1972 De Tomaso Pantera

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1972 DeTOMASO PANTERA GTS***UPDATE*** The pictures are of the actual car. The car runs, drives, and stops GREAT. This is not an original car and we do not have any documentation of the restoration/upgrades. That is why it has been aggressively priced and posted as a project car.Please do not ask for more information as this is all the information we have.Below is a link to a video of the car. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9eA6nl83ruM THIS VEHICLE IS BEING OFFERED FOR SALE HERE IS A LITTLE INFORMATION ABOUT THE MAKE: Normal 0 false false false EN-US X-NONE X-NONE MicrosoftInternetExplorer4 De Tomaso Pantera The Pantera (Italian for "Panther") was a mid-engined sports car produced by the De Tomaso car company of Italy from 1971 to 1991, the last one being delivered to a customer in 1992. It was the automaker's most popular model, with over 7,000 units produced during its 20-year run History The car was designed by American designer Tom Tjaarda and replaced the De Tomaso Mangusta. Unlike the Mangusta, which employed a steel backbone chassis, the Pantera was a steel monocoque design, the first instance of De Tomaso using this construction technique. The Pantera logo included a version of Argentina's flag turned on its side with a T-shaped symbol that was the brand used by De Tomaso's Argentinian cattle ranching ancestors. The car made its public debut in Modena in March 1970 and was presented at the 1970 New York Motor Show a few weeks later. Approximately a year later the first production Panteras were sold, and production was increased to three per day. The curious slat-backed seats which had attracted comment at the New York Show were replaced by more conventional body-hugging sports-car seats in the production cars: leg-room was generous but the pedals were off-set and headroom was insufficient for drivers above approximately 6 ft. (ca. 183 cm) tall. Reflecting its makers' transatlantic ambitions, the Pantera came with an abundance of standard features which appeared exotic in Europe, such as electric windows, air conditioning and even "doors that buzz when ... open".[3] By the time the Pantera reached production, the interior was in most respects well sorted, although resting an arm on the central console could lead to inadvertently activating the poorly located cigarette lighter. The first 1971 Panteras were powered by a Ford 351 cu in (5.8 L) V8 engine that produced a severely underrated 330 hp (246 kW; 335 PS). Stock dynos over the years proved that power was more along the lines of about 380 hp (283 kW; 385 PS). The high torque provided by the Ford engine reduced the need for excessive gear changing at low speeds: this made the car much less demanding to drive in urban conditions than many of the locally built competitor products. THIS PARTICULAR SPECIMEN IS A PERFECT PROJECT CAR TO GET BACK TO ITS FORMER GLORY AUTOMOBILES OF THIS TYPE IN PRISTINE SHAPE ARE WELL OVER 80 THOUSAND DOLLARS WITH SOME TIME AND LOVE THIS TOO COULD BE THIS PANTERA IS AVAILABLE FOR $42,600.00**(PLUS 249.00 DEALER FEE, STATE AND LOCAL TAXES AND LICENSE/REGISTRATION FEES FOR BUYERS HOME STATE)