Wings on Pantera's

I think a wing looks best on a GT5 Pantera. I wouldn't have a GT5 without one.

A wing looks good on some stock bodied Panteras too, but I think the stock body lines speak for themselves.

A GT5-S with stock wheels looks better with a wing. I feel a GT5-S with larger diameter wheels has the wheel volume to support the breadth of the flares, so a wing isn't needed, but would look ok.

My bottom line is I feel the delta wing dates a Pantera. On the 'sharp' line Panteras (L, GTS, GT5), that's just fine because these Panteras captured the timeless look of their period.

To me, the GT5-S shows it's age with a delta wing. Alot of people can't believe my 5-S is 20 years old, they think it's only a few years old. With the wing on it, it screams 80's!

Michael

Micheal
I'm with you,with a GT-5 you have to have a wing on the back!
It captures a period....
Dennis

I don't know, I still like the lines without one.

While I heartily endorse everyone's right to checkered golf pants and penny loafers, as well as the right to drive what you pay for WITHOUT CRITICISM, I tender the following:

Wings and chains go well together.

sign me: no wing nor chains . . .

and further . . .

I should learn to mind my own business.

How about just a low wing? I would like to see it in a wind tunnel. I did put liquid soap droplets on the rear wing, and drove at speed. The results were long runs in the soap trail. This should indicate smooth air flow. Turbulance would haved caused curved trails. You reckon?

My car had the Delta on it when I got it. Sometimes I like the look, sometimes I wish it wasn't there. But I will say for certain that kids love the wing. THe bigger the wing the better they like it. If it had a superbird wing I think they would orgasm.

You bet. At the speed we drive our cars on the street, all the wings do is cause drag.
But they do make a nice table to have lunch on when out for a country drive.
I have considered mounting mine so it's removable and being able to just insert plugs into the holes when it's off.

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Originally posted by lastpushbutton:
How about just a low wing? I would like to see it in a wind tunnel. I did put liquid soap droplets on the rear wing, and drove at speed. The results were long runs in the soap trail. This should indicate smooth air flow. Turbulance would haved caused curved trails. You reckon?

lpb,

That's a funky place for a power antenna! Your wing looks cool. I'd like to see how it looks in person.

Coz,

The table-like feature is great for the wing! The wing did obscure my rearward vision. It made the rearview mirror pretty much useless for me.

Your right, DeTom, kids do love a big, awnry wing!

Michael

That's another point. The vision is not all the great to begin with. Without the wing, I find that looking out the rear view mirror opens pretty much everything rear view wise, the side mirrors covering any blind spots.
But I would like to have the option to bolt it on once in awhile....
Have one sitting in my garage, just haven't put it on.

Coz,

The table-like feature is great for the wing! The wing did obscure my rearward vision. It made the rearview mirror pretty much useless for me.

Mark - Thanks for opening up this can of worms!

Personally -- I could care less what people think I should do, or not do, with my car, even if he's that famous guy that wears a white robe in public.

But as far as I'm concerned, the wing IS a factory option...albeit, in later years..so I see no problem with having one on any style Pantera. Though, I think it fits perfectly with the "later look".

Kevin

I don't care for wings on the stock body cars, but think they work on the GT5 cars. Funny how the kids like them. My car has no wing but the kids will look inside at the speedo and say WOW! it will do 200mph

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Wings and chains go well together.

That is WHIPS and chains, David ;-)

Oldtimers setting in?

Larry

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Originally posted by LF - Teach Peace:

That is WHIPS and chains, David ;-)

Oldtimers setting in?

Larry

Sometimes it sucks to get old.

Wings and gold chains. Unavailability of a slushbox weeds out a lot of these folks, not all.

Whips/chains is something the sexually unemployed dream about.

But then I did say everyone has a right to shame themselves in public.

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Originally posted by LF - Teach Peace:

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Wings and chains go well together.

That is WHIPS and chains, David ;-)

Oldtimers setting in?

Larry

Funny thing is I laugh at cars with low profile tires and wings, yet I HAVE ONE!

LOL:

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Originally posted by Mark Mensen:
I don't care for wings on the stock body cars, but think they work on the GT5 cars. Funny how the kids like them. My car has no wing but the kids will look inside at the speedo and say WOW! it will do 200mph

Yeah, my speedo goes to 300!! They about cream their jeans on that one. They don't bother to see KPH.

I like wings too.

Darn it! I knew when I said I didn't like wings on the stock bodies that someone would post a picture I would like.

Sweet ride JohnnyAlki

Thanks, Mark.

one more thing to make the "stockers" cringe, I'm going to put a GT-5 front air dam on.

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Originally posted by Mark Mensen:
Darn it! I knew when I said I didn't like wings on the stock bodies that someone would post a picture I would like.

Sweet ride JohnnyAlki

Well here is one to re-enforce your previous opion. Doesn't look right does it???

You gotta post more pictures of your car DeTom! Make an album in the Photo Gallery when you have some time.

Michael

It looks better every time! Send me a shot of the front spoiler.

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Originally posted by Cyboman:
You gotta post more pictures of your car DeTom! Make an album in the Photo Gallery when you have some time.

Michael

I will Mike, when I start working on my car, which is now winter instead of fall, I will take pics as I work on it. I plan to do a how to seriers on worthless information.

Having a wing gives you somewhere to put your stuff while you work on the car. Keys, tools, cans, rags. It's great. I never did the picnic thing, Coz but it sounds like a great idea. But where do you put the food to bring it?

However, I often enjoy blasting along on the highway, wind whipping in my face, without a care in the world - well, actually, I take that back. I really mean, when my fingers are almost white, my breathing fast, when I can barely take my eyes off the road to look at the tach or speedo and I am caring a lot about some radar-toting guy maybe hiding down the road - and the faster I go, the flatter it gets. Lower and lower, 'till I can almost feel my speedo cable converter tapping the pavement every time I cross an expansion joint, as that big fat wing forces you down, down, down and every little crack in the road reverberates up your spine.

Yeah. I love the wing.

Deeb, based on voting, you're in the majority (by a landslide).

Gt5's look amazing either way, but I think just that much better with a wing. Really mean and aggressive looking, great combo for a car in my opinion.

I have struggled with this myself. My current train of thought is that the wings look best when they are accompanied by fat fender flares. Though I am still not sure if I would do it, even if I had fatty fenders. But on a stock bodied Pantera, the wing looks a little too big and bulky.

But... then I can remember when I was a kid looking at Panteras, and they absolutely had to have a wing to be real cool!

The kid in me wants to have a wing now! The adult in me wants to keep the lines clean. Heheheheh

You choose. I don't think you can go wrong.

I like the wings and flairs. It goes against everything I stand for! LOL!


But then again the Pantera's were done right! As long as they don't have these dumb rims these guys are puting on cars today.

Gary

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Originally posted by Mark:
Come on Gary you dont like the rims that spin in side the center of the rims and the 5000 lighting combos! LOL

I have a hard time driving when I see them cus I am laughing so hard!.

That's ok though, most of the world does not understand me anyway

G