[DeTomaso] 427 Pantera for sale, not a stroker!

[JDeRyke at aol.com]

In a message dated 4/21/06 1:26:47 PM, steven.liebenow at att.net writes:

<< I'd guess that there was a LOT of chassis work to get the engine to fit.  
Motor mounts are way different....  the bellhousing..... shortening the ZF 
input shaft..... FE engines take a short input shaft compared to small blocks.... 
 A Goose tranny probably would have fit fine!!!!! >>

This was a fairly popular swap in the mid-'80s. I remember one gentleman who 
owned one telling me at 'Vegas he discussed the change beforehand with a good 
friend of his who had a shop, who said there were "only 3 little things to do 
so the FE engine would fit". So they started in- and almost a year later & an 
uncounted number of dollars, the shop got those '3 little things' done- and 
they weren't friends anymore... I think he said the shifter shaft rerouting took 
the most time. NIce car, though- J DeRyke