[DeTomaso] 86 Pantera GT5s for sale on Craigslist

Peter Havlik phavlik at pris.ca
Mon Jul 2 13:16:20 EDT 2007


Fred:

There seems to be a big gap between prices for 
GT5-S Panteras in Europe and the U.S. Two of the 
UK RHD GT5-S Panteras that recently sold to 
Australia both reportedly went for 58,000 pounds 
sterling which converts to 116,354 US dollars at 
today's nominal exchange rate. Admittedly there 
may be a premium for RHD cars, but the asking 
prices I have seen in Germany over the last year 
are still much higher than what we see in the U.S.

For example, there is a low-miles 1989 GT5-S 
currently for sale in Germany with an asking 
price of EUR 69,000, which converts to 93,280 US 
dollars. A 1987 is for sale in Germany at EUR 
59,900 which converts to 79,761 US dollars. A 
1980 GT5-S has been for sale for some time now in 
Zürich at 198,000 Swiss Francs, which converts to 161,766 US dollars!

You can make of this what you will, but the fact 
is that probably less than 182 GT5-S Panteras 
were built and even fewer remain on the road. 
Perhaps the prices in Europe better reflect that 
exclusivity, and US prices are due for an adjustment?

- Peter

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Message: 1
Date: Sun, 01 Jul 2007 07:43:31 -0400
From: F&D Terry <gt5s at bcpl.net>
Subject: Re: [DeTomaso] 86 Pantera GT5s for sale on Craigslist
To: MikeLDrew at aol.com
Cc: detomaso at realbig.com, garth_rodericks at yahoo.com
Message-ID: <46879363.9080206 at bcpl.net>
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Mike,

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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