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Nice video. A lot of cool tech in that car!
Congrats, Shad!
It's a truly extraordinary car, but is it still a Pantera?
It has neither an engine, nor a transmission, nor suspension, nor steering, nor brakes, nor a Pantera interior, it only has the general exterior appearance of a Pantera.
Happy Americans who can transform a car to this extent and have the right to drive it on public roads.
Very interesting car! A lot of cool engineering went into it! Sounds great and goes like crazy….
But I would say that there is no Pantera! There is not a single Pantera specific part you can take from my car - or, I would argue, any Pantera on this forum - that would be a replacement part for this car!
The amount of modifications removed everything that was Pantera!
Still, a very cool car!
I disagree with many of my critics and this car is a good example of why.
On a scale of sane to crazy, I rate only the slightest bump in the crazy direction by comparison.
I almost make sense...sometimes.
Shad's car is outrageous and simply in a class all by itself.
@panteradoug posted:Shad's car is outrageous and simply in a class all by itself.
This is exactly the correct statement!
It holds it’s own and that very well!
Just watched the video again and there was one thing he said…. how the DeTomaso Pantera could have been today if the company would have continued…
I was looking at the car with the wrong mindset!
comparing this car to what I have…
WRONG!!
it would be like comparing a ‘71 Mustang to a 2024 Mustang….
Once again, I have to make a mark in the calendar - A day I was wrong - June26 2024
Many of us got to see Shad's car at Palooza. I ended up parking next to him at the Quarantine Cruise the next day. Nice guy and nice car.
The amount of fab work is mind blowing when you see it in person.
I thought it was said in the video that he no longer considered it a Pantera, due to the extensive modifications….
I also have to point out that there was more emotion and crying in that video than any car video I have ever seen…
….unless it’s the Pantera owners WATCHING the Ring Brothers car video!
😎
Rocky
I'm about to cry.
It’s a mixed bag….
Cool and sad at the same time!
as @panteradoug stated:
“Shad's car is outrageous and simply in a class all by itself.”
i am torn both ways as you can tell but at least I think we agree that it is one hell of a car he put together regardless what you want to call it…
when I put the Powersteering in my car and was cutting under the dashboard, my right eye was twitching….
This car does have its place in the Pantera community regardless of the viewpoint…” it’s all in the eye of the beholder…”
Some cry , some are drooling…. But we are all losing liquid.. 😭🤤
I love the "muffin tin" grilles! I'd be curious to know why he decided to swap the ZF trans for a Graziano. I don't believe the Graziano is more durable and it's quite a bit larger. I'm not being critical; just curious.