[DeTomaso] More on the rustbucket Pantera

[Sean Korb]

There can be... only one.

On Thu, Jan 17, 2013 at 11:23 AM, michael at michaelshortt.com
<michaelsavga at gmail.com> wrote:
> Somebody needs to take it on a long walk, tell it that it was OK to kill the
> rabbits and put a .45 up to its hood and pull the trigger.
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> Like I sqaid 10 days ago, if the ZF is good, the block is good, the glass,
> the aluminum parts, the wheels, the glass, the pot metal parts, etc.
> You're looking at a value of 8-10,000 tops.
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> Mike, did your guy get the serial number to give to Chuck?
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> I think I feel the value of all of our cars going up a little with every one
> that dies.
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> Michael
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> On Thu, Jan 17, 2013 at 11:17 AM, Sean Korb <spkorb at gmail.com> wrote:
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>> Not much left even as a buck to form new sheet metal against.  Maybe
>> the wiring harness is good? ;)
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>> Even if the seller *paid* $19,500 for me to take it away, I'd still be
>> in the hole a long way.  But it's still salvageable.  It's just not a
>> good idea economically or even as a good use of time.  And that makes
>> me a little sad because the car's fate does not look good.  If it were
>> a Gull Wing Mercedes or a Miura or even a Vellenunga or Mangusta, I
>> think there would be more hope.
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>> sean
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>> On Thu, Jan 17, 2013 at 10:54 AM,  <MikeLDrew at aol.com> wrote:
>> > Hi guys,
>> >
>> > Remember this POS?
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>> > http://www.jameslist.com/cars/detomaso/pantera/de-tomaso-for-sale-596391
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>> > I sent Mike Mayberry to take a look at it; he reported back that it is
>> > the
>> > very worst Pantera he has ever seen in his life--and this is a guy who
>> > has
>> > sold over 400 Panteras!   He said it had more rust than a sunken
>> > battleship!
>> >  He said it's barely even viable as a parts car.
>> >
>> > FWIW....
>> >
>> > Mike
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>> '65,'68 Mustangs,'68 Cougar,'78 R100/7,'60 Metro,'59 A35,'71 Pantera #1382
>> "The more you drive, the less intelligent you get" --Miller
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Sean Korb spkorb at spkorb.org http://www.spkorb.org
'65,'68 Mustangs,'68 Cougar,'78 R100/7,'60 Metro,'59 A35,'71 Pantera #1382
"The more you drive, the less intelligent you get" --Miller
"Computers are useless.  They can only give you answers." -P. Picasso