[DeTomaso] High priced Pantera for sale

[John Taphorn]

True, this was a someone's vision of a perfect Pantera with no expense 
spared.  I suspect he does have at least that much $$ in it.  Just 
wrapping up the restoration of my GT5, I recognize the hours spent to 
accomplish reasonable work.  However, every element of this car looks to 
have perfect execution.  It may not be to everyone's taste or have 
another's dream Pantera elements, but there appear to be no financial or 
effort compromises in the restoration. Very few Few Panteras are retored 
to this level.

JT


On 11/8/2013 7:40 PM, MikeLDrew at aol.com wrote:
>
> In a message dated 11/8/13 15 49 17, jtaphorn at kingwoodcable.com writes:
>
>
>> They didn't cut any corners putting that car together.  Lots of $$$ 
>> traded hands with that restorer.
>>
>
>
> >>>Oh yeah, for sure!
>
> This just illustrates the point that if you want a car like this, you 
> are way, WAY better off buying one that's already done.  This guy has 
> a buy-it-now price of $140K, and judging by the appearance of the car, 
> he may well has spent that much on it.  But there's no way he's going 
> to get anywhere near that much for it if he sells it--he's going to 
> take a financial beating.
>
> If somebody has infinitely deep pockets, and more importantly, plans 
> on keeping the resulting car forever, he can perhaps justify going to 
> somebody like Don Byars and having a car built like that, to his exact 
> specifications, with every bell and whistle imaginable.  Regardless of 
> how much it costs him, he hasn't 'lost' anything until he tries to 
> sell it.
>
> But for most people, if they want to have a car like that, they are 
> way better off finding somebody who is in some sort of distress and 
> feels the need to dispose of their blinged-out Pantera.  It enables 
> you to buy something like this for a fraction of the cost to build 
> it.  Okay, so maybe you would prefer a yellow car rather than red, but 
> if it means paying double to build one from scratch, most people can 
> learn to live with the red!
>
> Mike 

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