Now this is a sin

[Richard Cranium]

How does anyone allow a car like a Pantera to deteriorate to this extent?


https://www.ebay.com/itm/1972-De-To...ash=item4d76749375:g:D4QAAOSwWE9bMUXu&vxp=mtr

 

[the mississippi madman]

I'll give him 500 bucks

 

[Bill Monk]

I suppose the same reason a person will keep a superbird until it rusts to the point of being just a vin tag but still won't sell. You just can't make sense out of some people.

 

[gkent]

Nothing an Earl Scheib paintjob and some Armorall can't cure !!

 

[MarPar]

What a dolt. Wonder if AMD makes floor pans for a Pantera

 

[DeltaV]

Crazy. There are TWO Ferraris sitting near Hilton Head Island, S.C. Sometimes the covers blow off and sometimes the covers are back in place. The water table is high...the undersides gotta be rotted bad.

 

[Zeppelin264]

haha zero feedback. Good luck!

 

[MarPar]

Crazy. There are TWO Ferraris sitting near Hilton Head Island, S.C. Sometimes the covers blow off and sometimes the covers are back in place. The water table is high...the undersides gotta be rotted bad.

Like this one?

 

[Brandy]

$30,000? Dreamer.

 

[Bart K]

Really sad......I guess some people's dreams just die hard.

 

[DeltaV]

Like this one?

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I am no expert in identifying years/models of the two near HHI, but they both appear to have the body contours and wheels of a "308". One is red and the other is yellow.

 

[Cranky]

I've always liked these cars but found out a long time that: Rust was a serious issue, owing to the fact that De Tomaso used bare, untreated steel for the unibody, with multiple water traps, no less. Photographs exist of cars outside the factory in Modena, covered in rust, awaiting paint and assembly. Which explains why Panteras literally rust from the inside out. And it didn't take but a few seconds to find this info from https://www.roadandtrack.com/car-culture/a25923/shopping-with-colin-de-tomaso-pantera/
In the 70's there were several around my area and even saw a couple that were never garaged. The ones that were not garaged had rust on them even though the owners kept them clean and waxed. They remind me of how the early Mustangs (and many other brands) rusted pretty quickly.

 

[kiwigtx]

A boyhood dream of mine was shattered a few years ago when I got a chance to be behind the wheel of one.....me too big, car very cramped. Obviously built for smaller individuals than me. My father had a similar experience with the E-Type Jaguar....same outcome.

 

[Bart K]

A boyhood dream of mine was shattered a few years ago when I got a chance to be behind the wheel of one.....me too big, car very cramped. Obviously built for smaller individuals than me. My father had a similar experience with the E-Type Jaguar....same outcome.

That is why they made B bodies! No matter how big you B, your Body gonna fit!!!

 

[Budnicks]

sad
it happens far too often

 

[rlem1977]

How does anyone allow a car like a Pantera to deteriorate to this extent?

How many hurricanes has that car seen?

 

[NJRR]

@Bladecutter

 

[cryplydog]

Yet they still get an attitude and get all pissy when one inquires.

 

[Speedbird]

I sort of expected to see Gregory Peck and Scout.

 

[super-bee_ski]

Holy Cow!
"Only" 196 watchers...
Holy Cow
Talk about Exotic and Rare
$12K new I think in 1972!
Well worth the $30K
Wow, what a shame huh!