quote:Originally posted by PLT-1:
Just fantastic work... If I had that seat, I would have to build a car for it. Nice work, really nice...
Suddenly I feel like building a gasser...lol...
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What ?... You guys don't let your dog on the couch ?...lol...
quote:Originally posted by Fearless Shifr:
My other cars, 2003Ferrari, 1936 Chevy Pro Street, 1956 T Bird restro mod, 1951 Hudson restro mod, 1972 Pantera Pre L
quote:Originally posted by Simon:quote:Originally posted by Fearless Shifr:
My other cars, 2003Ferrari, 1936 Chevy Pro Street, 1956 T Bird restro mod, 1951 Hudson restro mod, 1972 Pantera Pre L
the pictures dont come up
Are road legal cars allowed to be left hand drive in Aus?quote:Originally posted by AussieFalcon:
G'day All,
My name is Jesse, Im a new member from Australia and I just wanted to say Hello! While I don't own a Pantera my current project car does have a Cleveland engine, it's an Australian 1972 Ford Fairmont you may recognise the body shape from the mad max movies. Anyhow, it's a work in progress, Im building the engine as a basic 410 stroker, with CHI 3V heads and dual plain intake. I look forward to getting to know some of you and learning more about Panteras, cheers,
Jesse
My other cars include my two daily driver Jaguars, an X100 2002 XKR convertible and an X150 2010 XKR coupe, a 1968 Pontiac GTO currently being restored, a 1978 Datsun 280Z (owned since new), a 1958 Corvette (currently being restomodded and destined for my son), and a 2016 Lincoln MKX Black Label (wife's daily driver).
I was never lucky enough to get the Pantera I wanted, and have no more garage space.........But have two GT4's one 1974 Euro #409 & one 75 US model #410!!
ROBERTGARVEN This is my third visit to the thread, to view your garage photo!
Since I'm here I may as well contribute.
2003 10th Anniversary Edition Mustang SVT Cobra
500 HP and TQ at the wheels, which comes on at a low RPM due to the factory roots style blower. Sadly just sold it. Yet not so sad since I can now concentrate on the Goose.
6233 ‘s new stablemate
garth66 posted:Definitely some nice rides in everyone's stables! Here are a few of mine...
66 Mustang GT, currently in the body shop for new paint to return to stock vintage burgundy color.
Prior to being stripped:
Current updated pic of my 66 GT. Still need to reassemble the interior.
Garth, your Mustang is beautiful! Here’s to many happy miles!!🍺
1986 911 Targa 24,000 orig miles
Mint condition!
1991
11k original miles!
This one I don’t get to put enough miles on.
The 88 BMW 325is was a ground up rebuild with reinforced and lowered suspension goodies. It's a solid car but not real pretty as I didn't do a full respray. The 78 Porsche 911SC is in great shape. I added/repaired the AC earlier this year which makes for enjoyable highway trips now. The Ducati doesn't get much use and may have to go to a new home soon.
NSX for the fast and twisty drives, Interceptor convertible for the comfortable cruises on a nice day.
Hey guys
In regards to posting pictures, many of you older members complained about uploading pictures in the past. We are operating on "up to date" software now, pictures are easier to upload. I encourage you all to upload pictures as much as possible. But please, lets keep the forums "looking" as good as possible. Don't muck them up. Please do a complete job of posting your photos.
I'm sure some of you guys have noticed that your posts don't look as good as those of others. That's because some of you are skipping one or both of the last two steps.
First, after uploading your pictures, insert them into the post body …
and then … second ... please collapse the attachment box.
(and by the way, Shawn, your NSX is gorgeous)
Thank You
Nice Jensen!
I have one, but it’s a saloon. Really classy cars.
Rocky
rocky posted:Nice Jensen!
I have one, but it’s a saloon. Really classy cars.
Rocky
I know you do Rocky as I see you post on JOC site frequently as well! Looks like we have similar tastes. I’ve even been looking for XJS for awhile.
My English car with an English engine ..... which comes from an American engine
My English toy with a German engine, 600 kg, 180 HP:
Very nice TVR. I always liked the look of those, John Travolta ha ha.
1986 911 Targa
24,000 Original miles!
Fully documented
Another pic
2008 CLS63 AMG with P30 ( AMG Performance Package ) which among things does not limit the top speed, ( 185 MPH ) 507 HP and many Factory upgrades over standard AMG
Another AMG. My C63S.
Brutally quick with 507 ponies!
2012 CTS v Coupe
1932 Ford 3 window coupe
1936 Plymouth full custom
1932 Ford Roadster
1977 Datsun 280z
1934 Ford Truck
OK ..You Win !
I’ve been building cars for 35+ years.
My Pantera’s garage companion...
My '68 GTO came out of the paint booth a couple of days ago. Its body off restoration finally coming to completion soon. This is my favorite car design of all time. 52 years ago, in high school, I would draw pictures of it to keep me awake through 3 years of boredom. Kept the rebuild pretty stock with the exception of adding disc brakes to all 4 wheels and going from 14" to 17" wheels and tires. Chose some gold wheels against the Verduro Green that still look classic for the era. Hood and hood tachometer get painted tomorrow, then a race to put the engine back together and put the interior back in. Though it handles like a Cadillac limousine, I can barely contain myself waiting to cruise around in it, just love the design. More pictures when it's put together and out in the sunshine.
Here’s my “new to me” 1971 TVR 2500M.
It is a very unique, early car.... it may be a prototype, as it predates the “officially accepted” 2500M series.
These cars created quite a stir with their early advertising campaign at the Earl’s Court Motor Show!
