[DeTomaso] Electric anyone?

[Garth Rodericks]

It would be an interesting project. If they can convert a 1968 Porsche 911 with Tesla running gear and find a place for the batteries, there would certainly be room in a Pantera...

I wouldn't mind owning this one being raffled off in a fundraiser for the Petersen Automobile Museum:
https://www.omaze.com/products/zelectric-1968-porsche-911

Maybe one of those project Panteras out there would be a suitable candidate...
https://bringatrailer.com/listing/1972-detomaso-pantera-44/
https://www.ebay.com/itm/1972-De-Tomaso-Pantera-Pantera-/283855936498
Actually, that last one wouldn't be worth the trouble.  The seller is clearly on crack based on the asking price, and it would need too much money and work to put it back to something resembling a Pantera.


As far as drivetrains are concerned, modestly damaged donor Tesla's are readily available quite inexpensively - for just about the same money as a professionally rebuilt Cleveland...
https://erepairables.com/salvage-cars-auction/tesla
https://www.copart.com/popular/make/tesla?query=tesla&free


FWIW, for several years I've thought it would be fun to splash a mold from a Vallelunga and build my own EV Vallelunga replica.  That would be cool!
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   It would be an interesting project. If they can convert a 1968 Porsche
   911 with Tesla running gear and find a place for the batteries, there
   would certainly be room in a Pantera...
   I wouldn't mind owning this one being raffled off in a fundraiser for
   the Petersen Automobile Museum:
   [1]https://www.omaze.com/products/zelectric-1968-porsche-911
   Maybe one of those project Panteras out there would be a suitable
   candidate...
   [2]https://bringatrailer.com/listing/1972-detomaso-pantera-44/
   [3]https://www.ebay.com/itm/1972-De-Tomaso-Pantera-Pantera-/28385593649
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   Actually, that last one wouldn't be worth the trouble.  The seller is
   clearly on crack based on the asking price, and it would need too much
   money and work to put it back to something resembling a Pantera.
   As far as drivetrains are concerned, modestly damaged donor Tesla's are
   readily available quite inexpensively - for just about the same money
   as a professionally rebuilt Cleveland...
   [4]https://erepairables.com/salvage-cars-auction/tesla
   [5]https://www.copart.com/popular/make/tesla?query=tesla&free
   FWIW, for several years I've thought it would be fun to splash a mold
   from a Vallelunga and build my own EV Vallelunga replica.  That would
   be cool!

References

   1. https://www.omaze.com/products/zelectric-1968-porsche-911
   2. https://bringatrailer.com/listing/1972-detomaso-pantera-44/
   3. https://www.ebay.com/itm/1972-De-Tomaso-Pantera-Pantera-/283855936498
   4. https://erepairables.com/salvage-cars-auction/tesla
   5. https://www.copart.com/popular/make/tesla?query=tesla&free