[DeTomaso] 5K Pantera

P. Rimov rimov at charter.net
Thu Jun 24 11:15:52 EDT 2010


Boyd:

I got a good laugh with your post, I too have always spent more on a project 
than just buying one completed but remember the journey is some times more 
important than the destiny.

Cheers

Paul
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "boyd casey" <boyd411 at gmail.com>
To: <spkorb at gmail.com>
Cc: <detomaso at realbig.com>
Sent: Wednesday, June 23, 2010 5:43 PM
Subject: Re: [DeTomaso] 5K Pantera


> You hit the nail on the head. A Pantera with a bunch of obvious issues
> (including the worst GTs conversion in history) with no ZF and a $5000 
> price
> tag. $1200 to get it back to new york =$6200 A new ZF $5000 to $8000=
> $11,200 to $14,200  repair crappy body work and repaint $5000 to ??? 
> $15,000
> ( if there are rust issues, he already said there was damage to the 
> radiator
> mounts) $19,200 to $29,200. He doesn't know if the engine runs so after
> spending enough to get yourself into the $20,000 + range you don't even 
> know
> if the engine runs. How much engine do you want $5000 or $15,000 He also
> said it had aftermarket seats (no picture) replaced gauges (not Veglia) 
> this
> is not necessarily bad but who knows? The wheels definitely have to go so
> new wheels and tires is easily $4500 - $5500. When you add it all up I 
> think
> I would rather buy something without as many unanswered questions. In this
> economy there are allot of cars that are complete and very nice for what I
> think are extremely reasonable prices. Every car or motorcycle that I have
> ever bought that was a basket case has cost me more to finish then if I 
> had
> purchased a nice car or MC that someone had either already resurrected or
> had never deteriorated to the point that it needed to be restored.  I have
> never known anybody that bought a car that needed a complete restoration 
> and
> made money when the job was done. So unless you are a  person that just
> loves the challenges of a project car I think there are "better deals " 
> out
> there even though on the surface this looks like a deal.
> Boyd
>
> On Wed, Jun 23, 2010 at 7:58 PM, Sean Korb <spkorb at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> I've found that the "deal of the century" ends up being... a
>> reasonable deal.  I thought I'd paid too much for my not-running
>> not-driving Pantera with rust issues, but then thought I'd made out
>> like a bandit when I discovered it was just 2 small rust spots and a 7
>> cent roll pin to get it back on the road.  That impression was short
>> lived, but at least I know that if I want to go from a $25,000 car to
>> a $45,000 car, I merely have to spend $20,000 and some elbow grease.
>>
>> Not bad.
>>
>> sean
>>
>> On Wed, Jun 23, 2010 at 5:02 PM, boyd casey <boyd411 at gmail.com> wrote:
>> > I have to agree with Peter. The guy (Dan Wood) seems like a rare
>> commodity ,
>> > a really nice guy who was willing to give me first right of refusal if 
>> > I
>> > could get someone there to look at the car. At the time I didn't know
>> Peter
>> > was in Modesto. So it looks like I may have let the deal of the century
>> slip
>> > through my fingers .C'est la vie
>> >
>> > Boyd
>>
>>
>> --
>> Sean Korb spkorb at spkorb.org http://www.spkorb.org
>> '65,'68 Mustangs,'68 Cougar,'78 R100/7,'60 Metro,'59 A35,'71 Pantera 
>> #1382
>> "The more you drive, the less intelligent you get" --Miller
>> "Computers are useless.  They can only give you answers." -P. Picasso
>>
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