[DeTomaso] BJ Pantera

Mad Dog Antenucci teampantera at yahoo.com
Fri Jan 22 19:17:42 EST 2010


amen. . .

Mad Dawg Antenucci 
Team Pantera Racing 
"No One Gets Out Aline"
www.teampanteraracing.com




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From: "wkooiman at earthlink.net" <wkooiman at earthlink.net>
To: List Pantera <detomaso at realbig.com>
Sent: Fri, January 22, 2010 1:56:22 PM
Subject: Re: [DeTomaso] BJ Pantera

Doesn't sting me.  I love it.  Keep the price low, and I might buy another one.

When the price goes to the stratosphere, Panteras will become garage queens.


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>From: Sean Korb <spkorb at gmail.com>
>Sent: Jan 22, 2010 3:23 PM
>To: List Pantera <detomaso at realbig.com>
>Subject: Re: [DeTomaso] BJ Pantera
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>It's amazing how little information is acquired by the public about
>Panteras and the only stories that persist are the same ones told in
>1972.
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>But it is simply a spectacular looking car.  Nobody can take that
>away, but I don't know if we'll ever overcome the initial quality
>issue stories that were magnified so much by the press.  Nobody talks
>about hideously expensive water pump replacement stories when a
>Ferrari 512BB goes over the block.  But we get "overheating" and
>"build quality" and "Elvis shot his when it wouldn't start".
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>It still stings a bit.
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>On Fri, Jan 22, 2010 at 4:02 PM,  <tmshinro at aol.com> wrote:
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>>  I saw the auction for the Pantera.   I was somewhat disappointed by the lack of commentary.   Nothing was said by the guy on the stage that typically points out things about the cars.   Bob Varsha first said "what a shape" when the car was rolled in.  Other comments talked about how modified Panteras are typically more valued than stock because the cars weren't built that will and De Tomaso didn't have the engineering resources to get it right prior to sale.   One of the commentators said he thought it was "neat" that the cars were sold by Lincoln Mercury.
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>> Car looked good from what you could see, but I didn't care for the full length rub strip on the side of the car.
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>> Tom
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>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Ian H <ihannington286720mi at comcast.net>
>> To: 'panteras' <detomaso at realbig.com>
>> Sent: Fri, Jan 22, 2010 2:27 pm
>> Subject: [DeTomaso] BJ Pantera
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>> I just got home and turned on the TV in time to see the Pantera rolling off the
>> block at Barrett Jackson.  It sold for $40,000.  Unfortunately,I missed all the
>> comments about it.  Did anyone hear what they had to say?  Evidently, it was a
>> "Fantasy Bid" car.  They usually give those quite a bit of airtime so that's
>> pretty cool!
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>> Ian
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