[DeTomaso] 427 SOHC On BaT - Who wants to try dropping this in their Pantera . . . ?

[Charles Engles]

Dear Jim,

            Inquiring minds want to know:

Pantera International Vol. 10  No. 2  Fall/Winter 1983 page38
               This is The Pantera of The Quarter.  Fred Fossett owned a
Pantera shop at the time (Kansas?) and describes the conversion of a Pantera
with a 1967 427 side-oiler using two Holley 780 cfm carb and a valve train
with sodium-filled exhaust valves, etc and an estimated horsepower of
approximately "475".   Five photos accompany the article.

Pantera Int'l  Vol 12  Nos. 2 & 3  Winter '85 & Spring '86.   Two part
article:  Transformation---A Rusty Pantera Into a Group IV 427 by Dennis
Quella.  This article describes the resurrection of a rusty Pantera with
several photos of the process.  This Pantera is powered by a 427 medium-rise
wedge with extensive modificatons of the rear frame rails, engine mounts,
extra bracing, etc.

           There may be more 427 Pantera articles.  I went as far as P.I.
Fall 1995.   I did not check the Profiles.

           So, it has been done at least twice in the past.

                           Historically yours, Chuck Engles                


-----Original Message-----
From: Jim Kosloskey [mailto:jim.kosloskey at jim-kosloskey.com] 
Sent: Thursday, October 14, 2021 2:12 PM
To: 'Charles Engles'; 'Mike & Elizabeth'; 'Detomaso Forum'
Subject: RE: [DeTomaso] 427 SOHC On BaT - Who wants to try dropping this in
their Pantera . . . ?

Hmmm I wonder if that was a wedge or the SOHC? The SOHC is quite a bit
larger as I recall.

Jim Kosloskey

-----Original Message-----
From: DeTomaso [mailto:detomaso-bounces at server.detomasolist.com] On Behalf
Of Charles Engles
Sent: Thursday, October 14, 2021 1:51 PM
To: 'Mike & Elizabeth' <mbefthomas2 at gmail.com>; 'Detomaso Forum'
<detomaso at server.detomasolist.com>
Subject: Re: [DeTomaso] 427 SOHC On BaT - Who wants to try dropping this in
their Pantera . . . ?

Dear Mike,

               IIRC, Pantera Performance Center transplanted a 427 into a
Pantera back in the late eighties--early nineties.

               If that is correct, then it must have been quite a project.

                            Warmest regards, Chuck Engles



-----Original Message-----
From: DeTomaso [mailto:detomaso-bounces at server.detomasolist.com] On Behalf
Of Mike & Elizabeth
Sent: Thursday, October 14, 2021 12:26 PM
To: 'Detomaso Forum'
Subject: [DeTomaso] 427 SOHC On BaT - Who wants to try dropping this in
their Pantera . . . ?

https://bringatrailer.com/listing/427-sohc-ford-v-8-from-the-60s/

 

I seem to recall some one has tried this in past.  Would be rather like
trying to put a size 14 foot in a size 10 shoe. . . 

 

Mike Thomas

Panteras Northwest


_______________________________________________


Detomaso Email List is not managed by POCA Posted emails must not exceed 1.5
Megabytes DeTomaso mailing list DeTomaso at server.detomasolist.com
http://server.detomasolist.com/mailman/listinfo/detomaso

To manage your subscription (change email address, unsubscribe, etc.) use
the links above.

Members who post to this list grant license to the list to forward any
message posted here to all past, current, or future members of the list.
They also grant the list owner permission to maintain an archive or approve
the archiving of list messages.
-------------- next part --------------
   Dear Jim,

               Inquiring minds want to know:

   Pantera International Vol. 10  No. 2  Fall/Winter 1983 page38

                  This is The Pantera of The Quarter.  Fred Fossett owned
   a Pantera shop at the time (Kansas?) and describes the conversion of a
   Pantera with a 1967 427 side-oiler using two Holley 780 cfm carb and a
   valve train with sodium-filled exhaust valves, etc and an estimated
   horsepower of approximately "475".   Five photos accompany the article.

   Pantera Int'l  Vol 12  Nos. 2 & 3  Winter '85 & Spring '86.   Two part
   article:  Transformation---A Rusty Pantera Into a Group IV 427 by
   Dennis Quella.  This article describes the resurrection of a rusty
   Pantera with several photos of the process.  This Pantera is powered by
   a 427 medium-rise wedge with extensive modificatons of the rear frame
   rails, engine mounts, extra bracing, etc.

              There may be more 427 Pantera articles.  I went as far as
   P.I.  Fall 1995.   I did not check the Profiles.

              So, it has been done at least twice in the past.

                              Historically yours, Chuck
   Engles

   -----Original Message-----
   From: Jim Kosloskey [[1]mailto:jim.kosloskey at jim-kosloskey.com]
   Sent: Thursday, October 14, 2021 2:12 PM
   To: 'Charles Engles'; 'Mike & Elizabeth'; 'Detomaso Forum'
   Subject: RE: [DeTomaso] 427 SOHC On BaT - Who wants to try dropping
   this in their Pantera . . . ?

   Hmmm I wonder if that was a wedge or the SOHC? The SOHC is quite a bit

   larger as I recall.

   Jim Kosloskey

   -----Original Message-----

   From: DeTomaso [[2]mailto:detomaso-bounces at server.detomasolist.com] On
   Behalf

   Of Charles Engles

   Sent: Thursday, October 14, 2021 1:51 PM

   To: 'Mike & Elizabeth' <mbefthomas2 at gmail.com>; 'Detomaso Forum'

   <detomaso at server.detomasolist.com>

   Subject: Re: [DeTomaso] 427 SOHC On BaT - Who wants to try dropping
   this in

   their Pantera . . . ?

   Dear Mike,

                  IIRC, Pantera Performance Center transplanted a 427 into
   a

   Pantera back in the late eighties--early nineties.

                  If that is correct, then it must have been quite a
   project.

                               Warmest regards, Chuck Engles

   -----Original Message-----

   From: DeTomaso [[3]mailto:detomaso-bounces at server.detomasolist.com] On
   Behalf

   Of Mike & Elizabeth

   Sent: Thursday, October 14, 2021 12:26 PM

   To: 'Detomaso Forum'

   Subject: [DeTomaso] 427 SOHC On BaT - Who wants to try dropping this in

   their Pantera . . . ?

   [4]https://bringatrailer.com/listing/427-sohc-ford-v-8-from-the-60s/


   I seem to recall some one has tried this in past.  Would be rather like

   trying to put a size 14 foot in a size 10 shoe. . .


   Mike Thomas

   Panteras Northwest

   _______________________________________________

   Detomaso Email List is not managed by POCA Posted emails must not
   exceed 1.5

   Megabytes DeTomaso mailing list DeTomaso at server.detomasolist.com

   [5]http://server.detomasolist.com/mailman/listinfo/detomaso

   To manage your subscription (change email address, unsubscribe, etc.)
   use

   the links above.

   Members who post to this list grant license to the list to forward any

   message posted here to all past, current, or future members of the
   list.

   They also grant the list owner permission to maintain an archive or
   approve

   the archiving of list messages.

References

   1. mailto:jim.kosloskey at jim-kosloskey.com
   2. mailto:detomaso-bounces at server.detomasolist.com
   3. mailto:detomaso-bounces at server.detomasolist.com
   4. https://bringatrailer.com/listing/427-sohc-ford-v-8-from-the-60s/
   5. http://server.detomasolist.com/mailman/listinfo/detomaso