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Hi Everyone,

I thought I'd do an introduction since most forums seem to appreciate them. I recently bought a '73 L and I'm going to need all the info I can absorb to get it back on the road. I am the 3rd owner. It has been sitting since 1984. The previous owner bought it in '76 and began upgrading it soon after. He never finished the job. It has new exhaust, headers, brakes, tires, weatherstripping, etc but all of it was bought 20+years ago so now I have to go through it all again. It has a completely rebuild engine that is stuck.. Luckily the differential has already been safety wired and other useful stuff like bronze window gears have been installed.It was originally an orange car and now it is yellow with poor paint, but nearly rust free since it has been in texas all its life and stored indoor since '84. I look forward to starting on this project and learning all I can from the members here.
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Thanks for the warm welcome everyone. I haven't really tried too hard to free up the engine yet. I have a couple of other projects to get on the road, mainly my '74 Alfa GTV, but the Pantera is next.

Clint - I live in Richardson, I have an engine shop in Garland where the car lives.

Excuse the mess in the pic, we were re-arranging stuff.

The car lived some of it's time in a auto shop where the employees didn't take too much care, so it has some dings, overspray etc. The plan is to first get it back runnign and driving then a repaint in the original orange color.

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ItalFord, That is my dad's car. He bought it a couple of years ago. It is a '77 with the euro bumper conversion. After about 100 miles of enjoying it, the water pump died and unlike a Pantera, there is no access to it without removing the whole thing. After removing the drivetrain he has decided to do some minor cosmetic restoration in the engine compartment.

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