[DeTomaso] Pantera with Automatic on ebay?

[Boyd Casey]

After my last post suggesting someone confront the seller about the trans
axle, I wrote a question to the seller asking him to clarify the
trannyquestion. I said "The trans axle is not the correct model for
this car (a
ZF-2) And it looked like an automatic. "
I also mentioned that anyone considering buying a Pantera would certainly
want to know if this car was an automatic and since it appeared that the
half shafts were not installed (completely) I asked him if the car had ever
been driven in this configuration and did he in fact know whether it would
actually be drivable?
He didn't answer my questions  . I believe another list member also wrote
to the seller in regard to the same question. I don't know if this played
any part in the seller pulling the listing.
Boyd


On Fri, Mar 29, 2013 at 12:49 AM, <JDeRyke at aol.com> wrote:

> ZF was reported to have built 3 auto transaxles for evaluation in 1970 but
> they apparently wound up in a Ford landfill somewhere.   Wilkinson built at
> least two Panteras with undisclosed types of 3-speed auto trannys- possibly
> from big FWD European Renaults. But there definitely were NOT any
> factory-built automatic transaxles sold in DeTomasos. There were also no
> GT-5's built
> in late '72/early '73 either, which is where the listed serial number would
> place it.
> So this thing, if it was real-steel and not a pure Photoshop job, seems to
> be misrepresented on several counts. But the question is moot as the E-Bay
> auction was abruptly cancelled.
> FWIW- J Deryke
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