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Hi all, 2nd post and some history and pictures of Blue #6007.

This rust free time machine was relocated from my Dad's garage in SoCal to mine in Seattle this past February. What started as trip planning to visit him and see the NHRA Pomona Winternational's ended with "bring your trailer". He's a Hot Rod Ford street racer from the late 50's who moved to Porsche's, Pantera's and another rare US/Euro hybrid, Jensen Interceptor III.

His first Pantera was a Yellow L bought new in Downey, CA, (Sachs & Sons iirc) in 1973 for $10k. Getting dropped off for 7th & 8th grade in that car was awesome. Only mod was the rare Peter Revson front air-dam. Sadly a couple years later the car was rear ended by a drunk at 40mph. His head busted the rear glass and neck problems today point to that event. Car was wrecked badly front and rear, repaired and quickly sold... VIN # unknown.

Forward to 1977 he bought an Orange L with balanced and blue printed motor, after market carb & manifold (iirc). I use to sneak that car out at 16 to cruise the boulevard. VIN # unknown but the blue CA license plate was "251 LIC".

#6007 was purchased in February 2002 from Mike Mayberry. Original owner in Woodland Hills had passed away and the car sat for 16 years I was told. March 2002 it was dropped off at Hall Pantera for a full mechanical restoration. Included were upgraded / refreshed suspension with adjustable Coil-Overs, front / rear sways, PBR F/R brake calipers with braided lines, Halls radiator upgrade with new plumping, GT4 front hood vents, "street mini-brute" motor upgrade, ZF refresh, A/C upgrade moving everything from the rear and lots of little things.

Being a long time Porsche racer with SCCA I forgot how bad@ss mildly tuned V8's can be. This car is a fantastic cruiser with gobs of torque and makes all the right noises. Pantera's were a big part of my childhood and now I'm the care taker of this classic beauty. It's a matching #'s car except the engine. Gary Hall said it was a late Ford Motorsports racing block

I've registered the car on Provamo with pictures and Marti Report.

Lyall

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Thanks Rob & David.

Rob, I read your restoration posts, fantastic work and details! I have lots of pictures I need to scan that Gary Hall took while freshening the car up 14 years ago. I'll post those when I get to it.

I was ready to buy Campy clones, store the 15's and run wider modern street rubber to replace the 14 year old BFG's. Instead I decided to keep it stock-ish and replaced the 205/60R15 front & 275/60R15 rears with 205/60R15 & 255/60R15's BFG TA's. Found this size setup searching this site and I'm pleased with the period correct look.

So, while in my custody I'm committed to retain and maintain #6007 as it sits today.

Tough decision for me, I can't keep anything stock. I converted a perfect 1982 Porsche 930 Turbo into a 2450lb. flame shooting, GT3 stomping track monster many years ago. At least I kept all the parts & interior bits!

Lyall

Update time...

Been dealing with hard starting and idle issues past couple of years. Was certain the old Holley 600cfm 4160 80457-2 Hall Pantera installed during the 2002 refresh was the problem.  This carb had a re-manufacturing tag on it from 2001.

Decided to replaced it with a cheap $250 delivered Holley rebuilt polished aluminum 600cfm Street Warrior 4160-80457SA.  Jetting was identical with a small power valve difference, original PV was 125-65 vs. replacements 125-85.

Almost bolt on...  Started right up and idled almost perfectly.  Only tuning was getting the accelerator pump armature to engage sooner. It's almost perfect now but I'll probably change the accelerator pump cam since I'm out of adjustment and have a tiny dead spot going from idle to power. Other than that the car is dreamy.

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POCA / Panteras North West organized a group to attend “Exotics at Redmond Town Center” Saturday June 22nd.  We had that day open so I started Blue #6007 up first time this year last Thursday to shake it down. All was well so I cleaned it up and Saturday at 7:30am met the small group at a pre-staging lot nearby.

We ended up having Red, White, Blue and Black and that’s the order they parked us.  A yellow Pantera was parked ahead of us, must not be a POCA member so he didn’t get the memo.

Great venue and well organized. Here's some pictures, enjoy!

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