[DeTomaso] Ebay Pantera SI Value?

[Will Demelo]

It's cheap according to the seller. His reserve is $70k!
Will

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Pantdino" <pantdino at aol.com>
To: <detomaso at realbig.com>
Sent: Sunday, August 15, 2010 12:24 AM
Subject: Re: [DeTomaso] Ebay Pantera SI Value?


>A person would have to be an idiot to buy this car at anything like that 
>price.
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Tom Borcich <tborcich at msn.com>
> To: Pantera REALBIG forum <detomaso at realbig.com>; Pantera Wil Demelo 
> <wdemelo at cogeco.ca>
> Sent: Sat, Aug 14, 2010 8:01 pm
> Subject: [DeTomaso] Ebay Pantera SI Value?
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> 've had a few BIG projects like this one and I can tell you from the 
> pictures,
> hat body is far far from being ready for paint.
> o do that car right I would say there is easy 200 hours in just body panel
> lignment, finish mounting, filing, sanding, priming, sanding...on and on.
> n who knows the real condition of the panels...are they ready to bolt 
> down, are
> here problems not evident in the pictures?
> would not bid on that car sight unseen. Seriously that body looks pretty 
> rough
> rom very sketchy pictures. And you don't have any idea how the body was
> astened
> own... it could be clamped in place for pictures? Looks like the deck lid 
> was
> ust layed on the car for pictures. I think you could spend $10K to $20k 
> just
> etting the
> ody completed and painted...then there's the rest of the car, the 
> interior, the
> ngine and transaxle, the wiring....this would be a great project for 
> someone
> etired
> ith a full shop at home. If I had a running Pantera that was sorted and I 
> was
> ieing to have an SI, I would feel better getting the body panels from the
> endor that was mentioned
> ???) and creating my own clone. Rare body panels or not, it's a clone and 
> not
> n original...finished is it worth $60 to 80K in today's market?
> urchase price $25k + engine and zf $15k, Body work and paint $15k, labor 
> to
> omplete $20k. I notice there are no bids at $25k. Oh and how is the
> hasis....any rust? Just my two cents.
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