*Car is SOLD* 1972 Pantera flat deck, less than 5000 miles. *Had sat in storage for more than twenty years. At least this is what I was told. Have now, since listing here, found out it was a "Flood" car with a salvage title. I received the vehicle with a clear Georgia Title. It currently has a clear NY Title.
I purchased it 14 years ago in the summer and put in storage over the winter. Had a heart attack the following spring and car was left in storage for a few years with only minor things being done to it. New rubber hoses and tuneup, etc. Firing it up ever once in a while to hear the rumble and smell the fumes. Life took priority and I finally got back to the Pantera many years later and made it road worthy enough to get it inspected and do some test driving. My older brother actually got to come to my place and we went for the first test drive together. He and I were very much into each others project cars. I wanted to make sure the transmission was good before tearing the motor down to do a rebuild. We put 35 miles on it and it ran pretty good. God, that was fun !
So I pulled the motor and tore it down. One cylinder had pitting from moisture and had to have a sleeve installed. Minor pitting in some other cylinders caused me to have the engine bored .030 over and I installed a Scat 408 balanced stroker kit . Found a good pair of closed chamber heads and sent them to the machine shop for a rebuild. New hardened seats, 351W seals, stainless valves, new bronze valve guides, Chevy big block bee hive springs, Scorpion pedestal mount roller rockers, 3/8" push rods. Cam is a custom grind spec'd by George Pence. Designed for the street.
Camshaft Spec:
Grinder: Bullet Racing Cams of Olive Branch, Mississippi
Telephone (662) 893-5670
Engine: Ford 351 Cleveland, 4V cylinder heads
Hydraulic flat tappet camshaft
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Intake Lobe: #HF275/328 (CRA, designed for Ford 0.875 tappets)
Intake lobe mathematic centerline = 112° ATDC
Exhaust Lobe: #H287/3283 (CRA)
Exhaust lobe mathematic centerline = 116° BTDC
114° lobe separation angle (camshaft degrees)
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Exhaust valve opening = 79.5° BBDC
Intake valve opening = 25.5° BTDC
53° overlap
Exhaust valve closing = 27.5° ATDC
Intake valve closing = 69.5° ABDC
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275° advertised intake lobe duration
223° intake lobe duration at 0.050"
Intake lobe hydraulic intensity = 52
0.567" theoretical intake valve lift (1.73 rocker ratio)
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287° advertised exhaust lobe duration
235° exhaust lobe duration at 0.050"
Exhaust lobe hydraulic intensity = 52
0.568" theoretical exhaust valve lift (1.73 rocker ratio)
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Intake is a quad Weber 48 (Hall intake manifold). I also have a Blue Thunder Pantera manifold with holley carb.
Exhaust is a 180 deg header setup. I have Ansa exhaust and headers also. Big bore exhaust and headers.
Wheels are matched 8" and 10".
A lot of uninstalled boxed extras.
Aluminum radiator, stainless pipes, most of Pantera electronic add-ons, low profile headlight kit, etc.
My brother passed away un-expectantly and I lost interest in the car. Been sitting as is since with engine out of the car. Fuel tank is out as I was in the process of installing a side fueler kit I picked up.
Car looks a lot better in the photos then it does in person. Paint is old faded and cracked in places. The front passenger fender has some bondo in it above the wheel opening. Car looks solid but is a project car. I did not find any high water marks on the car to make me suspect it was a flood car. Looked again after this fact was revealed to me. In light of this information I will be lowering my price. Not going to break even on this one.
Recently retired due to health obviously.
Was asking $60k now asking for $40k
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