[DeTomaso] 72 Pantera featured on Automobile Mag Auction Page

[MikeLDrew at aol.com]

In a message dated 6/26/14 20 25 8, mbefthomas at comcast.net writes:


> A showroom clean red '72 Pantera, #2424, recently sold at Mecum Auctions 
> for
> $86,400 with only 1561 miles.  Completely original, Automobile had nothing
> but good words to say.  The closing paragraph in the "story behind the 
> sale"
> 
> "Panteras have become a hot commodity in today' marketplace, and it is
> difficult to find an unmolested example.  This car, with it's extremely 
> low
> miles, is a real find.  You might think that this sounds like a lot of 
> money
> for a Pantera, but the market suggests that this will soon seem cheap."
> 
> Hoo-ah!!
> 

>>>What they are saying generally, is true.   Sadly, this car is far from 
what it was purported to be.   There is, indeed, a 'story behind the 
sale'....

Let's suffice it to say that the seller's description of the car, which 
Mecum took at face value, was a bit, ah...generous...based on a friend's 
first-hand viewing of this car when it was first offered up on Craigslist last 
year.

Mike
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   In a message dated 6/26/14 20 25 8, mbefthomas at comcast.net writes:

     A showroom clean red '72 Pantera, #2424, recently sold at Mecum
     Auctions for
     $86,400 with only 1561 miles.  Completely original, Automobile had
     nothing
     but good words to say.  The closing paragraph in the "story behind
     the sale"
     "Panteras have become a hot commodity in today' marketplace, and it
     is
     difficult to find an unmolested example.  This car, with it's
     extremely low
     miles, is a real find.  You might think that this sounds like a lot
     of money
     for a Pantera, but the market suggests that this will soon seem
     cheap."
     Hoo-ah!!

   >>>What they are saying generally, is true.  Sadly, this car is far
   from what it was purported to be.  There is, indeed, a 'story behind
   the sale'....
   Let's suffice it to say that the seller's description of the car, which
   Mecum took at face value, was a bit, ah...generous...based on a
   friend's first-hand viewing of this car when it was first offered up on
   Craigslist last year.
   Mike