[DeTomaso] 3503 at a Costa Mesa dealer

[Stephen Nelson]

Does anyone on the list know this car - looks to be pretty heavily modified,
yet retain a stock external appearance?  

 

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/1972-Pantera-Detomaso-/281117010841?ViewItem=
<http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/1972-Pantera-Detomaso-/281117010841?ViewItem
=&ssPageName=ADME:B:SS:US:1123&item=281117010841&forcev4exp=true#ht_45163wt_
1161>
&ssPageName=ADME:B:SS:US:1123&item=281117010841&forcev4exp=true#ht_45163wt_1
161 and on a dealers site -
http://www.newportbeachautogallery.com/vehicle-details/0e04205fc6268a43aa729
b8c53a8815d/1972+pantera+detomaso+2-door+coupe.html with a bunch of
pictures.

 

I begin to get the idea that when headers are installed it is not uncommon
to end up with the pipes being dinged by either the sway bar or the stub
shafts - is this a cause for concern?

 

  

 

And, back to the headers, it looks like there is a stub with a flange welded
onto the exhaust pipe - normal, or sign that the guy making up the exhaust
system used an old flange?

 

 

 

Good news is there are a lot of pictures.  Bad news is that I really don't
know that much.  Any comments on things that you more knowledgeable types
spot?

 

 

Stephen Nelson