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<font face="Comic Sans MS">The Pantera "On the Mend" Quartet</font><br>
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<span class="text_exposed_show"><span class="userContent">When
it comes to a love of cars, the Detomaso Pantera owners
share a very common affinity - they love to talk about
their favorite car with other Pantera owners around the
world, regardless if they are runnin<span
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</span></span>While there are many other local Pantera
friends with Panteras "on the mend," four of us got together
to share a few stories during the 2013 final run of the ALMS
race. This unique gathering of a quartet of Panteras "On the
Mend" owners typified the wide geographic and personal
background of the Pantera community.<br>
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The members of this not so elite quartet can be seen at
these open Facebook links:<br>
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href="https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=651241634915839&l=a115b26c2b">https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=651241634915839&l=a115b26c2b</a><br>
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href="https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=651241624915840&l=4e75b99816">https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=651241624915840&l=4e75b99816</a><br>
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Dave Kanahele, while not local and from Cypress, California,
decided to make a dog leg while on a business trip and take
up my invitation to visit with us at the race. Dave is the
Director of Systems Architecture at a left coast firm. Many
of you will remember the link to the pictures of his unique
Pantera he is rebuilding. <br>
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Jesper Sahlberg is a Danish citizen working in the USA for a
Danish firm that sells unique corporate software. Jesper is
also the proud, yet foot bound, owner of a his late model
supercharged Pantera that is being repaired, but tied up in
a running battle with his insurance company. Jesper is </span><span
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an avid racer who is now building his second race car, a
Lotus Europa, and is planning to have it ready for the
spring NASA race season.<br>
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Ed Zabinski, an accomplished race driver and the Level 5
Motorsports' driving coach and backup driver who lives in a
south Atlanta suburb, has just "reclaimed" his Pantera from
a fabrication shop that was delinquent (to say the least) in
getting his his rear engine bay area rebuilt, and has moved
it to another shop. Ed is hoping to get it completed in 6
months.<br>
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Most of my Pantera friends and brethren know my story. After
completely rebuilding my 1974 Pantera and running it for
several years, I blew an exhaust header gasket. </span><span
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I will not let anyone else work on my car and w</span></span></font>ith
other projects taking my time, such as the Shadrach Mustang
program and the Barret Cuda charity build, I put fixing my
Pantera on the back burner. Given I don't have any other
major projects pending, I need to put it at the top of my
car project "to-do" list and get it road worthy again.<br>
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Dick Koch - Atlanta<br>
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