DeTomaso Pantera - A supercar of its era? Photos
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Thank you for the condolences, my father-in-law was a few weeks short of 103, lived a great, rewarding, honorable life, and we will miss him terribly, but he certainly didn't get cheated. So here are finally some pictures from Best of France and Italy Car show. Eleven Panteras showed although I was expecting about twice that many. The bright blue (Mustang grabber type of blue) one seen in one of the pictures is my next door neighbor's car, and three of the red ones belong to me and two other friends. The beautiful burgundy GTS belongs to a Pantera vendor and restorer who owned a Lincoln Mercury dealership that used to sell Panteras. The car is stunning. And finally the picture of the car that looks like a tractor is what Jay Leno brought to the show, and if you enlarge the photo, you'll see him sitting behind the wheel. And finally, I couldn't help myself and had to post a picture of a stunning Bizzarini that like the Pantera is a hybrid of Italian design and build and American muscle V8. Enjoy!
tberg said:
Thank you for the condolences, my father-in-law was a few weeks short of 103, lived a great, rewarding, honorable life, and we will miss him terribly, but he certainly didn't get cheated. So here are finally some pictures from Best of France and Italy Car show. Eleven Panteras showed although I was expecting about twice that many. The bright blue (Mustang grabber type of blue) one seen in one of the pictures is my next door neighbor's car, and three of the red ones belong to me and two other friends. The beautiful burgundy GTS belongs to a Pantera vendor and restorer who owned a Lincoln Mercury dealership that used to sell Panteras. The car is stunning. And finally the picture of the car that looks like a tractor is what Jay Leno brought to the show, and if you enlarge the photo, you'll see him sitting behind the wheel. And finally, I couldn't help myself and had to post a picture of a stunning Bizzarini that like the Pantera is a hybrid of Italian design and build and American muscle V8. Enjoy!
Very sorry to hear about the death of your father-in-law tberg, Wow at 103 he must have been able to tell some stories,Looks a fun meeting i should imagine with plenty of french eclectic cars there,
When i use to go to a De Tomaso meeting here it was a job to get 10 cars there and that would be a UK club meeting,
lucky many Ferrari's and Lambo's would hear about it and made up the numbers but 11 Pantera's all local to you
just goes to show how many more were sold in the States.
Nice to see the sun was shinning on you once again, we had a couple of cracking days here so think yourselves lucky for that.
Thanks for posting and keeping the De Tomaso interest going over here as we hear nothing from the UK club on this forum
or owners for that matter.
Edited by rat rod on Sunday 13th November 10:42
P5BNij said:
The De Tomaso club put on a nice spread at the NEC this weekend, four Panteras and a Mangusta, I didn't manage to photograph all of them but here are a few shots...
The white Pantera is on you tube,the owner lives in Southampton along with the 2 red ones both owned by his mateThey,ve both owned them for years so got in at the bottom of the market when nobody seemed to want them.
rat rod said:
P5BNij said:
The De Tomaso club put on a nice spread at the NEC this weekend, four Panteras and a Mangusta, I didn't manage to photograph all of them but here are a few shots...
The white Pantera is on you tube,the owner lives in Southampton along with the 2 red ones both owned by his mateThey,ve both owned them for years so got in at the bottom of the market when nobody seemed to want them.
The only downside to going to the show is it's giving me ideas again...
P5BNij said:
rat rod said:
P5BNij said:
The De Tomaso club put on a nice spread at the NEC this weekend, four Panteras and a Mangusta, I didn't manage to photograph all of them but here are a few shots...
The white Pantera is on you tube,the owner lives in Southampton along with the 2 red ones both owned by his mateThey,ve both owned them for years so got in at the bottom of the market when nobody seemed to want them.
The only downside to going to the show is it's giving me ideas again...
,Sometimes we need a gentle shove and i always feel lifted after leaving the show
infact i'm positively dangerous and would come out of there owning 10 more cars
if i had the money and the space.If all those De Tomaso's were all heading the same direction that would be quite a sight
but unfortunately most will be trailered home, Coming home from there one Sunday nlght in the Alfa GTA
i picked up some headlights coming up quickly ,we stayed together for a good few miles but couldn't quite make out
what it was so slowed to let him pass,turned out to be another Alfa but a road registered racing GTV that had been on the Alfa stand at the show
With a toot from it's air horns and the passenger waving i took chase.
