[DeTomaso] The continuing saga of...tasteful engines

Roland Jaeckel pantera874 at t-online.de
Fri Apr 20 15:10:26 EDT 2012


In Germany a 2.7 V6 never exsisted. The maximum in the Taunus was a 2.3. The 
Capri and the Granada where avaiable with 2.6 or 3.0 Engines.

Roland

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From: <MikeLDrew at aol.com>
Sent: Friday, April 20, 2012 9:01 PM
To: <charlesmccall at gmail.com>; <gow2 at rc-tech.net>; <coreyjprice at gmail.com>
Cc: <detomaso at realbig.com>
Subject: Re: [DeTomaso] The continuing saga of...tasteful engines

>
> In a message dated 4/20/12 11 41 19, charlesmccall at gmail.com writes:
>
>
>> (nitpicking) it was actually a Maserati V6 he put in the Pantera. But it
>> was only one.
>>
>>>>Wrongo!   They built three!
>
> The one that you and I actually saw was a true mongrel; it was a Maserati
> Merak chassis/engine/drivetrain with a Pantera body laid atop it.   It was
> equipped with seating for three (!) and kicked around in the factory for 
> years
> before being sold to Belgium a few years ago.
>
> But prior to that, they experimented with Ford V6-power.   The Pantera 290
> had a 3-liter English Capri engine, along with a different (cut-down)
> decklid and a hood with five front louvers.   Some of those features were 
> also
> used on other one-off Panteras built during the Ford era.   Here's a photo 
> of
> the Pantera 290:
>
> http://www.carstyling.ru/resources/studio/large/72DeTomaso_Pantera_290_(Ghia
> )_01.jpg
>
> Somewhere I have photos of the Pantera 270, which was very similar, but
> powered by a 2.7-liter German Ford Taunus V-6.
>
> Both cars had ZF gearboxes and were basically the same as production
> Panteras in other respects.
>
> One of them (I forget which one) eventually was purchased by Phil
> Stebbings, the founder of the UK De Tomaso club.   He ditched the V6 and 
> installed a
> Weber-inducted 351C, GT5 flares/wing and GT5 Campagnolo wheels.   It wore
> the numberplate 500 FAB, and he drove it for years before selling it on. 
> It
> still exists in the UK.
>
> I don't know where the other one wound up.   I seriously doubt it still 
> has
> a V6 though!
>>
>> >Engines that DeTomaso actually built include a bunch of V-12's that were
>> destined for Deauvilles before the 351C won over. They were all crated up
>> and sitting in the factory several years ago. A real, honest DeTomaso 
>> V-12
>> for the Pantera - that would be cool!
>>
>>>>Steve Wilkinson bought one of them, and has a Deauville stuffed away
> somewhere, and plans on finishing it off the way De Tomaso originally
> intended....
>
> Mike
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