DeTomaso

Pantera

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History:  
This immaculate show car was built by Shell Burger of Shell Burger Classics in Arizona. His impeccable work has claimed awards at the topnotch Pebble Beach Concourse, which is quite an accomplishment for a car builder considering Pebble Beach displays the best of the best.  It is obvious that Shell pays a great deal of attention to detail and quality when building and restoring cars.

Awards and publications:
The car holds numerous awards and featured articles, some of which include Best of Show & Best Engine Concourse Italiano, People's Choice Las Vegas, Monterey Concourse Italiano Black Horse Cover Car, 2003 POCA Calendar Car, featured four times in Pantera International, and noted in the February 2007 issue of Classiccars and November 2008 issue of Velocity, featured in the book “Extreme Panteras”.
 
Body:
The body has Group 4 steel flares, butt-welded to the body for strength.  The car has also been reinforced with metal in all of the critical places, such as around the taillights, at the top of the rear fenders near the roof, and around all hinges of the deck lid and roof.  The body surface has been completely smoothed and flat like a mirror, with bodylines sharpened and accentuated.  The paint is PPG Dark Cranberry #73866 basecoat & clear coat.  The dark cranberry color is quite a few shades darker than a typical maroon or burgundy color, which gives the car a deep rich finish.  The underside of the car has been bottom bellied and finished in a black satin powder coat, with room for the stainless steel pipes and hoses to travel through the middle of the car.  It also has an aluminum gas tank and polished stainless steel firewall, special sound proofing double firewall, custom louvered panel section on the exterior rear between the exhausts, square quartz headlights, and Group 4 Carello taillights.  On each corner of the deck lid, a small piece of metal has been nicely welded in and then a rubber grommet applied which prevents the common chips from hood rubbing at the corners. The Group 4 model is the widest Pantera made, slightly wider than the GT5S models.

Engine:
The engine is a 351 Cleveland stroked to 383 by Kuntz & Company in Arkansas.  They hold numerous NHRA national records, many with Cleveland engines.  Quite a lot has been done to the engine both cosmetically and performance-wise.  It has just slightly over 520 horsepower and over 510 lbs of torque, balanced & blueprinted, with a compression ratio of just over 10.5 to 1.  Kuntz & Company installed a high performance and very rare SVO stud girdle through the valve covers, a custom windage tray with scraper, Crane roller rockers, Crower 3/8" push rods, stainless steel valves, ported and polished S.V.O. A-3 aluminum heads.  Jack Rousch, the famed race engine builder in Michigan, provided the polished aluminum intake manifold.  It has a 3.75" stroker crank, Child & Alberts 6" rods, Venolia pistons, APR studs & bolts, and MSD ignition with 6300 rev-limiter chip.  The cam is a solid lifter cam by Competition Cams, and has a gross lift of .562 on the intakes and .556 on the exhaust.  Other goodies include a Carb Shop Holley 750 cfm four barrel with vacuum secondaries flowed to 870 cfm, 10 qt. oil pan with trap doors, and Jet Hot coated GT5 Headers. 

Interior:
The stock seats have been recovered in Connolly leather from England, as is the rest of the interior, which is the same leather used on Rolls Royce cars.  It has a custom burlwood center dash, Momo steering wheel, and V.D.O gauges.  Kenwood speakers are installed behind each of the seats, and the amp is up under the dash above the glove box.  Custom floor mats were designed with colors matching the exterior and interior of the car.  The carpet, leather, headliner, etc. are all in show condition.

Suspension:
All suspension is race application Group 5 from the DeTomaso factory, including chrome control arms, large chrome solid sway bars, hub carriers, axels, chrome rack & pinion with chrome brackets, Koni shocks with chrome Group 5 springs, urethane bushings, and adjustable A arms.  The builder applied chromed parts throughout the car, including places that you would never really see unless you got way under the car, such as the steering rack and brackets.

Wheels and Tires and Cooling System:
The wheels are Wilkinson billet aluminum Group 4 wheels, with 8x17 front and 12.5x17 rear, and the inside and outside of the wheels are highly polished.  Tires are Dunlop brand with 245/40 ZR17 front and 335/35 ZR17 rear.  The cooling system is an exceptional system and was built by Ron Davis Racing with two automatic sucker fans, chrome & stainless steel water tubes, polished stainless water & overflow tanks, aluminum water pump, rotary AC pump, and AC condenser in the front.

Transmission:
The ZF transmission and related parts are all highly polished, and the internals have 4:22 to 1 gearing, with the ring gear safety wired.  The clutch is a Kevlar clutch.  It has chromed Spicer half shafts and all the lines throughout the car are steel braded.

Brakes:
It has vented rotors and 4 piston calipers with steel braded brake lines, which is a great improvement over the stock units.