Had a blast for the next half hour or so in convoy trying to keep up with him ,he certainly knew how to drive but i had to stop at Chieveley services
when my petrol light came on, good job to as i'm blind as a bat on unlit roads at night and it would have only been a matter of time before i either
crashed or both of us would have ended up in court after being nabbed by the old bill.
I know i should know better at my age but unlike back in the day this doesn't happen to often,
Edited by rat rod on Sunday 13th November 21:49
tberg said:
lovely pictures with cars, good meeting, I also like that black pantera, hm, I spot also some nice ols Maserati's, a Merak and a sebring?My dad (not anymore under the living since 2005) also owned 2 Maserati's, first a Biturbo, later a nice Maserati Shamal.
Also my younger twin sisters own a lovely classic Maserati, a 4000 Mistral, today I've heard they probably thinking of selling it, they have not driven it for more then a year ... there car is always in a special house were it is parked under special cloth and warmth and 10 times a year polished and cared for even without driving? also very expensive... in Amsterdam.
So they thinking of selling, they are very busy so driving that free day car will not come soon and they know its better that its driven occasionally.
AMTony said:
Considering we don't hear much about De Tomaso's on here or anywhere else the club always make a good effort for the NECalong with the GT40,Hawk Cobra,Ferrari,Lamboghili and vintage Bugatti clubs but Porsche always seem to have the most cars there,
a sea of 911's.one for every year and model. A little pissed that i missed it this year looking at all the video's and photo's,
Just being lazy really
rat rod said:
AMTony said:
Considering we don't hear much about De Tomaso's on here or anywhere else the club always make a good effort for the NECalong with the GT40,Hawk Cobra,Ferrari,Lamboghili and vintage Bugatti clubs but Porsche always seem to have the most cars there,
a sea of 911's.one for every year and model. A little pissed that i missed it this year looking at all the video's and photo's,
Just being lazy really
I am a Porsche owner as well so no axe to grind with my comments.
rat rod said:
AMTony said:
Considering we don't hear much about De Tomaso's on here or anywhere else the club always make a good effort for the NECalong with the GT40,Hawk Cobra,Ferrari,Lamboghili and vintage Bugatti clubs but Porsche always seem to have the most cars there,
a sea of 911's.one for every year and model. A little pissed that i missed it this year looking at all the video's and photo's,
Just being lazy really
The rest of my NEC pics are here... https://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?h=0&... I came home with a shopping list as long as your arm - Italians, Brits and Yanks mostly
tberg said:
Attended an early morning car meetup near Pasadena in southern California this morning. 11 Panteras showed up in many different "flavors," including mine and two of my friends. Then we all "thundered" off to breakfast at a local eatery waking up the entire neighborhood.
Couldn't think of a better way to be waken up 
As a teenager when still living with my parents in a valley their neighour
who owned a 246 Dino and a Lambo Jarama and lived at the
top of valley use to drive down one side on overrun then scream up
the other side on full throttle ,did this most days first thing
in the morning in one car or the other , I must have had the most expensive
alarm clock ever
Hey rat rod,
My neighbors aren't too happy with my startups every Sunday morning before 7am when we leave to go off to one car meet or another. My next door neighbor who also has a Pantera (since new in 1973), but who rarely drives his, calls me his "Sunday morning alarm clock," and usually joins a group of us with one of his other not quite so loud cars.
My neighbors aren't too happy with my startups every Sunday morning before 7am when we leave to go off to one car meet or another. My next door neighbor who also has a Pantera (since new in 1973), but who rarely drives his, calls me his "Sunday morning alarm clock," and usually joins a group of us with one of his other not quite so loud cars.
tberg said:
Hey rat rod,
My neighbors aren't too happy with my startups every Sunday morning before 7am when we leave to go off to one car meet or another. My next door neighbor who also has a Pantera (since new in 1973), but who rarely drives his, calls me his "Sunday morning alarm clock," and usually joins a group of us with one of his other not quite so loud cars.
Hi tberg, Good to have a car guy as a neighour,nothing worse than having a Prius driver living next door to you, My neighbors aren't too happy with my startups every Sunday morning before 7am when we leave to go off to one car meet or another. My next door neighbor who also has a Pantera (since new in 1973), but who rarely drives his, calls me his "Sunday morning alarm clock," and usually joins a group of us with one of his other not quite so loud cars.
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