[DeTomaso] Mecum Pantera Auction

[MikeLDrew at aol.com]

BIG flashing warning light on this one!

This is another Mecum scam.

This car first appeared on Craigslist last year.   On behalf of a potential 
buyer in another country, I had a very well-known and well-respected 
Pantera owner (who used to work in a restoration shop) go and examine it 
first-hand.

This car had the speedo cable disconnected (or it broke) early in its life. 
  The mileage on the gauge is accurate--it simply doesn't match the mileage 
on the rest of the car.   The car has many more miles on it (check out the 
wear in the driver's carpet).  It had also been wrecked and very badly 
repaired.   It's an early car with big headlight buckets, but it had smaller, 
later-style buckets installed, so the gap was huge--you could see the ground 
through the gap between the buckets and the fenders!

It also had L-model rear wheels, for some strange reason, and although the 
auction photos don't show them very well, I can still see that they are 
there.

The quality of the bodywork and paint was atrocious--big drips in the paint 
etc.   It appears that they have since addressed this and done a good job 
of bringing the car up to a presentable standard.   But it's not what it is 
pretending to be--an extremely original low-mileage car.   Instead, it's an 
old beat-up Pantera that had been wrecked, fixed badly, sat around for years, 
then (apparently) fixed a bit better.

That's not to say it's not a car worth owning.   It might make an owner 
very happy and could be a great car to own and drive.   But it's a $40K 
Pantera, not an $80K Pantera.

Mike
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   BIG flashing warning light on this one!
   This is another Mecum scam.
   This car first appeared on Craigslist last year.  On behalf of a
   potential buyer in another country, I had a very well-known and
   well-respected Pantera owner (who used to work in a restoration shop)
   go and examine it first-hand.
   This car had the speedo cable disconnected (or it broke) early in its
   life.  The mileage on the gauge is accurate--it simply doesn't match
   the mileage on the rest of the car.  The car has many more miles on it
   (check out the wear in the driver's carpet). It had also been wrecked
   and very badly repaired.  It's an early car with big headlight buckets,
   but it had smaller, later-style buckets installed, so the gap was
   huge--you could see the ground through the gap between the buckets and
   the fenders!
   It also had L-model rear wheels, for some strange reason, and although
   the auction photos don't show them very well, I can still see that they
   are there.
   The quality of the bodywork and paint was atrocious--big drips in the
   paint etc.  It appears that they have since addressed this and done a
   good job of bringing the car up to a presentable standard.  But it's
   not what it is pretending to be--an extremely original low-mileage
   car.  Instead, it's an old beat-up Pantera that had been wrecked, fixed
   badly, sat around for years, then (apparently) fixed a bit better.
   That's not to say it's not a car worth owning.  It might make an owner
   very happy and could be a great car to own and drive.  But it's a $40K
   Pantera, not an $80K Pantera.
   Mike