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Vehicle Owner

Member ID: Haugjord

Location: Bodø, NO

Last updated: May 04, 2008

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Ketil’s DeTomaso Pantera

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I finally have a Pantera!

There are not many Panteras in Norway, and finding a rust free car for sale was not easy.
My car was bought from PIM in California USA. ( Thanks to Dave and Jerry) The purchase went like clockwork, and the car`s condition was just like they said it would be.
The car needs new paint,wheels and so on.( very little rust)
The boat transport half across the world to Norway this
winter did not damage it.
And since PIM changed the anti freeze in the cooling system, the engine was still in one piece.

It even survived the last 765 miles by train in -30

Celsius(86F) over the mountains from where the boat docked
in Oslo, to where I live in Bodø, way up north.

My second problem was getting Norwegian number plates on the car.

The Pantera were never type approved in my country(in 1972), witch is required in order to have number plates. So I have bought documentation to my car from the German TUV.

And I am now in the prosses of single vehicle approving my car at the local DMV station.

The Problem is that the car has to comply with all the rules for cars registered in Norway 1972.

That means that I have to change the seat belts, front and rear lights, and so on.

As soon as the number plates are on the car, I will start the restoration of the car.

(Finely have the Norwegian number plates on the car 18/12-07)

More pictures will follow as the restoration Continues.





My Pantera
The Pantera and my "new" BMW



First start after receiving the car from California
(The car had not been started for over 13 years)

Throttle is sticking and idles at 2500rpm
(Bought a new carb and intake for it)






Needs new seats and steering wheel
Preparing car for new paint
Welded antenna hole
More holes filled
New steel needed here
New parts
The seats are in place
The new tires has arrived
Christmas came early this year!

I made a new shifter knob
And a new filler neck is stainless steel
Front group 4 fender flere is welded on

Why would any one want to have a fat ass?
This is why!!

New steering wheel




Home made in Carbon


At the paint shop
At the paint shop
At the paint shop
Back from the paint shop



The original GR4
The Harley i built before i bought my Pantera
The seat is made off fish skin!
my brother and i made this bike in a few days
My old Harley dragster build
The seat is made off fish skin!

Details details
All built inn stainless and aluminum
Some pictures off my old RX7 project

Added more boost and fuel and so on
How light can you make a snowmobile? My homebuilt space framed 500cc, landed on 253 pounds
Fun to ride, but to tall . Being rebuilt to next winter
the Opel GT i built. took 7 years!

Picture off an old HD i bought
Rebuild took a year
First start off the new engine


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Member ID: Haugjord

Location: Bodø, NO