[DeTomaso] Coyote powered Pantera's value

[Sean Korb]

But how much fun is a stock Pantera?  Well, all right, it's pretty fun but
these projects aren't for the value, they're for the fun.  Our cars are
still not valuable enough to pay for the money and time invested in keeping
them up but they're close enough that you won't feel too bad about the
money lost when you sell.

I think we can look a bit to the Mustang crowd.  I fixed up my '68 Mustang
sports roof with a 289 to have a monster stroked FE motor instead.  Does it
hurt the value?  Sure.  But not too much or at least not enough to keep it
from being fun.  The restomods stll don't seem to be selling for as much as
a detailed stocker with Curley's yellow grease pencil  painted "OK" on the
differential (because it was made on a Wednesday and everyone knows Curley
had a double shift on Wednesdays).

For a Pantera just look to the Purgold Pantera.  Many tens of thousands
invested and it still only fetches the price of a nice stocker.  But it was
fun.

sean


On Sun, May 18, 2014 at 12:26 PM, Boyd Casey <boyd411 at gmail.com> wrote:

>    Does anybody have any info on how installing Coyote engines has
>    effected the value of Panteras ?
>    It seems that in recent sales Panteras that were closer to stock have
>    brought better prices then modified Pantera ( like GTS or GT-5 )
>    conversions, even when some have had very significant amounts of money
>    spent ( notice I didn't say "invested") on their conversions and or
>    modifications. Does anyone have any hard evidence to support this
>    hypothesis?
>    Boyd
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'65,'68 Mustangs,'68 Cougar,'78 R100/7,'60 Metro,'59 A35,'71 Pantera #1382
"The more you drive, the less intelligent you get" --Miller
"Computers are useless.  They can only give you answers." -P. Picasso
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   But how much fun is a stock Pantera?A  Well, all right, it's pretty fun
   but these projects aren't for the value, they're for the fun.A  Our
   cars are still not valuable enough to pay for the money and time
   invested in keeping them up but they're close enough that you won't
   feel too bad about the money lost when you sell.
   I think we can look a bit to the Mustang crowd.A  I fixed up my '68
   Mustang sports roof with a 289 to have a monster stroked FE motor
   instead.A  Does it hurt the value?A  Sure.A  But not too much or at
   least not enough to keep it from being fun.A  The restomods stll don't
   seem to be selling for as much as a detailed stocker with Curley's
   yellow grease pencilA  painted "OK" on the differential (because it was
   made on a Wednesday and everyone knows Curley had a double shift on
   Wednesdays).
   For a Pantera just look to the Purgold Pantera.A  Many tens of
   thousands invested and it still only fetches the price of a nice
   stocker.A  But it was fun.
   sean

   On Sun, May 18, 2014 at 12:26 PM, Boyd Casey <[1]boyd411 at gmail.com>
   wrote:

     A  A Does anybody have any info on how installing Coyote engines has
     A  A effected the value of Panteras ?
     A  A It seems that in recent sales Panteras that were closer to
     stock have
     A  A brought better prices then modified Pantera ( like GTS or GT-5
     )
     A  A conversions, even when some have had very significant amounts
     of money
     A  A spent ( notice I didn't say "invested") on their conversions
     and or
     A  A modifications. Does anyone have any hard evidence to support
     this
     A  A hypothesis?
     A  A Boyd
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   Sean Korb [4]spkorb at spkorb.org [5]http://www.spkorb.org
   '65,'68 Mustangs,'68 Cougar,'78 R100/7,'60 Metro,'59 A35,'71 Pantera
   #1382
   "The more you drive, the less intelligent you get" --Miller
   "Computers are useless.A  They can only give you answers." -P. Picasso

References

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   4. mailto:spkorb at spkorb.org
   5. http://www.spkorb.org/