Panteras at Anaheim Mecum auction

Although I got to the Mecum auction, this afternoon, after the Group 4 silver Pantera had already ended its auction with the No Sale $40K top bid, I did get to see the car afterwards in the staging area. While an impressive car, there were areas of paint on the car that needed attention as well as the flared front fenders seemed much too large for the front wheels and tires; it was not proportioned properly, and I overheard others who were looking at the car making the same comment. Nevertheless, it is obviously worth well over the final $40K bid. The auction was certainly more well attended than the Barrett-Jackson event at the Orange County Fair Grounds of two years ago, when on Saturday afternoon there were very few bidders in attendance. Fun day looking at some great cars.

Just curious if anyone knows who owns the silver car and what caused the salvage title being place on it? Was it due to an accident, flood, etc. Thanks

Ben

Definately has the "Funny Car" look on the front flare/wheel combo. Must have the wrong offset on the front wheels. Otherwise a nice looking car.

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Originally posted by Jake:
Definately has the "Funny Car" look on the front flare/wheel combo. Must have the wrong offset on the front wheels. Otherwise a nice looking car.

Yes, probably just the offset. I did some photos of our Cars & Coffee, three group 4, and it seems these fenders are kind of big too but offset in front is out somewhat more I think: http://www.poca.com/index.php/gallery/?g2_itemId=3767

Personally, I think it's the mini (GTS) air dam that make it look odd in front. There is a car here with a GT5 kit. The owner installed the same mini air dam instead of GT5 air dam and the front looks the same : odd, out of proportion.