[DeTomaso] 86 Pantera GT5s for sale on Craigslist

F&D Terry gt5s at bcpl.net
Sun Jul 1 14:57:17 EDT 2007


Mike,

The engine offered with the car was actually the engine out of my GT5-S. 
I removed it to install the twin supercharged engine I had taken out of 
my '72 when I sold it. Sam Korper bought the GT5-S engine from me and 
had it rebuilt by one of our local shops noted for excellent work. At 
$5k, the engine was a steal. It had never been run. At one time the car 
was advertised for $48k in the Washington Post but when another 
Chesapeake Pantera member tried to purchase it at that price, he was 
told it wasn't for sale.

As I recall, the paperwork was OK on the car because Andy DiFatta had 
made sure of that when he wanted to purchase it. He had done the 
research necessary and I remember that he kept his findings to himself 
to thwart anyone else who might  be after the car. The problem was with 
the owner at the time. Every time Andy attempted to get together for 
some serious negotiations some reason was offered that prevented it from 
happening. Andy wisely gave up.

Shortly after the VA owner bought it the clutch went up actually 
grinding the release fingers off the pressure plate. This shouldn't have 
happened for the low mileage represented. Chesapeake Pantera members 
helped to replace the clutch at a tech session and there were many signs 
that that was not the first time the engine had been removed. As I 
recall, the rear panel was beat up from prior attempts of some knuckle 
dragger to move the engine rearward to facilitate its removal.

Fred T.

Mike Thomas wrote:

>Following up on what Fred offered, if the car is much as it was when last
>sold, it was on the market for 6-9 months at around $50K, $55 with the motor
>he had to go with it.
>I had originally seen this car a few years before when it was for sale on
>Collectorcartraderonline.com.  At that time there was a problem with the
>gray market paper trail for DOT and EPA, and I don't know if that was
>cleaned up.  Also, the color combination was rather unusual: yellow exterior
>with a dark blue interior.  I'm given to understand that the original owner
>had it done up in the colors of the Modena soccer club.  FWIW
>Mike Thomas
>Panteras Northwest.
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>-----Original Message-----
>From: detomaso-bounces at realbig.com [mailto:detomaso-bounces at realbig.com] On
>Behalf Of F&D Terry
>Sent: Sunday, July 01, 2007 4:44 AM
>To: MikeLDrew at aol.com
>Cc: detomaso at realbig.com; garth_rodericks at yahoo.com
>Subject: Re: [DeTomaso] 86 Pantera GT5s for sale on Craigslist
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>Mike,
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>When inspecting the car, keep in mind that at one time it represented a rare
>variation of a factory car. It was one of a few sold without a rear spoiler.
>Please let us know your findings. Unless someone has been very busy, I feel
>the car is outrageously priced considering the one that recently sold in
>Delaware for $60k was about the best example of a GT5-S short of Dennis
>Branca's car. It sold for somewhere around $80k a number of years ago.
>
>Fred T.
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>MikeLDrew at aol.com wrote:
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>>In a message dated 6/30/07 5:27:37 AM, gt5s at bcpl.net writes:
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>>>If it is the car you think it is, I know it well.
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>>I just heard from the seller, and yes, it is in fact the same car.   I am 
>>going to inspect it in a few weeks on behalf of any prospective buyers; 
>>I'm glad I'm going with the knowledge that you shared here. :>)
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>>Mike
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