Look, it's a bird, it's a plane........

What is that thing? My guess is it started life as a Fiero.

I asked the seller for pictures of the entire engine bay yesterday morning to try to determine what the hell it was, but haven't received a reply yet.

It's definitely NOT a Long and Newman Pantera. The ones I've seen (albiet only in photographs) have very exacting bodies. This car does not!

Check out the door, missing quarter window, surface mounted gill, and riveted-on wing window in the picture below (pictures uploaded here to be preserved for posterity).

The whole thing is just wrong, and not even close to being a Pantera.

A few more pics to be preserved for the knowledge base.

rear

Interior 1 - looks like bits from a 71-73 Mustang.

Interior 2 - looks like bits from a 71-73 Mustang.

Sugar scoop spoiler and rear deck lid.

Front trunk with repro DeTomaso plate.

Chevy engine.

Another repro DeTomaso tag/label. Looks like it has a DMV re-issue vin tag immediately above too. There's definitely a story to this thing...

I am no fan of kit cars, but to each their own.

I do have a mega issue when you try and pass something like this POS as a real a Pantera.

Very bad for the name and worse yet some poor individual may purchase it with the belief that it is the real thing. With any research
this should not happen.

That poor car....

The dash is 1971-1973 Mustang vintage........