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[dave londry]

Darn - the 429 is pretty wide to fit into the Pantera.

On 21/03/2014 4:05 PM, Will Kooiman wrote:
> Wait.  I'm good at word problems like this.
>
> UmmmmmŠ..    The station wagon?
>
> On 3/21/14 7:01 PM, "John Taphorn" <jtaphorn at kingwoodcable.com> wrote:
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>>    I grew up in upstate NY.  While I was only about 11 or 12, my
>>    recollection was that everyone wanted a Pantera.  I don't recall the
>>    mixed reviews dampening the ambitions of many people to own one.  It
>>    was a hot car.
>>    Rather, it was the outrageous price of 11K which was almost twice the
>>    price of a big block Vette or a fully loaded Colony Park station wagon
>>    with a 429, that limited the buyers.
>>    Guess which car was in our driveway.  :^(
>>    JT
>>
>>    On 3/21/2014 10:51 AM, Jeff Detrich wrote:
>>
>>    On Tue, Mar 4, 2014 at 2:57 PM, Julian Kift
>>    [1]<[1]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
>>
>> References
>>
>>    1. [2]mailto:julian_kift at hotmail.com
>>
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