[DeTomaso] no intro needed

[MikeLDrew at aol.com]

In a message dated 3/18/07 19:23:21, pantera007 at sbcglobal.net writes:

<< I know this car, it is in the ProvaMo Registry.  I saw it at Wheels 'N 
Deals
more
than 5-7 years ago.  I think Jack knows the guy.

>>>He was a PCNC member for some time, but dropped out in the early 90s.  His 
name is Cliff Marks.  He had another Pantera, one many are familiar with 
because Ron Kimball photographed it and it was featured in many calendars.  It is 
painted in a somewhat similar dark cherry/black, with purplish Pantera script 
along the bottom.  It's a '71, with wire wheels (!) and dragster-style zoomie 
headers poking out in front of the rear wheels (!!!)

You can see his street car by going to:  

http://www.ronkimballstock.com/index.asp?tag=cats&site=rkcar

And searching on "Pantera".  There are two or three images of it there.

Cliff and his wife lived in a trailer park, and the speed bumps were so high 
and his Pantera so seriously lowered that he couldn't drive it!  He had to 
trailer it out of his own carport before he could drive it anywhere!

>I'd guess it is on a Long & Newman chassis.

>>>Nope, not even close.  Remember, the L&N chassis was set up to utilize a 
complete Pantera suspension/drivetrain setup with ZF etc.  This car (that is, 
the dragster that's for sale, not the street car) is front-engined, with a 
straight rear axle (Ford 9-inch I would guess).  The ad says the chassis was 
fabbed up from scratch by Magnum Force of Campbell, Ca. 

I don't know if this car ever raced or not.  For sure, this car is a very 
detailed answer to a question nobody ever asked before.  And one could further 
answer that this car is the argument against the statement, "There are no stupid 
questions." !

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