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07-04-2008 07:20 AM #1
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No mail today, but I'll be sitting by the mailbox tomorrow!!!!! oh yeah, engine and drive train, wheels and tires will only run another $25K, gonna be a real bargain car when it's done, huh?????Yesterday is history, tomorrow is a mystery, Live for Today!
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07-04-2008 08:26 AM #2
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Of course this particular car was set up for vintage road racing before it was caught in the fire, from my understanding and only seeing the car once at Laguna Seca, it ran in the middle of the pack........
Bill S>Instead of being part of the problem, be part of a successful solution.
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07-04-2008 08:38 AM #3
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That would explain the roll "cage". I especially like the single hood pin punched in the middle.
Originally Posted by mrmustang
Makes me wonder if the car was already kinda beat when they made it a "racer".
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07-04-2008 08:51 AM #4
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Originally Posted by Bob Parmenter
No, the car was really a top notch 100K+ no budget build, the front boot cover is hinged at the front not the rear and the single hood pin was to allow the boot to lift slightly at speed and bleed off under bonnet air pressure.
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07-04-2008 10:06 AM #5
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Why not just leave the "patina"?? Think of how you could ruffle the feathers of the purists at a car show with the first RAT ROD PANTERA!!!!!!!
A couple of Craftsman wrenches for suspension pieces, a spider web or two and a Mexican blanket..........BINGO, instant rat rod!!
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07-04-2008 10:14 AM #6
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Don, you have a warped sense of humor.
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07-04-2008 11:34 AM #7
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Must have cut the budget some on the fire suppression system eh? Originally Posted by mrmustang
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07-04-2008 12:21 PM #8
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Forest fire victim along with several million worth of other exotics from neighbors and such........ Originally Posted by Bob Parmenter
Must have cut the budget some on the fire suppression system eh?Instead of being part of the problem, be part of a successful solution.
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07-04-2008 02:52 PM #9
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500 Caddy from a FWD Eldorado mounted in the rear, that 'might' work..... I know that DeTomaso Pantera's used Ford V8 engines.. Was Ford any part of the manufacture/ sale of them?You don't know what you've got til it's gone
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