[DeTomaso] Pantera Shop Manual

Rob Dumoulin rob at dumoulins.net
Sun Nov 20 07:22:59 EST 2011


Is it the same one that is on the POCA store CD for $65?  If so, I already
have it.

On Sat, Nov 19, 2011 at 11:20 PM, Asa Jay Laughton <asajay at asajay.com>wrote:

> Actually, it is a CD.  :)  It all fits on a CD nicely.  You can print
> the pages you want, get them greasy in the garage, then throw them away
> without damaging the manual, on CD.  I've done it many times.
>
> And I'm about to post something special we recently discovered.
>
> Asa Jay
>
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> On 11/19/2011 2:08 PM, MikeLDrew at aol.com wrote:
> > In a message dated 11/19/11 13 45 7, rob at dumoulins.net writes:
> >
> >
> >> 2: An original
> >> 3-ring-bound '71-'74 Pantera shop manual with authentic grease stains
> and
> >> a
> >> few ripped pages for $85 and a June 1995 edition of Collectible
> Automobile
> >> featuring the '71-'74 Pantera: "Born for the U.S.A" for $10.  I bought
> the
> >> Collectible Automobile magazine and a bunch of other stuff before I
> found
> >> the shop manual. I tried to talk him down, but he wouldn't budge and I
> had
> >> already spent my wad (it's a cash-only type of event). What is a fair
> >> price
> >> for the manual? It seemed pretty comprehensive.
> >>
> >>>> Indeed, and no owner should be without it!
> > That asking price is way high; they are available brand new from the
> > various Pantera vendors, and the POCA club store, for $65.   The
> illustrations
> > might be a bit more clear in an original manual, but I wouldn't pay a
> price
> > premium for that.
> >
> > The manual is a great thing to have; there are also supplemental
> documents
> > such as the Technical Service Bulletins (updates to the manual) and
> Pantera
> > Service Highlights, which was a school text for Ford mechanics who went
> to
> > Detroit for the How-To-Fix-Panteras class.
> >
> > All of these are available both in paper format, and as part of a
> > comprehensive CD-ROM (actually on a DVD as the files are too large and
> numerous to
> > fit on a CD-ROM); the latter is the best deal going, for $65.
> >
> > Mike (prefers the paper products for ease of use....)
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