac a few years later. A few L&N chassis were made to take a V-8 & ZF transaxle. Obviously, the tube frame could be altered either way but I think all the bodies were the same- taken off molds from a real Pantera. Some body parts will interchange with the steel parts.

I would think that Panteras are not expensive enough cars to make a kit car from. If this kit car need some work you might spend the same money on a kit then if you bought a real one

You're right, but with 20 years of hindsight, the kits serve two purposes: some of the panels interchange with stock steel parts which helps racers and people on a budget resurrecting a wrecked steel car. And because of the separate tube frame that can take a variety of engines & suspensions and with the body removed is simple to work on, real-racers including drag racers, liked the L & N kits. I've seen two running - one street licensed with a V-6 in back, and one with a 427 low-riser front-engine A/dragster that turned high 9's a decade ago. That's besides Dennis Quella's road-racer.

Dave Brown is here in Victoria. Let me know if you can't get in touch with him. Really nice car and when I first saw it I was hard pressed to tell the differences.

As Bosswrench mentioned, Les Gray used to work for Long and Newman. I'd contact him. His name on this board is 'guitarman'.

Adam