[DeTomaso] Mystery Pantera

[Peter Havlik]

The mystery Pantera is #9114, a 1979 Pantera GTS Helix belonging to 
Daniel Weber of Switzerland. For more information, have a look at 
Pantera International Magazine # 120, which has a three page article 
on the car and its history. Basically, it was a collaboration between 
DeTomaso and a Swiss auto dealer named Fausch. It was built on a 1979 
GTS chassis, but never received an engine or transmission. The 
rolling prototype was finished and shown at the Essen Motor show in 
1987. It then dropped out of site until 1998, when it was 
rediscovered in Switzerland in very poor condition. It had not been 
driven, just left to sit and rust away. Daniel Weber acquired it in 
1999, and undertook a complete bare metal rebuild. He made 
substantial changes, including changing the colour from black to 
yellow, completely redesigning the interior, adding a wing and 90 Si 
tail lights, Maserati Shamal headlights, BMW M3 mirrors, 9x17 and 
13x17 wheels, etc. He installed a 351 Cleveland and a ZF, so it 
became driveable for the first time.

The car may not be to everyone's taste, but there is no doubt a lot 
of work was lavished on it and that Mr. Weber takes great pride in 
it. You have to admire him for having salvaged a unique piece of 
DeTomaso history which otherwise would have been lost.

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Message: 44
Date: Tue, 29 May 2007 09:05:40 +0200
From: "Patrick Hals" <patrickhals at skynet.be>
Subject: [DeTomaso] Mystery Pantera
To: <detomaso at realbig.com>
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Have you seen this strange car ?
http://autoscout.ch/AS24Web/Detail.aspx?from=list&wl=1&lng=fra&id=3633131&qs=from%3dDefault%26allmakes%3dtrue%26make%3d25%26cur%3dCHF%26zipcountry%3dCH%26total%3d2&page=1&row=2
Enjoy
Patrick
Candy 2862

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