[DeTomaso] Reeeeeallllly original Pantera for sale on EBay

michael@michaelshortt.com michaelsavga at gmail.com
Mon Jun 7 18:28:22 EDT 2010


BIG 10-4 on that!




On Mon, Jun 7, 2010 at 6:22 PM, Julian Kift <julian_kift at hotmail.com> wrote:

>
> Let's face it this car is unlikley to ever get driven and in evaluating the
> investment value of a car of this nature IMO one needs to look at what it
> would judge at a Concours event. Sorry to say that many if not all of the
> below retrofits/modifications/upgrades will detract from its value as a
> concours car, it is sadly just a very low mileage Pantera. So IMO it's a bit
> of a misnomor, not really driveable as you'd lose any value premium and not
> concours.
>
>
>
> >From what I have seen posted prices for cars in general at Canepa Design
> are ridiculously ambitious anyway.
>
>
>
> Julian
>
> > From: clarkwgriswold2nd at gmail.com
> > To: coxmichaelt at gmail.com; detomaso at realbig.com
> > Date: Mon, 7 Jun 2010 16:49:32 -0500
> > Subject: Re: [DeTomaso] Reeeeeallllly original Pantera for sale on EBay
>  >
> > I'm sure many people have seen this car for sale for a while. I agree
> it's a
> > clean car...and probably worth a very pretty penny. My only reservations
> > about the sellers descriptions are that he says all of the following in
> one
> > paragraph:
> >
> >
> > "......... It has never been touched, modified, or damaged..."
> >
> > and then he says "........Canepa Design has just completed a full
> > mechanical service and cosmetic detail on the car..........." and
> > "...serviced including changing all fluids, belts, hoses, and filters.
> Only
> > period correct OEM parts were used in this process.........."
> >
> > ".........The engine has been fully serviced including rebuilding the
> > carburetor and replacing the oil pan gasket. New plugs, filters, and all
> new
> > hoses were installed. The exhaust system has been cleaned and Jet coated
> to
> > match the original finish and new exhaust gaskets installed....... The
> > transmission was serviced........... The clutch master and slave
> cylinders
> > were replaced."
> >
> > "........The brake booster, master cylinders and brake calipers were all
> > rebuilt and new brake hoses installed..........."
> >
> > "............ Wheel bearings were re-packed and new wheel seals
> > installed..............All new upper and lower control arm bushings have
> > been installed.........."
> >
> > ".........Our detail department then spent over 200 hours cleaning and
> > detailing every square inch of this car..............."
> >
> >
> > not being critical....i just thought it was funny how he stated all
> > that......it actually sounds to me like a light restoration rather than
> an
> > all original "survivor"....
> >
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