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Dear Jeff,


                 A very nice socioeconomic post production history of 
the Pantera in a nutshell.


                                Warmest regards,  Chuck Engles





On Fri, Mar 21, 2014 at 10:51 AM, Jeff Detrich wrote:

> On Tue, Mar 4, 2014 at 2:57 PM, Julian Kift <julian_kift at hotmail.com> 
> wrote:
>
>> but by their
>>    nature they are regarded as somewhat anti-establishment
>>
>
> In the early days, a lot of people bought new Panteras because they 
> were a
> step up from the sports cars they were already driving. Others bought
> because it was stylish. You had to be somewhat anti-establishment 
> because
> the car mags hade trashed the car so you bought it because it was good
> performance and good value compared to the other cars out there - 
> 911s,
> Ferraris, E-types, Corvettes, etc. By the late 70s, it was going 
> downhill,
> the stylish, gold chain crowd, but there were still owners who valued 
> the
> performance. Unfortunately this is when most of the cars started to be
> poorly maintained. The 90s started to bring back the buyer who was 
> looking
> for performance and style but the car was still an outlier. The 2000s
> started to see the car making a comeback for what it was. People 
> started to
> do better restos and maintenance. And that continues today. But you 
> still
> have to be somewhat of an anti-establishment type, ie, you buy the car 
> for
> what it is, not for what it's perceived to be. And unlike a lot of 
> more
> traditional car folks, most of us have modified the car in some way or
> another to make it a better, safer, more dependable driver.
>
> So call us "Rednecks." It may not be the word I'd use but we value the 
> car
> for what it is, perceptions be damned.
>
> Just my opinion.
>
> Jeff
> 6559
>
>
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