DeTomaso Mailing List: August 99, Message #87

In my opinion replicas are great for rag top sports such as Cobras and Lotus
7s, because they are much easier for the manufacturures to make and the kit
builder to build/finish than an enclosed coupe. Also these cars are normally
used for summer blasting around and not winter lugging (there is nothing
worse than a leaking car in the winter with ice on the inside of the
screen...) Other than that replicas make great track/hill climb cars, lots
of power little weight.

Part of what makes the Pantera great is it's history and the fact it was
designed along the lines of mass production, ok it wasn't the success that
was hoped for BUT they still made 5-6k of them, and it outperformed pretty
much everything at the time except for the top speed of the top line Ferrari
BB and Lambo Countach, but who's fastest now.....
Apart from the rust problems that monocoupe contruction brings our cars are
far more practical than others of the era.

PS I still want a Lancia Stratos (Replica) but I think I would miss those
cubes

Dom
London
Its raining today so the P was left at home :-(


>Rick,
>There are a few kit manufactures that sell Cobra Daytona's now.  The
choices
>for Ford powered replicars is increasing every year.  There are 427 and 289
>style Cobras including Replicas of the FIA 289, along with Cobra Daytona's
>and GT40's.  The neat thing is some manufactures are now producing aluminum
>bodied Cobras like the original ($20,000 option).  I would not consider
this
>route, but the trend is definitely moving towards higher quality replicas
>all around.  If the Pantera was priced well beyond most peoples means,
maybe
>the Pantera replica would have been more popular.  In any case, I'm happy
>with my Pantera because it's real and I have my order placed for a
>Superformance Cobra replica because I can't afford one that's real.
>Stephen Anderson
>'72 Pantera
>Livermore, CA
>
>PS: I forgot to add the T-Bird replica.
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