[DeTomaso] Long and Newman body & frame cheap on ebay

[L GRAY]

          Jack and everyone else,

        For the 9,000th  time. . . . . . .  The tooling/ body molding was pulled from MY 1972-L Pantera chassis number THPNML04371 NOT from a Gary Hall car. Gary Hall and Hall Pantera had absolutely nothing to do with the manufacture or sales of the Long & Newman Pantera Replica. 
       There were only a hand full of these cars produced due to expense and only two were ever set up for the V-6 Citation drive train. The balance of these built were all 351-C engines and ZF transaxles .
       Even the V-6 cars retained the standard Pantera suspension at the front but the GM at the rear. The V-8 cars were all De Tomaso suspension down to the lug nuts. I kind know this stuff as I helped design the whole Pantera project at L & N. 
      Any body having questions PLEASE ask me and you will get the facts not guesses and myth.

                                                                  Les Gray
  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: JDeRyke at aol.com<mailto:JDeRyke at aol.com> 
  To: kenn_green at yahoo.com<mailto:kenn_green at yahoo.com> ; detomaso at realbig.com<mailto:detomaso at realbig.com> 
  Sent: Friday, October 01, 2010 11:39 AM
  Subject: Re: [DeTomaso] Long and Newman body & frame cheap on ebay


  In a message dated 10/1/10 9:46:52 AM, kenn_green at yahoo.com<mailto:kenn_green at yahoo.com> writes:

  > The frame/rear suspension does not look right to me?
  > http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=170544689280<http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=170544689280>
  > 
  Its been 30 years since I checked one out, but as I remember, the 
  square-tube frames took mid-80s GM front suspension on both ends to accompany the 
  Citation/Fiero V-6 front-wheel drive engine- trans that most L-N cars got. . 
  Its true that stock steel body panels interchange- the primary mold was pulled 
  from one of Gary Hall's Panteras, and some vented fiberglas frt hoods, like 
  mine- are old L-N parts. Ex- POCA Pres Les Gray worked for L-N and has some 
  interesting stories on them. Ad says 'used for racing'- wonder if it was 
  drag racing or road racing? FWIW- J DeRyke
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