Electrical:
The entire original electrical system has been gutted and replaced with all new wiring…no more Italian electrical gremlins!

Driving Experience & Other Thoughts:
The is an outstanding build taken to the level of a SEMA show car.  A true show and go car, with the stroker motor and strong cam it sounds like a sprint car.  It creates its own car show wherever we go, even with a fill up at the gas station people appear out of nowhere and flock around the car.  This is not your ordinary show car and many in the Pantera community attest this is one of the best Panteras in the world.

Photos:
https://www.flickr.com/photos/102810426@N07/sets/72157639222739254/
Video:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9bsOoTl55Ok


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Gullwing Motor Cars

First Year 1971 DeTomaso Pantera with Desirable Small BumpersThis 1971 DeTomaso Pantera is an extremely exciting first-year model with desirable small bumpers. Burgundy with black interior. Showing 40k miles on the odometer. 351 Cleveland V8 mated to a 5-speed ZF gearbox. A good original car with a lot of potential. It's been in storage for the last few years and is not currently running. It's now ready for basic servicing and minor cosmetics. The ideal candidate for straightforward recommissioning. Sold through select Lincoln-Mercury dealers from 1971 to 1974, the De Tomaso Pantera, which succeeded the Mangusta, offered a Ford 351-cu. in. Cleveland V-8 rated at 330 hp and shifted through a gated five-speed ZF manual transmission. This set up provided blistering performance and superior handling abilities. This particular example represents an exciting opportunity for any collector or enthusiast to own an iconic Ford-powered 1970s supercar. Highly Desirable and Collectible Pantera First Year for the DeTomaso Pantera Sought-After Small Bumper Model Iconic Ford-powered 1970s supercarPrice: $89,500 

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To Be OFFERED AT AUCTION WITHOUT RESERVE at RM Sothebys' Monterey event, 15 - 16 August 2025. rnOffered Without Reserve | $150,000 - $200,000 USD rnrnJust 213 mi. traveled from new at cataloguing; remains remarkably original throughoutrnFinished in its original white paint and black leatherette upholsteryrnVery late, US-spec example; one of only 3,500 reportedly produced for this marketrnSold new by Leith Lincoln-Mercury of Greensboro, North Carolina in February 1975rnAccompanied by Deluxe Marti Report, documentation, and its original set of Campagnolo magnesium wheels wrapped in Goodyear tiresrnAmong the lowest-mileage, best-preserved Panteras availablern rnrnThe De Tomaso Pantera was built in Italy but sold largely through Lincoln-Mercury dealers in the United States with a full factory warranty. It combined Ford's steadfast 351 Cleveland V-8 engine and American-style comforts-including power windows and air conditioning-with such European performance features as a ZF transaxle, power-assisted four-wheel disc brakes, and rack-and-pinion steering, then wrapped it all in exotic bodywork. Simply put, it promised the best of all worlds, and it cost considerably less than a comparable Ferrari or Lamborghini.rnrnSeveral variations of the Pantera were produced over the years. Most recognizable to Americans is the second-generation Pantera L, which incorporated several detail changes for the US market. Most notably, the Pantera L was significantly better built than earlier examples, a fact recognized and lauded by the automotive press of the time. rnrnThis very late US-market Pantera L is surely among the best-preserved examples of this rare and sought-after model. Having traveled 213 miles since new at the time of cataloguing, this incredible preservation-grade De Tomaso retains its original finishes throughout-and it even comes with its original set of 15-inch Campagnolo magnesium wheels and Goodyear Arriva tires!rnrnA Deluxe Marti Report documents that this Pantera L was sold new by Leith Lincon-Mercury of Greensboro, North Carolina on 27 February 1975. It remains finished in its original white paint over black leatherette upholstery and was desirably specified from new with air conditioning, power windows, power brakes, full instrumentation, and tinted glass. rnrnBy 2003, this Pantera L was owned by a collector in Georgia, at which time its prior title indicated just 98 miles on its odometer. Over the next several years, the car's mileage barely crept into the triple digits as it passed between several notable dealers, including its sale at RM's Monterey auction in August 2008. In July 2011, a private family collection in the Pacific Northwest acquired this noteworthy De Tomaso with just 137 miles indicated at the time of purchase. Over 15 years of much-enjoyed ownership, just 76 carefully considered miles of travel were added to the car's odometer.rnrnAppreciation for preservation-grade automobiles has only grown in recent years, among concours judges and the general public alike. This impressively original De Tomaso would surely be a great prize well worth exhibiting and appreciating. Accompanied today with its tool roll, original wheels and tires (even the unused spare!), as well as a Deluxe Marti Report and history file, this is a Pantera L unlike any other. To view this car and others currently consigned to this auction, please visit the RM Sotheby's website.

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