Restoration Of 1971 Pantera #2881

Left rear suspension unit.

Nice rear..

Drivers side shot.

looks terrific, Danno

Dan, I love the color you chose, looks good, great work. George

Looks GREAT Dan, the suspension almost looks too nice to drive her! Note I said ALMOST. Great Job.
Mark 6808

Looks great Dan. Aren't you glad you kept her?

Really appreciate the compliments guys and yes Im glad I kept her. After ripping all my hair out I decided on 2005 GT40 dark metallic blue.The colors a little hard to see without the sunlight. The sun really brings out the fine metallic and body lines of the car.Up to now I still have the original 17,000 mile engine and tranny on the side. Haven't decided to install a beast or the stocker.

Thanks everyone again,

Dan

Are you kidding and get it dirty?

Dan

Fantastic work Danno. I know you can't go far without the wheels, but I could look at that suspension for a long time.

Thanks Deeb, when the weather was nice I used to sleep out in the garage and stair at her!

Dan

OH. MY. GOSH. That looks terrific. I'm a newcomer here so I've missed what I'm certain was/is a long build-up to this point.

I'm with the Cowboy on that color choice - I'm partial to blues, greens and the darker the better. The GT40 color was an inspired choice.

Keep it up. We're cheering for you!

Thanks, your right it takes a lot of money and time and more time to do restorations like myself and many others like Comp2 is now doing.Seems more and more restorations are now happening to the Panteras.All good...Glad you like the color. It was almost blue then yellow then white then back finally to blue.

Dan

that blue is perfect. you should call it bitchen-blue!

John

Thanks John, that "blue bitch" cleaned out my wallet and now sits their telling me she needs more for a big Dart Windsor stroker!Go fiqure!!

Dan,

Don't you know that the purse always has to match the shoes....

I really have no idea how that applies here, but it was the only thing that I could come up with....sorry, I got noth'n.

John

Don't worry I know what you mean.Your among friends...

Dan

VERY, VERY NICE DANNO, i hope my suspension comes out as nice as yours !!, thats next on my list.........all the time and money definately shows!, and is DEFINATELY WORTH IT !!!!..............congrats !.........DAVE

Dave thanks, really appreciate it. Its been a long road to get it to this stage.Lots and lots of time and yes money. Always money! I hope to have some additional pictures of the body next week. The guy who did the paint and body work did a really spectacular job. It was suppose to take him 2 months well 8 months later...Hopefully the new pictures will show off the body a little better.Pin glass straight.
It also has a really strange optical illusion to it. When you look into the paint you see yourself and everything around you.It has this dark deep depth to it.

Again appreciate it,

Dan

Danno,

I just put 2 and 2 together ..this is the car from LI that you were selling .. looks great ..and nice color ..happy to see you completed it.. nice job.

Ron

Thanks Ron,looks like your at where I was a little less than 3 yrs ago.A lot of full restorations going on.

Dan

quote:

Originally posted by Danno:
Thanks John, that "blue bitch" cleaned out my wallet and now sits their telling me she needs more for a big Dart Windsor stroker!Go fiqure!!

I bought the engine and now I wish I could afford your paint. Looks great!

LOL funny you spoke about burnout .. for some reason I was at the same point..got the car mostly disaasembled and had to back off and gather mythoughts .. now feel very motivated .. as you said therapy.

Ron

Rear engine compartment..

Beautiful work. The color certainly suits the car. I really like the rear upper control arm setup.

Blaine

Thanks Blaine, it seems we have a lot more in common than just the car.Thanks for noticing the details.

Left front suspension unit....

Danno, is that firewall removable?

Gary

Gary, its one of those few details I haven't brought myself to do. That is cut it out with a dremel and make it removeable. Its something that I plan on doing in the near future.What I have left to do is undercoat the car, hook up the brake/clutch and coolant lines and string up the electrical harness in the engine compartment.That pretty much covers the rolling chassis.Decided a break was in order..

Weel the firewall in front of the gas tank looks like it is removable; held in by screws.

Understand about the break!

Gary

Sorry misunderstood your post.I thought you meant the bulge in the leather interior panel. The 2 firewall panels are removeable. I made up some templets and had a race shop make up the panels in satin aluminum. Between them I have DEI fireproof sound deadner.I also used it on the gas tank itself.The stainless steel gas tank shield goes over the stock shield. Making the gas tank blessed 3x from heat.

Dan

Front 5 core laydown 2 13" dual sucker fan radiator setup.

The interior.