Ring Brothers Pantera sells for $300K

I saw a 21,000 mile 71 go for $79,000 last night, and I saw someone posted on FB one went for $123,000 earlier today. But $300K for the Ring Brothers built car, that is unreal!
Jeff

I bet it costs more than $300k to build.

I wonder what his plans are for the car? Hopefully he will be driving it and not just let it sit somewhere...

I bet his plans are to rip out the interior and throw it away...

I guess that's one way to get around buying rust buckets he's been known to do. I think he should slap that big Monkey logo on the hood.

That's still not a Pantera.

When interviewed, he said he wanted it from the moment he saw it at SEMA. And that the only thing he didn't like was the fact it has two different colored seats (?)

Said he could not make it himself for that price so probably will do some burnouts and flip it to the next owner.

They also bid on the black F40 they built and sold to Reggie Jackson for nearly $1M only to see Reggie reluctantly resell it to some guy for under $600K.

You wonder really who is making money and loosing money at Barrett Jackson. For sure Craig Jackson must sleep well at night :-)

[quote]Hopefully he will be driving it and not just let it sit somewhere...[/quot

I saw it up close and personal at Laguna Seca last August.

I feel a car is a sum of its parts. When everything is harmonious and in sync with itself, THAT is when a car speaks to me.

The Ring Brothers "Pantera" is a mis-mash of design elements, that IMHO do not play well with each other. While the car is certainly (in some aspects but not all) well executed, it no longer retains any of what makes a Pantera a Pantera.

Personally, I hope he DOES "let it sit somewhere".

Where it can soon be forgotten.

Larry

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I bet his plans are to rip out the interior and throw it away...

Why stop with just the interior?

He will most likely re-paint it flat black LOL

How aggressive was bidding from others? Whenever I see something involving a TV personality I assume it is a pre-negotiated thing for the show and not based in reality (despite being for reality TV).

It is still nice to see any Pantera show up in my Facebook feed. People were posting about the $77k orange car as well.

There were multiple bidders up to $270K. At that point, Richard Rawlings decided to scare off the other bidders by jumping the high bid by $30K; to $300K. It worked because the other bidders dropped out.

What was even more interesting was 2015 Shelby Mustang GT350-R, serial #1, sold for one million dollars! The car was donated by Ford and all proceeds went to the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation.

I know some bash the styling, but I think the Ring Brothers car has exposed a lot of people to the Pantera. I am happy every time it shows up in my Facebook feed.

I saw that million dollar Shelby Mustang GT350. Amazing.

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Originally posted by RobertVegas:
I know some bash the styling, but I think the Ring Brothers car has exposed a lot of people to the Pantera. I am happy every time it shows up in my Facebook feed.

I saw that million dollar Shelby Mustang GT350. Amazing.

Don't forget that dependent upon the buyer's tax positioning, a certain percentage of the cost of the purchase price can/will be a charitable tax deduction.

For those in high taxable income situations a very lucrative way to purchase a car...Mark

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Originally posted by Mark Charlton:
to Richard Rawlings from Dallas-based Gas Monkey Garage.

He must be a big Ring Brothers fan!

Has Gas Monkey ever built anything nice?
I've only watched the show a couple times and it all looks like Shake-N-Bake.
A friend of mine calls the two guys Earl and Shives.