Pantera #3671 - Can it or should it be saved ?

Seen that Pantera this morning, my thought was good price for a project Pantera. However after looking at the pictures I concluded that the car wouldn't even be good for parts. Well maybe the 351C would work as a core but I bet the ZF is trash.

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Can it or should it be saved?

Only if your name is Johnny Woods (who's got mad-skills) and you have nothing else to do with your time and money.

Someone get the VIN and list it as destroyed

17,000 original miles?
Sure.....and a little old lady drove it only on Sundays. The problem appears to be that she parked it in a tank of salt water.

Vaya con Dios El Pantera.

Another one bites the dust. Or should i say bites the RUST. Definitely a parts car. Chuck

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Definitely a parts car. Chuck

What parts could be saved ? It appears that death by rust has attacked every piece of sheet metal.

...13 Bids! Desperate Dreamers!! I'll just wave My 'Magic Wand' and everything will be Unicorns, Rainbows and Fairies dancing on the Lawn...

Some person will pay too much (any amount is too much IMO) for this car, dump a bunch of $$ and at some point realize it is still and always will be a POS.

This individual and all of his friends will be spreading the word about the junk Panteras. The car needs to be stripped of any usable parts (glass etc.) and sadly crunched into a cube.
RIP #03671

My heart goes out to that poor Pantera.

Michael

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What parts could be saved ?

Chrome bumpers, though they probably need work if not also rusted through or too thin.

Suspension pieces, steering rack,interior pieces, gauges?, steering wheel looks remarkably in good condition,glass, lights, cowl grills,exterior chrome?, seats, and the ashtray.

And the dropped floorpan upgrade has partially been done already.

About five bidders have got it above reserve. This is a sad thing, to be sure.

Probably not enough parts $$ to break even by totally parting it out.

I've heard of 'barn finds' but pulled from the bottom of the ocean ?? !!

Shows how vulnerable our cars really are.
Oh well another one gone.
Or great project for a high school or a technical college, you sure would learn the trades rebuilding that !

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Originally posted by v8capri:
I've heard of 'barn finds' but pulled from the bottom of the ocean ?? !!

Shows how vulnerable our cars really are.
Oh well another one gone.
Or great project for a high school or a technical college, you sure would learn the trades rebuilding that !

I agree with your statement about how rust prone a Pantera can be, but this looks like a car that has seen some winter driving in salt country and then was parked in some field or junk yard after it was unsafe to drive anymore. I can't believe anyone would even consider trying to rebuild this car and I question the value of it as a parts car at the current bid price. It looks like the front fender near the rusted out headlite bucket has a thick layer of Bondo. At least the seller is not trying to hide the condition of the car, but I would hate to see what the underside of this thing looks like.

I would like to believe that if someone is willing to spend over $10K on that pile of junk, then it has to make a good Pantera worth a lot more than the current market value seems to be now.

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I would like to believe that if someone is willing to spend over $10K on that pile of junk, then it has to make a good Pantera worth a lot more than the current market value seems to be now.

I agree. There are drivable cars available for a fraction of what it would cost to bring that one back from the dead.

I've put over $15K into my car, it was a great car when I bought it. Heck, I still have a long list of little things I want to fix/modify/change.

R.

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Originally posted by RobertVegas:

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I would like to believe that if someone is willing to spend over $10K on that pile of junk, then it has to make a good Pantera worth a lot more than the current market value seems to be now.

I agree. There are drivable cars available for a fraction of what it would cost to bring that one back from the dead.

I've put over $15K into my car, it was a great car when I bought it. Heck, I still have a long list of little things I want to fix/modify/change.

R.

I believe the final bid on this car was $17,877.00 and it doesn't make any sense to me. The seller was not trying to hide anything on this car. Perhaps the idea that doing a total restoration on a car and perhaps doing a lot of custom work would be just as easy on a junker as on a good car, but all of that rust repair can't make it worth the effort or expense.

I just heard of a Pantera selling for $32k in Tucson Arizona, but I don't know anything about this car or the condition it was in. I doubt it could even come close to being as bad as this E-Bay car.

Well, if the buyer just completed the Johhny Woods "I can do all of that by myself" crash course in self taught restoration, steel fabrication, junkyard machine rebuilding, electronics, custom interiors, body and paint - then maybe it's worth $17k!

or for $25,100 you could of had a nicely upgraded pushbutton. Someone got a great deal!

http://tinyurl.com/43hoh3


John

I would only buy a car like that if I was going to do a highly modified GT4 restomod. But the point still stands...you would be massively upside down. Better to just buy a Diablo or Ferrari 355.

Flame suit on. :-)

R.