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I also recall the Warren Tope Pantera as one of the ONLY privateer Pantera
racers I can recall. While I didn't follow him closely, I always LOVED
Pantera's and dreamed of owning one one day. I "almost" bought several over
the years, but sanity always prevailed. I'm not sure about this, but did
Tope ever even finish a race?? I was a HUGE Ford fan at the time, and was
quite embarassed by the Pantera's poor showing.
While, not a race car, I also do recall a Pantera show car that was done at
the end of the Ford/Pantera run (probably around '74 or so). It was gold
metalflake with a different design on the rear window/boot treatment with
"bolsters" similar to a Maserati Bora. Does anyone but me recall this
one-off show car, and does anyone know what happened to it? I've seen only
one PR photo of it that I can recall and then...poof, its disappeared and has
never resurfaced since, to my knowledge??
Inquiring minds want to know, and its probably quite a unique and valuable
Pantera. Who knows, it could still be in Ford's hands?
As an aside, a good friend of mine was the Ford coordinator of the Pantera
program. He's never actually owned a Pantera himself.. He lives in
Hollywood now, and was President of Clarion (the auto sound people) for a
while. His favorite car....the Audi Quattro....
Pantera lovers, speak up!!
Regards,
Myles H. Kitchen
1965 Lotus Cortina Mk1 #128
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