[DeTomaso] Pantera Kit Car on eBay (LPC)

[michael@michaelshortt.com]

I'd have to say that many of the more valuable cars are sometimes simply
too valuable for playing hard.

While some have dubious quality and/or originality issues, they offer a
less expensive way to enjoy some of the same
feel as the originals, Factory Five has a racing series, what kind of fool
would race a "real" Cobra in door to door to door
10/10th racing? I'm not talking about 7/10th rich guy historic racing where
the penalty for contact is 13 months of being
kicked out, I'm talking about balls to the wall, one or both of us might
crash if one of us doesn't brake first racing into a corner.

I have no problem with a quality "kit" for any of the following cars.

Shelby Cobra
Daytona Cobra
GT40
Lotus 7
Porsche 356 Speedster
Porsche 550 Spyder


Clones are another story altogether.


Michael






On Sat, Dec 22, 2012 at 5:03 PM, Guido deTomaso
<guido_detomaso at prodigy.net>wrote:

>
>
> I deleted the earlier reference to the kit car Pantera in Sweden on eBay,
> then
> just now stubled upon it.
>
> While I can respect the time and effort to build any kit car, who do you
> hang
> with except other kit car owners?
>
> And it's often wrapped up in a notion of "just as good", or even better,
> as in
> "my Fiero-based 308 is better than a real one because X, Y, and Z"
>
> I'd feel like a complete jackass driving a replica Daytona Spyder ... it'd
> be
> like, "Look at me, my chick is really a dude, betcha can't tell".  Not a
> win in
> my book.
>
> All this being said, I'm still drawn to the original Fiberfab Avenger and
> Valkyrie, and the Manta Can Am.  If I hadn't made such bad career choices,
> would
> be tinkering on those too.
>
> GD
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