DeTomaso Mailing List: February 98, Message #262
     



From: 	MikeLDrew@aol.com

Subject: Re:  Re:  Interesting Pantera.....

Date: 	Thu, 5 Feb 1998 09:35:08 +0000



Jack wrote:



>Mike Drew did a write-up on the Chrysler-Panteras a while back. There were

apparently three built with 318 Dodge engines. One is in England and is

regularly driven in DeTomaso Drivers Club events. Here's the second- in New

Zealand! Where's the third one? 



>>>Apparently several of these cars were built.  I know for a fact that two

of them were part of the Carroll Shelby collection and were auctioned off a

couple of years ago.  From what I understood at the time, one went to

England, the other to New Zealand.  Paul's car was supposedly purchased from

Jim Henson, which would indicate to me that it had been exported to the U.K.

at least ten years ago, so that makes three (Paul has now taken his car to

New Zealand too.)  Scott Black was at Shelby's 75th birthday party a few

weeks ago and mentioned that he saw two Panteras there, one a GT5.  Both

Dodge-powered?  Now, is it possible that one of the cars that was supposedly

auctioned actually didn't get sold?  I wouldn't put it past Shelby to bid on

his own cars to drive the sale price up! <grin, said with admiration!>



Scott, care to tell us more about the Panteras you saw?  Were they both Dodge

powered?  (BTW, I had always heard that they were 340 Wedge motors, not 318.)



I had initially reported only two Dodge-powered cars had been built; recently

I heard the actual number was four.  There seems to be lots of conjecture

surrounding the topic, though.



How come the DeTomaso registrar and POCA historian isn't in on this?

 Somebody find that man a computer! :>)



Mike