THPNPS07262 Why?

Sad to see it defaced. I bet the e-bay final price will reflect its aesthetics.

Can you please post the eBay auction ID? I could not find it on eBay.

One of the negatives of owning a Pantera is that they are cheap enough that people do not understand how special they are and do some pretty far out stuff to them. The good part is that every time someone trashes their Pantera with some dumb thing it makes each one of the survivors a little bit more valuable.

Mike

Link below.

The first picture in the listing is very misleading.

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors...?hash=item33568745d6

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One of the negatives of owning a Pantera is that they are cheap enough that people do not understand how special they are and do some pretty far out stuff to them. The good part is that every time someone trashes their Pantera with some dumb thing it makes each one of the survivors a little bit more valuable.

Mike, I feel cars like this bring down Pantera values because of public perception as a custom “kit” car. Not a wonderful blending of Italian style and Ford power.

Looks like the rust worms have been very busy on the passenger side wheel house. Makes you wonder why anyone would pay $2,201.00 for it.

Mike

Butchery. Not to mention the headlight mod significantly reduces the effectiveness of the headlights. I wonder if he butchers those Vettes he's working on? Looks like a '63 split window behind it and another mid-year back in the corner.

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One of the negatives of owning a Pantera is that they are cheap enough that people do not understand how special they are and do some pretty far out stuff to them. The good part is that every time someone trashes their Pantera with some dumb thing it makes each one of the survivors a little bit more valuable.

Mike, I feel cars like this bring down Pantera values because of public perception as a custom “kit” car. Not a wonderful blending of Italian style and Ford power.

I hear you! As a group we are probably too accepting of those that do non-de Tomaso stuff to their cars. I know that I tend to bite my tongue rather than telling someone they are a stupid fool and they should be thrashed for what they did to their Pantera. Just like your car and my car have GT5 hood vents. Hard to undo that type of stuff although it was a de Tomaso factory option that the factory would put on any car you took to the factory.

Mike

What front air dam is that?

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What front air dam is that?

Looks like a GT5 reproduction piece and the upper part that fits into the front fender flare is not very visible.

Mike

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Butchery. Not to mention the headlight mod significantly reduces the effectiveness of the headlights. I wonder if he butchers those Vettes he's working on? Looks like a '63 split window behind it and another mid-year back in the corner.

Yeah he is butchering that '63 Vette as well. Note the big block installed which requires notching the front cross member on 63-64's, and I believe I see an after market aluminum front suspension as well. Nothing is sacrid!

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What front air dam is that?

Looks like a GT5 reproduction piece and the upper part that fits into the front fender flare is not very visible.

Mike

It looks like a GT5 that (kinda) fits a non-flared L.

Looks like a fiberglassed conrete block to me....maybe the weight helps prevent front end lift

On a more serious note Larry Stock makes this style of air dam for a narrow body car. The fit looks bad as it's resting on the block at an angle and not afixed to the car.

Julian

Hi guys,
I was looking at this thread and found something kind of "Odd" If you look at the pictures posted on the E-Bay add, don't you think it kind of odd that the shot of the front of the motor shows Yellow paint? Well guess what? That is a picture that I posted here of my car when I did my Intake and Carb upgrade. See this thread and compare.

http://pantera.infopop.cc/eve/...=741103931#741103931

Scroll down, look and compare. That's my wife's green Oakland A's Flag that's in the picture to the left that you see out the passenger side window.
When my step son gets home I'll have him post the seller asking wherte he got that photo from. (He has an E-bay account)

So pass it on for buyers to beware of this one.

George

Bottom line, I believe this sell is a scam!

Buyers Beware!

George

I find it very deceptive that the main picture is also not the car for sale He does disclose this in the description but again he is using someone else’s car probably without their knowledge.

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When my step son gets home I'll have him post the seller asking where he got that photo from.

I just did that.

Another letter wouldn't hurt, though.

Larry

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That is a picture that I posted here of my car when I did my Intake and Carb upgrade

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That's my wife's green Oakland A's Flag that's in the picture to the left that you see out the passenger side window.

George,

You should contact eBay with this info.

John

I sent them a complaint too, maybe if they get enough they'll do something about it.

I sent a message to the seller asking what was up, also a formal complaint to E-bay concerning the seller's use of my picture. We'll wait and see.