[DeTomaso] 1971 EFI 351W Pantera for sale.

john.w.holmes at exgate.tek.com john.w.holmes at exgate.tek.com
Tue Jul 11 18:19:48 EDT 2006


 

It is time to let the Pantera go after almost ten years of great
ownership. With a day job and a driving school I just do not have time
for the car. Car has about 500 miles on all of the new parts. 

Pictures: http://www.scottandtemphotography.com/pantera/

1971 Pantera

Exterior:
1. Paint is two years old Corvette
Millennium Yellow
2. All chrome stainless has been blacked out.
3. Huge "elephant ears" scoops are where the rear windows would go on
the side of car.
4. Pantera Performance Center lockable aircraft gas filler. 
5. New fiberglass Long and Newman hood. This is an NOS hood not a used
one. 
6. Under the front windshield vents and be a problem area on a Pantera.
I had this area striped to see if there was rust and I got lucky there
was not. 
7. Front GTS spoiler with driving light holes.
8. Hall Ultra Wheels (looks like Pantera 2000 or SI). 17 x 8 front 17 x
11 rear. 
9. Polished rear a-arm covers. 
10. Stainless wheel house covers.
11. Custom rear ext with Magnaflow stainless mufflers. 
12. New ext hangers. 


Front trunk:
1. New (PI) Fluidyne lay down radiator and fans. 
2. KG Performance relay kit. 
3. New felt. 
4. PI Polished optima battery cover. 


Interior:
1. New Pantera International (PI) seats. Recovered stock seats for more
support and original seat track rebuilt. 
2. Alpine stereo (works great) why would you want it on??
3. LeCarra steering wheel.
4. Blacked out shifter gate. (Keeps the sun out of your eyes).
5. Roll bar (Hall Pantera) used for harnesses.
6. New ultra shield (Tyler TX) four point harnesses.
7. I have a set of NOS carpet that goes with the car. Nothing wrong with
the carpet that is in the car. 
8. New weather striping. 
9. New Pantera Performance Center gas peddle.
10. New shifter handle (never installed), Lady Luck shifter ball stays
with me!

Suspension:
1. New PI QAI 12 way adjustable coilovers designed by PI. I also bought
the right cup mounts for the shocks to mount to the Pantera pick up
points and had them cut down for proper fit. 
2. New arm bushings (5k miles).
3. Hall cad plated (chrome) half shafts. 
4. New u-joints
5. Steering rack had been rebuilt with upgraded gear.
6. Billet sway bar caps.

ZF:
1. Polished Dash -1 with lower final gear. 
2. ZF was rebuilt by Frank Jerome of the Final Touch here in the DFW
area (500 miles ago).
3. Ring gear has been safety wired. 
4. New clutch, P-plate, and Flywheel.
5. Hall steel vent line. 
6. Hall master slave with alum (bling) bracket.
7. Braided clutch line.


Engine Compartment:
1. Stripped of all stock undercoating. 
2. Painted with a tuff (rhino liner) material. This allows you to work
on the car if needed.
3. The AC lines have been re-routed to the inner fender well and clips
were removed.
4. Harness has been hidden. 
5. Custom cross bar. 
6. Stainless gas tank cover and firewall.
7. Gas tank flushed sealed and fitted with bungs to run EFI. 
8. Gas tank has all new seals.
9. Polished stainless water bottles. 

Engine:
This motor is a street motor. If you want a wild stroker the 351w swap
has already been done. 

1. 351 Windsor swap with Ford EFI system.
2. All swap parts came from PI Motorsports. (Coated headers, water neck,
front cover, new water tubes, AC bracket). 
3. Heads are Eldelbrock performer.
4. Block is a .30 over 1974 351 Windsor.
5. All EFI parts are brand new.
a. Eldebrock fuel rails.
b. FMS 30 lb injectors.
c. C & L mass air meter for 30 #
d. All fuel lines are custom fabricated.
e. Edelbrock Performer RPM Air-gap intake with injector bosses from the
factory.
f. Custom cold air intake. 
g. Fuel pressure gauge on motor. 
h. 75 MM TB
i. New Painless EFI wiring harness.
j. New EFI module on Ford EFI distributor.
k. All fasteners are new. 
l. Ford EFI 9AL computer is mounted in front to passenger side rear tire
on a custom panel inside a water proof cover designed for ski boats. 
m. Test port is accessible w/o taking off the tire.
n. Fuel pump is a unit you can source at any parts store and is under
the gas tank, between the frame rails with a steal cover. 
o. New bushings in motor mounts. 
p. Lokar dipstick.
q. Lokar throttle cable. 
r. All sensors are new. 
s. All belts and hosed are new. 
t. 10 quart Avid pan with baffles designed for the Pantera. 
u. Crane Gold 1.7 roller rockers. 
v. New PI headers. 

Wiring:
1. Rick Mosley upgraded fuse box under front cover in car.
2. Painless fuse box under car.
3. KG Performance (Frisco TX) relay kit. No chance of a melt down here.
I may take over NASA. 

AC
1. System is a Pantera Performance Center 134 system. 
2. AC lines and dryer are routed in inner fender.


All weather striping and soft parts are new all over the car. Except
front windshield.

Most hardware is new.

The car drives as it should!! It sounds better than anything you have
now! I have built this car as a resto-mod, pro-tour car. I want this to
be reliable, get some gas mileage, be comfortable, and easy to fix (any
Ford shop can trouble shoot and fix) if needed. 

Price is $53,500 

Car is in Dallas, TX.

Yes my name is John Holmes.
817-320-7165


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