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Member ID: detomasopantera

Location: My Garage, SJ

Vehicle Info

1971 DeTomaso Pantera

Bragging Rights

  • 1/4 Mile0 sec @ -1 mph
  • 0-604.5sec
  • Top Speed-1mph
  • HP385
  • Weight2950lbs

Major Upgrades

  • turbo
  • nitrous
  • bore increase
  • port and polish
  • supercharger
  • extrude honed
  • stroke increase
  • engine swap

Ratings

    • Currently 4.2/5 Stars.

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Last updated: Oct 05, 2009

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de Tomaso’s DeTomaso Pantera

  • Currently 4.2051948051948 /5 Stars.
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detomasopantera's 1971 DeTomaso Pantera

- Originally registered in Italy as a '73 GTS then sold to a French citizen in 1985. I'm the third owner.
- This European Pantera was converted to widebody GT-5 exterior and interior specs by the deTomaso factory. Original USA 71-74 Panteras had narrow, unflared bodies.
- Leather interior with burlwood inserts, Euro gauges with 300 km/hr speedo, Hall Pantera sound bar (no speaker holes anywhere).
- In order to save weight, the A/C and heat have been removed.
- BF Torino seats with supportive side bolsters. Momo steering wheel.
- Spicer halfshafts, Koni shocks, GT-5 springs, new ball joints
- TRW racing steering rack with new tie rods; bump steering kit
- PPC forged axles; factory vented GT-3 rotors
- Collector's Choice fully shrouded, lay-down SS radiator
- PPC solid one inch chrome rear swaybar
- Factory Ansa GTS (2.5 inch) exhaust system replaced with stainless steel replica
- Side gas cap conversion; three inch flush aircraft style gas cap
- Billet wheels are replicas of the original GT-5 wheels. An upgrade of neccessity since 15 inch tires are almost non-existant in the 285/40 (front) and 345/35 (rear) sizes. If you search hard enough, one can probably find these tires, but the prices are usually pretty obscene.
- Factory Aluminum delta-wing is very light
- Received a set of of stock GT-5 calipers from the previous owner, but I've decided not to install them since they're extremely heavy. Eventually I'll upgrade to light Wilwood calipers. Currently, I'm using the stock brake setup with Porterfield pads which work fine for street use.
- The Pantera uses a 5-speed German ZF transaxle with chrome gated shifter.
- Fully independent suspension which, like the car itself, was ahead of it's time.

detomasopantera's 1971 DeTomaso Pantera

Page 4 - Updates and mods
Page 5 - continued
Page 6 - Even more stuff done to this old car!
Page 7 - More pics
Page 8 - Older shots. One from Germany.
Page 9 - Poll results on whether I should keep the delta wing.
Page 10 - DeTomaso logo

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detomasopantera's 1971 DeTomaso Pantera

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M173XM37  

Posted by: M173XM37

10/05/2009 10:05PM

The applicant for Showoff!

M173XM37  

Posted by: M173XM37

10/05/2009 10:05PM

Good work, frienD! Dont stop! We want to see a resulT! 6 stars are got by your masterpiece...

Famiglia  

Posted by: Famiglia

10/01/2009 12:14PM

It is awesome to see such a beautiful car existed in 1971.

X5Alla  

Posted by: X5Alla

09/18/2009 09:53PM

Love your car very sexy, check out my ride if you like. 5*

Olds1975  

Posted by: Olds1975

09/14/2009 05:36PM

I love it! 5*s for me!

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Member ID: detomasopantera

Location: My Garage, SJ