1971 Detomaso Pantera restoration project - rust-free body!

Description for Other Makes Detomaso Pantera 1971

This first production-year Pantera has it's original. professionally rebuilt Ford 351 Cleveland V8 engine with an estimated 380 HP. gobs of torque and makes beautiful noise!. We began a complete restoration of this car in 2003 when it came in after sitting idle for many years. We believe it was last driven in around 1990. We performed a lot of work until the owner ran into difficulties and the project was shelved in 2005. The car has been in indoor storage ever since without the project being revived and is now being offered for sale. basically rust free and partially restored. The car was completely disassembled. the body was chemically tank-stripped of all rust. paint. under-coating. etc to bare metal. It was mounted in a rotisserie. prepped and sprayed with epoxy primer. The right rear quarter-panel. both door skins. both B-pillar panels. both rocker panels and both front fenders were replaced. There is also a brand new front valence. There is more to do on the body but the most serious and exacting metal-work has been done. Suspension arms were media-blasted to bare metal and refinished with epoxy primer and catalyzed black urethane enamel. Engine was completely rebuilt with the following new parts: crank-bearings. thirty-over-pistons. ARP rod bolts. valves. valve-guides. hardened valve-seats. valve-springs. spring-retainers. valve-keepers. camshaft. lifters. push-rods. timing-chain and sprockets. fuel-pump eccentric. seals. gaskets oil-pump. water-pump. fuel-pump. idler bearing. Cylinders were bored . 030" (. 75mm) over-size. Block received new cam-bearings. 2 sleeves. freeze-plugs and gallery plugs. Crankshaft was ground . 010" (. 25mm). Cylinder-heads received 3-angle precision valve-job. Block. heads and crank were Magnaflux-tested OK. Heads and block were pressure-tested OK. ZF Transaxle was was opened up. inspected and determined to be in good condition. including spider gears. All gaskets and seals were replaced. Clutch was replaced and fly-wheel was resurfaced. Brake and clutch hydraulics need to be rebuilt. Wheels are non-original wider Ghotti brand. Important: see pictures of this Pantera in its current state (total of 167 pictures) on PhotoBucket. com (email us at info@exoticars-usa. com for the photoalbum link if you can't figure out how to use the following address):http colon slash slash s1322 dot photobucket dot com/user/exoticarsusa/slideshow/1971%20Detomaso%20Pantera The car comes with a written history (old invoices) of the restoration work performed. hundreds of photos of the car in various stages. photos of all the parts and a receipt for the engine machine-work and testing. Known missing parts: 2 brake rotors (probably discarded). Car came to us without rear-quarter windows. No carburetor (substitute Holley carburetors. compatible with modern ethanol based fuel are available at low cost). This DeTomaso Pantera with Ghia designed Italian coachwork. powered by a Cleveland 351 V-8 engine. putting the power down through a German ZF trans-axle has the best of all worlds. This Pantera is from the first series of only 7760 ever produced so it's the original version. Values are climbing!