Showing posts with label Pantera. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Pantera. Show all posts

Sunday, February 16, 2025

The Pantera 90 Si would have its styling significantly updated by Marcello Gandini, the man who designed the Miura, Countach, Stratos, and countless others. Only 40 were made.

 90 Si was a significant upgrade over the earlier cars, the 351 cubic inch (5.8 liter) Ford V8 was swapped out for the more advanced 305 bhp 5.0 liter (302 cubic inch) engine with electronic fuel injection, as well as uprated cylinder heads, intake manifolds, camshafts, valves, and pistons.

The suspension was completely revised, the chassis was moderately revised, and a set of four-wheel ventilated and drilled disc brakes were added, with the same Brembo calipers used on the Ferrari F40.

Sunday, January 12, 2025

Damn, the Pantera is a cool looking car (according to some, it's not a sports car though, lol)

When the Group 4 Panteras began their racing career in 1972, developed by one of Britain’s greatest racer-engineers, Mike Parkes, and powered by engines built by Bud Moore, it managed to set Le Mans’ fastest lap for a car of its class during practice

 https://petrolicious.com/articles/this-detomaso-pantera-group-4-tribute-car-is-a-restoration-with-motorsport-flair

Saturday, April 20, 2024

Monday, January 30, 2023

1987 DeTomaso Pantera GT5-S that Shelby built for Iacocca, with a twin turbo 340, and it made 900 hp


It was on a 2020 show on Discovery, called Driven, and Galpin got on the show with this Pantera's refurb, with Beau Boeckmann, Dave Shuten and “Mad Mike” 


as always, skip the 1st minute


There were two Pantera's were part of Mopar project, one of which was fitted with a 340 "A" series engine complete with aluminum cylinder heads and a twin turbo set up with assistance from Gale Banks Engineering. 

Induction is a draw through system via a Holley Carb through to the two turbo chargers to a water cooled intercooler mounted onto the manifold. The intercooler water is fan cooled in what was the a/c condenser. Pending a decision on the future of the project, which was eventually shelved, the car was put into storage whilst the mountain of corporate paperwork was being filed, in the mean time Jim Hensen had spotted and acquired the car, some parts were removed and the car was shipped to England just prior to the order for it to be scrapped. The car was reassembled in a workshop in East Anglia, then moved with it's owner to New Zealand


Thursday, November 16, 2017

a big budget grudge match is going to be part of the Gas Monkey Garage tv show, between Kurt Busch and Joey Logano, next Monday, at Charlotte Motor Speedway, on Discovery Channel



Busch had GMG build up a Pantera,  from stock 

to what you see here:



and Factory Five and Snap on built this Ford Gen 3 Type 65 Coupe-R.






the tv show episode preview doesn't seem to be on YouTube, so, here's the Facebook vid clip:
https://www.facebook.com/joeylogano/videos/10155911740349390/



Busch issued a challenge to fellow Ford NASCAR driver Joey Logano, offering to race Logano’s custom Ford Gen 3 Type 65 Coupe-R in his newly-completed Pantera at Charlotte Motor Speedway.

Keep in mind, this was Kurt Busch, not Kyle Busch, who actually HAS a grudge with Logano:


http://performance.ford.com/series/stock-car-racing/news/articles/stock-car-racing/2017/11/kurt-busch-pantera.html
https://www.factoryfive.com/whats-new/snap-tools-builds-factory-five-gen-3-coupe-r/
http://thefactoryfiveforum.com/showthread.php?26379-2017-SEMA-Show-Report

Friday, March 20, 2015

hot rod parts and car collection stash finally coming to public auction, the Bob Koepke sale




above, 1958 Porsche 356  https://www.proxibid.com/asp/LotDetail.asp?ahid=1530&aid=92266&lid=23644447&title=1958-Porsche-356-Coupe-104168


The Ferrari needs a fuel pump, 65 thousand miles https://www.proxibid.com/asp/LotDetail.asp?ahid=1530&aid=92266&lid=23644458&title=1978-Ferrari-308-GTS


3800 miles on this 73 Pantera... it still has the original tires... 42 years old original tires... that is pretty rare. https://www.proxibid.com/asp/LotDetail.asp?ahid=1530&aid=92266&lid=23644468&title=1973-Ford-DeTomaso-Pantera-Coupe





a prototype for a big-block version of the Cross Ram intake used on the 302 V-8 in the 1969 Camaro Z28, built by Yunick for General Motors and signed by him on the side.


58 Corvette body https://www.proxibid.com/asp/LotDetail.asp?ahid=1530&aid=92266&lid=23644510&title=1958-Chevrolet-Corvette-Body



there are at least four 427 tri power intakes


Some Smokey Yunick intakes, and a ludicrous amount of aluminum intakes by every aftermarket manufacturer ever... from Edmonds and Evans to Weiand and Fenton


even unusual superchagers





Found on https://autos.yahoo.com/photos/hot-rod-hoarder-s-stash-goes-to-auction-in-photos-1426614003-slideshow/the-bob-koepke-auction-photo-1426612968395.html

see the auction at https://www.proxibid.com/asp/catalog.asp?aid=92266&ipp=100&sort=0  and bid for the next 22 days before the auction goes live

there are nine 57 Chevs, two of them are Nomads, and three 56 Nomads