[DeTomaso] WTB Carbon Fiber for my 1971 Pantera

[MikeLDrew at aol.com]

In a message dated 11/22/12 16 41 40, edducati at mac.com writes:


> Thanks will have a look at that, thanks. Do you know if it would hurt or 
> help the value of my Pantera by updating the interior to the modern dash 
> and leather? My car has 13,000 original miles but has been sitting for years 
> and the interior needs some work. Do most of the upgrades that people do 
> help the value?
> 

>>>That's very much a matter of personal taste, but I can tell you 
definitively that you will never get back what you put in; that is, you can count on 
raising the value of the car no more than perhaps 25% of the cost of the 
upgrades.   That's why you're always better off financially buying a car 
that's already done, rather than doing it yourself.

I personally have no use for replacing the interior with plastic.   While a 
leather interior is warm, sumptuous and classy, I find carbon fiber 
(whether real or fake) to be really cheesy.   It has no place in a luxury GT, but 
that's a very personal opinion reflecting my own bias.

Mike