[DeTomaso] Vintage Race Pantera

[Scott Mead Photography]

Looking at the shot of the car on the flatbed and placement of the NACA duct, it looks an awful lot like John Storey's first race Pantera, which he built back in the '80s. If memory serves, John built it from a car that had been beaten to within an inch of its life. He did some pretty serious engineering/development on the car, which was incredibly fast, and balanced. John usually turned in lap times that were at the top of the Riverside charts, even beating out several full-on race cars.

Mahalo,

Scott

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From: DeTomaso [mailto:detomaso-bounces at server.detomasolist.com] On Behalf Of jtaphorn at kingwoodcable.com
Sent: Monday, January 02, 2017 12:52 PM
To: detomaso at server.detomasolist.com
Subject: [DeTomaso] Vintage Race Pantera

In 1990, I attended the Walter Mitty vintage races at Road Atlanta.  The Pantera pictured in the attachments was very quick but retired after only a few laps.  I believe the car was transported to the track by George Stauffer.  Unfortunately, the picture that I have of the car, I just took with my cell phone from an old VCR tape while playing on my TV.  While the pic quality while playing the tape on the TV is pretty good, snapping a pic doesn't work so well.  However, perhaps it is good enough for someone to recognize the Pantera or the driver standing on the rollback.  Where is this car today?  It was the first Pantera that I had seen with 180 degree exhaust.