Martin Lilly was the first person ever to put beautiful women and beautiful cars together for marketing purposes, and the future was forged....
Congrats Rocky! I love those TVR's!
A Griffith was one of the cars I considered in the pre-Pantera days. I had know of three and all three got crashed with the drivers killed.
I was just recently reconsidering but the wife would never accept the naked girl on the roof.
I like that color blue.
Doug...
Might need some advice if I ever decide to mess with those Weber’s!!!
(Actually... the PO says they were all professionally dialed in, and the car runs well, with the exception of a cough/stutter if you try and lug the engine... My initial game plan is to avoid that operating condition in the future...)
Rocky
The carbs themselves are not very difficult to deal with.
What complicates things is the nature of IR manifolds on various engine combinations.
A 4, 6, 8, 10 and 12 cylinder are all going to have different power pulse patterns through the intake manifold.
The 8 can't be fixed and you can only compromise on it to make the reversion acceptable. The Pantera having the room available over the top of the stacks helps. You can use taller stacks to keep the cloud in the carbs.
This reversion phenomena really only happens with a carburetor and not an individual stack fuel injection system.
Nude women around the car cause similar nearly impossible conditions. Even clothed ones can sometimes as well.
The sad thing is that the car almost always can be restored. Not so the girl.
Best of luck with the new toy. The car that is.
Marc, Seriously? You give us just one simple picture and that's it? Need more! The older one looks like its got some serious mods.
My 2020 GT500 being used as a lead/follow car at the Inde Motorsports Ranch Pantera event this month.
This baby has A BMW motor used by Morgan!
Been building this for a long time. Stock for the wife to drive. Its been a learning experience. I have more appreciation for things this old. 1939 ford pickup, flathead V8.
Just one of my stable: Y2000 GTM Libra. One of two known with a CVT trans
This is my 440 6 pack 1970 Cuda 500 hp to the ground
Love a good Butt shot
Some of the herd out grazing
86 911
What is that yellow car under the yellow Pantera?
gt40
Oh, how stupid can I be?
Some of the herd grazing
@Adam, out standing in their field...
1973 TR6. purchased 1985 . drove a few years. left under shed decades till about 3 years ago, got it running again.
Blog on Triumph Forum https://www.triumphexp.com/jou...R6-CF111630.4934/toc
Good looking car, Joe!
Where do you live DoNotLift? That looks like East Beach in Santa Barbara.
My 2020 Shelby GT500 with a pack of Panteras following. Inde Motorsports Ranch Pantera track event 2021.
Looks like:
Gil
Larry B ?
Dave A
Neighbors
Jerry
Me
Kevin
Bill
JB ?
Cool picture…. Fun event!
I would like to get one of those at some point.
@scifi Sure, paid approx the equivalent of 14.000 USD (in Sweden), it had about 110.000 km (ca 70.000 miles) on the odometer. Car was originally sold in Canada, so it conveniently has the km per h/ km units. Aftermarket Shelby wheels, although a bit too big for my taste at 20". Will be looking at 18" Bullitt style wheels, in a staggered setup. Anyway, a pretty fun car - with a backseat! 
I picked up a Cleveland companion for the Pantera on the weekend. 1970 Mach 1 351 4v FMX auto. Rare color combo 
of Bright Gold with White interior. It came with the original engine and trans. Of course that's not what's in the car. A stroked 381 with a Don Hampton 6-71 blower attached to a TCI prepped C6. I will be pulling and selling the current driveline and returning the car to more stock.
Time for an update...
66 Mustang GT Fastback - All back together with lots of new miles - mildly built 289, subframe connectors, 4-wheel disc brakes, EPAS power steering, Classic Auto Air HVAC system, Global West front suspension, rack & pinion steering, Shelby/Traction Master under-rider traction bars, etc.
1970 Mach 1 Mustang - Current state. Rebuilt engine is currently in the Pantera while the Pantera engine was being rebuilt. Gotta swap them soon so I get the original numbers-matching engine back into the Pantera. I have a ton of NOS parts to rebuild the Mach 1
Modena CalSpyder - Factory built California Spyder replica (same cars used in Ferris Bueller's Day Off) built in 1991. It's a very high quality replica built on a custom tube chassis. These things have become collectible in their own right. They are very well engineered cars with a rigid multi tube spaceframe chassis designed by Indy car designer Bob Webb. And the GRP bodywork is strengthened by a steel cowl brace and steel door inners. They are not copies of a Ferrari California Spyder - not a single mold was taken off of a Ferrari. The Modena CalSpyder is an original design with styling influences and inspiration from period Ferrari, Maserati, and Alfa spyders.
Mine is currently a disassembled shell. I think the nose is too long - they match the Ferrari LWB wheelbase spec, but have the styling elements of the SWB California Spyders. I'm planning to shorten the wheelbase to match the SWB wheelbase dimensions, and modify the body to make the car a more correct looking replica. Power will come from a 5 liter (4,996 cc's to be precise) Toyota 1GZ-FE v12.
2002 Toyota Tacoma - Nothing special, but a great little workhorse. Just wish it had more power!
2014 Jeep Grand Cherokee - Daily driver. Very impressed with the power and performance.
2019 Mazda CX5 - Surprisingly capable in the snow! One of the best AWD systems on the market - beat Subaru in a side by side test on snow and ice in different situations.
2000 Qvale Mangusta
Thanks D200, When I was a kid there were two cars I always wanted. I’ve had the Bronco for 30 years and the Pantera for 6 years. The dream came true! Glad I got them when I did, the prices for both have gone way up. 
