[DeTomaso] Ebay Pantera 5112

[Mike Drew]

Does anybody know who actually did all this to this poor car?

Mike

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On Jun 21, 2017, at 12:53, audionut at hushmail.com wrote:

>   You'd think we'd seen it all by now....
> 
>    I wouldn't put that on my website either if I were PIM.
> 
> 
> 
>   Saw this car during it's "transformation" and thought the Shelby tail
>   lights were a bit out there but still kinda fun.  They fired it up for
>   me and it made one hell of a wicked growl that I don't think anyone
>   here would dislike.
> 
> 
> 
>   The "Tijuana Lambo" front end and side scoops were not yet there so
>   it's pretty shocking to see all that.  They worked long and hard on
>   that car and someone obviously spent a ton of money on this bold, yet
>   ultimately tragic experiment in "self-taught car design".
> 
> 
> 
>   "Best of luck recouping anything near your investment into this
>   comic-strip, kid-toy car."
> 
> 
> 
>   But hey, maybe a South American drug lord will pop out of nowhere and
>   snap it up?  Or perhaps Richard Rawlings?
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>   On June 21, 2017 at 8:11 AM, "Jeff Detrich" <jjdetrich at gmail.com>
>   wrote:
> 
>     Poor Tom T, he's probably looking down and shaking his head in
>     disgust.
>     Jeff
>     6559
>     On Tue, Jun 20, 2017 at 11:44 PM, Matt <nwpantera at gmail.com> wrote:
>> Slow on the forum. Ran across this while casually searching for
>     the
>> mystery Ebay 351C engine posted earlier without a link.
>> Some may be more familiar with the car than I but it's the first
>     time
>> I've seen it.
>> It's up for grabs from PI motorsports though it's not listed on
>     their
>> website,which it seems hasn't been updated for some time.
>> Anyway it's highly modified (think Transformers) which isn't my
>     cup of
>> tea but it looks well done and very clean with many entertaining
>     mods.
>> Now the thing is it's listed in the Provamo registry(thanks Bill)
>     with
>> some history and pics.
>> Log in and check it out.
>> [1][1]https://tinyurl.com/ycgmkh26
>> It was an absolute jewel! But apparently it wasn't good enough for
>> someone.
>> And now a thousand miles later it been modernized with a hefty
>     price
>> tag to boot. One less very nice original example on the planet.
>> I just find it odd that someone would make an exceptional original
>     car
>> into this and then just sell it. Mind boggled.
>> Can anyone make sense of it?A
>> Bueller?
>> [2][2]https://tinyurl.com/yb4ugl85
>> Matt
>> 
>> References
>> 
>> 1. [3]https://tinyurl.com/ycgmkh26
>> 2. [4]https://tinyurl.com/yb4ugl85
>> 
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>   2. https://tinyurl.com/yb4ugl85
>   3. https://tinyurl.com/ycgmkh26
>   4. https://tinyurl.com/yb4ugl85
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