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

[Asa Jay Laughton]

Les,

Thank you (again) for clearing that up.  So do you have any idea  
what's up with the headlights?  Though the rest of the body looks  
Pantera, the headlights are a definite departure, unless the L&N did  
this as an option of sorts.  What's the scoop?

You know... it's been so long since we've seen you... you might have  
to send a picture.  :)

Asa Jay

Quoting L GRAY <tipo874a at msn.com>:

>           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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