UK Pantera GT5 coming up for sale...

UK Pantera GT5 coming up for sale...

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cuda440

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45 posts

238 months

Sunday 13th April 2014
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Hi guys,
Disclaimer: said car is not mine and I do not have a vested interest!
Some of you may know of this car - it has been sitting outside a house in N London for 10+ years and sadly is in predictably poor condition. I put a note through the door 2-3 years ago and got a text just 10 days ago advising that the car will be available for sale after Easter.
I have lived locally 20+ yrs and remember seeing it out on the road in the '90's...so, any interest? I do not have any kind of exclusive access but I do have the owners contact name and number. She - think it used to be hubby's - has stated receipt of various offers, which upon cogitation suggests she is very possibly a stranger to the truth. Anyway I am just under a mile away and will engage with Maria further if it might possibly save a load of your collective time and ultimately find a good home.
FWIW got a bit of "proper" car history with engagements at Portman Lamborghini, HR Owen Ferrari/Lotus/TVR and "AFN" Porsche Park Lane.

Dinoboy

2,494 posts

216 months

Sunday 13th April 2014
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Sounds interesting, a GT5 is a desirable thing.
What colour is it?

cuda440

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45 posts

238 months

Sunday 13th April 2014
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Original factory red with the usual patination of slightly "pink". The car has been turned around on the driveway fairly recently so thinking it starts!

Robert W

544 posts

161 months

Sunday 13th April 2014
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Photos! We want photos! What's the reg - we may be able to come up with a photo from the good old days?

cuda440

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45 posts

238 months

Sunday 13th April 2014
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On it - but I think Maria is away for a bit. Still a cheeky photo wouldn't hurt...see what I can do.

cuda440

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45 posts

238 months

Monday 14th April 2014
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Please accept my humble apologies for this schoolboy effort but hopefully enough to go on. Andy at AC Automotive (Shepherds Bush - Legend) has worked on plenty of these and threw out £20k as a guide to getting it pretty tidy. The car has recently been turned around so might well have been started. Not necessarily a good thing?! Anyway best I can do for now.

Adz The Rat

13,949 posts

208 months

Monday 14th April 2014
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Cuda, if you wouldn't mind PM'ing me I might have an interest.

Thanks.

Pork

9,453 posts

233 months

Monday 14th April 2014
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I would love that.

I don't have the time, space or money , but I'd love it all the same.

I hope whoever buys it is on here.

Johnnyforeigner

217 posts

142 months

Tuesday 15th April 2014
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Cuda, PM me please. I'm interested in having a look and it's quite local to me.

steveirl

276 posts

211 months

Tuesday 15th April 2014
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cuda440 said:


Please accept my humble apologies for this schoolboy effort but hopefully enough to go on. Andy at AC Automotive (Shepherds Bush - Legend) has worked on plenty of these and threw out £20k as a guide to getting it pretty tidy. The car has recently been turned around so might well have been started. Not necessarily a good thing?! Anyway best I can do for now.
Having owned a GT5S for near 10 years, and spent all the time and money needed to get my car to among the best, I can tell you that 20k is just the starting point with a Pantera that has been sitting for such a long time. I hope it sells to someone prepared to recommission and restore it properly. Unfortunately, many have been badly patched together, even by supposedly reputable workshops.

cuda440

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45 posts

238 months

Wednesday 16th April 2014
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Thanks Steve - wise words for all potential "investors". I think Andy @ AC was thinking more along the lines of making the car good for an MoT...

irocfan

40,158 posts

189 months

Wednesday 16th April 2014
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I so want to win the Eruomillions!! That would be on my drive in an instant.... well, after a lengthy total resto!

rubystone

11,252 posts

258 months

Wednesday 16th April 2014
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steveirl said:
Having owned a GT5S for near 10 years, and spent all the time and money needed to get my car to among the best, I can tell you that 20k is just the starting point with a Pantera that has been sitting for such a long time. I hope it sells to someone prepared to recommission and restore it properly. Unfortunately, many have been badly patched together, even by supposedly reputable workshops.
Agreed on that one. Chap I know bought a sound one - had some work done and found all manner of horrors underneath. Had to fabricate a lot of panels that are no longer available and the car owes him at least £85k.

Approach with care. One of those cars where it might be better to pay decent money for a good one.

cuda440

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45 posts

238 months

Wednesday 16th April 2014
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Another one for you...shot thro' the window as no one home (as I was told...). Shame the bodywork not as good!

pork911

7,088 posts

182 months

Wednesday 16th April 2014
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Getting a bit stalkerish now wink

cuda440

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238 months

Wednesday 16th April 2014
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And kinda felt that way...rolleyes

WCZ

10,492 posts

193 months

Wednesday 16th April 2014
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i'd like one but tbh I don't like the idea of spending 80k and all the off-the-road time associated with it

cuda440

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45 posts

238 months

Friday 18th April 2014
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Well I think we're all agreed it would be an expensive hobby, but I would wager that an "equivalent" from the other Italian stables might just be pain in an entirely different dimension...must be an upside to a Ford V8? Oh, and did I mention - back in the day - it sounded awesome? Anyhoo, have a great weekend motoring enthusiasts and will hopefully update soon.

cuda440

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45 posts

238 months

Friday 2nd May 2014
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Gentlemen; GT5 apparently getting knocked down for 35 bags sometime soon (this w/e?). Have a good evening.

cuda440

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45 posts

238 months

Saturday 3rd May 2014
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Gentlemen - and ladies - apparently at least one party telling porkies. I am checking GT5 out Sat 2pm. Any real interest? This is a genuine opportunity and I am - REALLY! - just a guy who happens to live down the road and stuck a note thro' a door 3 years ago...let me know sleep