ZF in London for sale

Be wary, there has been a ZF on and off of UK Craigslist in different locations for a long time that is a complete scam.

What? a scammer on Craigslist? say it ain't so... ;-)

Yes, best to be cautious...

It seems a price of 2400 "L"s ($3200 USD) might be too good to be true...

Rocky

I'll take ten, thanx.

On an unmolested ZF of any year, there's a black tag rivited on the shifter box that gives the gear ratios. A dash-1.5 ZF (which uses an upside-down Pantera diff case and a Mangusta gearbox with a two-vent-hole bellhousing and two fewer attach bolts), is next-to-useless for driving in a Pantera on open roads because the Mangusta ring & pinion ratio is 4.50:1 & 1st gear is 2.42:1, which combination gives blinding acceleration but only about 135 mph at redline in 5th. OK for around town but that's not much fun. Fuel mileage is also negatively affected, and with relatively few made, repair parts are even rarer and more expensive than with the dash-2.

This was a transitional gearbox used on many pushbutton Panteras; in the U.S, Ford dealers scrapped every one they found during routine service, replacing it with a dash-2. Many internal parts- including the case, input shaft and synchros, do not interchange between the two models.

I sent an enquiry to this add and got a reply saying it’s still for sale so I asked to view and surprise no answer!!