Taking wing off

Robert,

Yep, I'm running #9178 without wing, although I have contemplated putting it on a few times.

I think Peter Havlik has his GT5 with some custom hole plugs so he can switch easily depending on his mood.

Here are a few flared Panteras without wings. It's a bitchen look! My favorites are Laslo's Pantera, Does200's Pantera, the orange Euro Pantera with the great styling, and the winged silver Pantera (yes, it's got a wing, but it's understated (no wanna-be Countach wing).

Anyway, I know that most of these are not GT5 Panteras, but they were too nice not to post!

Thanks guys, that is the most useful thread EVER!

Julian, pretty soon you and I won't be able to go to the same functions because our cars will match.

R.

Who is the owner of the orange car?

Wow - what a bitchen collection of great looking cars! Yeah Jeff, that orange car is real sweet.

Here is one from Holland that has the nicest wheel wells I have ever seen.

http://www.carcommunity.net/hollandoverdrive2005/pages/DSCN1837.html

That's the same car as the one Jeff is referring to. As David points out, its the mistress of a European gentleman. Roland knows the owner, I'll bet Franz does as well.

cowboy from hell

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Originally posted by Joules5:
I think Peter Havlik has his GT5 with some custom hole plugs so he can switch easily depending on his mood.

Well, not exactly custom. They are little black plastic plugs from NAPA that I paid maybe a couple of bucks for. They just pop into the holes so as to cover them when the wing is off. The key thing is to pad the underside of the wing struts so they do not scratch the paint underneath when you put the wing on. I just used felt for that.

The Lamborghini orange pantera belongs too Tassilo Süss from Germany. I have seen it before and after the make over and he did a great job. It's all custom work and it really works well and makes sence proportionally when you look at it.

More pics of it in the photogallery on www.pantera.ch

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Originally posted by RobertVegas: As a bonus, I might have fewer people ask "is that a Lamborghini?" Of course, they would just ask "is that a Lotus" instead. Heh. R.

I had some guy take a photo of my car in Calgary a while back, and post it on Flickr. Someone then posted the comment that, without the wing, it looked like a Jalpa. That really hurt my feelings.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/24227833@N00/21852797/

I personally like the wing on a GT5. It just belongs. I even like the way the US front bumper looks on them.

Michael

But the wing is functional. It helps hold the deck lid down if your latch breaks cause it is heavy. It gives your wife a place to wrap Christmas Presnts on. It can hold a whole picnic worth of food and beverage. It gives hot chicks a place to safely sit when you take pictures of them in their bathing suits. I mean a wing is just plain practical.

DeTom, you are right about the wing being functional. If I remove it from the car I may want to mount it to something else. It would probably look good on my Jetta!

R.

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I had some guy take a photo of my car in Calgary a while back, and post it on Flickr. Someone then posted the comment that, without the wing, it looked like a Jalpa.

No way! There are similarities, but the Jalpa couldn't hold a candle to the sleek sexy lines of the Pantera. The Jalpa looks like a pimped-up Lotus Esprit or a poor kit car.

Thanks for the complement on the cranberry Group 4. I think any of the wide bodies look good with or without wing. But somehow wing on a stock body tends to looks a little out of place to me. Nice collection of wide body shots you posted. Some more here:

With wing:
http://rides.webshots.com/album/548454753mfJySa

Without wing:
http://rides.webshots.com/album/560685916qBrObR

I ended up taking the wing off for three days to see how I liked it.

I loved the way it looked for the first hour. It seemed to simplify and clean up the car. And I was able to see out the rear view mirror!

But, alas, as I looked at it over the next few days the car started looking bottom heavy from the back...with the 365s on 14" wide wheels it just looked like a steam roller.

So, the experiment is over and the wing is back on.

Also, thanks for posting the Jalpa picture. I was watching the second season of Miami Vice last night and when my wife commented "that car looks like a junky Pantera" I was able to tell her what kind of car it was in an offhand manner that suggested that I have know that forever.

R.

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I was watching the second season of Miami Vice last night and when my wife commented "that car looks like a junky Pantera" I was able to tell her what kind of car it was in an offhand manner that suggested that I have know that forever.

The next time you're watching Miami Vice with your wife and they use the white Testarossa, let her know that it's really a Pantera in all the "real" driving scenes because the delicate Testarossa couldn't take the punishment.
http://www.banzairunnerpantera.com/movie_miamivice.htm

She'll surely be impressed!

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Originally posted by garth66:
The next time you're watching Miami Vice with your wife and they use the white Testarossa, let her know that it's really a Pantera in all the "real" driving scenes because the delicate Testarossa couldn't take the punishment.

She'll surely be impressed!

"Is that true, 'cause if it is....... I don't know how to react!?"

Michael

Mark, I have a piece of shiny glass that hangs down from the room of my car, but I think the glass is bad...everything in it is fuzzy, almost like there is an earthquake. Must be the sound of my exhaust shaking the road behind me.

Garth, we are having fun watching Miami Vice from the beginning. If we don't lose interest, we should be hitting the Testerossa in season three (I think). Then I will tell her all about it.

R.

Michael - believe it or not, my wife is enough of a car-girl that that I don't feel like a dork telling her that sort of trivia.

She is 28, drives a Porsche 911, knows more about cars than you would expect and likes going to Ferrari and Porsche club events. I think I will keep her.

R.

Robert, I am not familiar with any tires 365 wide. Was that a typo ? If they are real, I want some. Please shed some light on these tires. Jim

Typo - 345. Sorry.

I always say 365 and then realize, no, that is the number of days in a year.

I would get 365s if they were available. My tires stretch a bit to fit on my 14" wide wheels. Why did they even make those things??

R.