DeTomaso Mailing List: April 2001, Message #35

It may be a bad deal relative to your car.  Yet the $40,000.00 tight 
Pantera is still a car to outperform many for the money.  Consider 
Corvettes, M3s, Jaguars, ect.  I assume the author was commenting on the 
model in general, your car being an even brighter example of his point.

Mike (I cant believe this good fortune in cars) Royer




At 11:33 AM 4/2/2001 -0400, you wrote:
>hi all,
>
>gee, i *hope* this is a harbinger for future pantera prices, but i don' tink
>so - i tink that one for $41k was an aberration.
>
>my pantera, while nowhere near as nice as that one, is far from yunk, &
>could be made as nice as the auctioned car for less than $15k, even if yure
>a checkbook mechanic.  not wanting a concours car, but a driver, i had
>budgeted ~$8k-$10k - repair the rockers (the car is structurally sound),
>install the boss quench heads/roller rockers/cam, minor suspension/brake
>upgrades.
>
>as it is now, the car is really quite a decent driver, strong, tight engine,
>nice-looking, w/the exception of the minor rocker "problem", & this is
>noticeable only upon close inspection.  due to a looming balloon-payment, i
>adwertized the car for $23k, which wood include the engine goodies & a few
>other assorted miscellaneous items.  i received wery little interest.  as it
>is, i tink isle be able to hold onto the car :>) but, i tink that black car
>auctioned for $41k was *not* the great buy that mr. martin said it was...
>
>one persons' opinion,
>
>doug s., #2602
>
>ps - fred terry, you say my car up-close - be frank, is it not as i
>described?