[DeTomaso] Putting a small block Chevy.....Oh Really?

[Ken Green]

Hey Laurie,
   
      I think people build a kit with a bone stock 302 and automatic and pop it into a "427 Cobra" replica body and slap the 427 on the sides of the front fenders.  The number on the fender is the only 427 on or in the car.
   
  Ken

LaurieFerrari at aol.com wrote:
  JZ...If what you say is the case, why then, I ask, why did my '00 stock 
Vette (full of my junk, probably my golf clubs and various other school books and 
meaningless but weighty paraphernalia, beat the heck out of a 427 Cobra, 
whilst playing around on the streets surrounding Fontana Speedway? Why? And 
not a slacker's vehicle either. All I can say is I wondered what happened to 
him; looked in my rearview mirror, and he was wayyyy back. Kind of weird for 
a racer type p. man, wouldn't ya say? Next thing I learned, he (no names 
mentioned in respect of the 5th amendment) replaced his glorious (FORD) engine 
of which you speaketh.. with something shall we say, more vivaciously 
allegretto. 
p.s. I didn't even realize I was exceeding the speed limit (by much) but 
when you have batman's wings appearing magically from nowhere, evidently you can 
fly. Not that I don't love my Pantera mind you. Truly I do, it's gutsy, 
it's beefy, it's gorgeous, but, where can one go in blocked stop and go LA 
traffic with a beastly vehicle that shouldn't be harnessed to the point of 
idleness on a 24/7 freeway.... I entirely hate that!!!! 
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[DeTomaso] Putting a small block Chevrolet in a 1973 pantera
John Zeedick _Pantera351C at Hotmail.Com _ 
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Mon Mar 3 14:10:05 CST 2008 
All:





Detomaso installed ford and hemi engines in a pantera after the deal with

ford broke down. Lee Iaccoca looked into making the Pantera a viable

Chrysler product and had a hemi installed. Detomaso also installed a bimmer

motor in the first guara before switching to ford. I am a firm believer if

the the maker of the car installed different makes of engines in his cars

then it is fair game to install that engine in any model the company

built...hence Pantera performances 427...etc etc...they are still FORD

motors. I kind of like the idea of a Bimmer motor or Goran's Hemi for our

Cats. If you want a chevy engine behind you...buy a factory five GTR, strip

a corvette and get to work......but then a ford motor in a FFR

GTR....well.....you know where this is going.



Power by Henry will always trump a chevy in my book



John Z





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