Tornio, Finland. De Tomaso Pantera is one of those rare cars, what you really don't see every day. It's also interesting mix of Italian design and US and German technology.
Pantera was manufactured from 1971 to 1992 in Italy. The whole production was finally 7260 cars. This specific model is 1972 and the production number is #2886.
Pantera is very low car. In fact it´s only 110cm high, so it´s one of the lowest car. This car is even lower, because of new suspension.
Rear of the car looks sexy. Massive 335mm tires and 4 exhaust pipes.
Pantera is mid-engine car, so the engine is between the front and rear axles. When opening the hood there is quite much space for the luggage.
Pantera has same 351ci Ford engine (5.7L), which is also in Ford Mustang. It produces about 350hp as a stock. German ZF has manufactured the gearbox.
Dashboard is typical for the sports cars on this era. There are all needed gauges and even air condition.
Driving position is interesting, because steering wheel and pedals are little right from the driver. This is quite common feature in elder car models.
It was very interesting to talk about the car. After photo session we did also a small ride. Pantera is quite light car and together with great torque it pulls very nicely.
De Tomaso Pantera is one of those car models where the price is just going up. For example here in Finland there are only about five Pantera.
Check this
web page, if you want to read more about this specific car, how it end up via US and Sweden finally to Finland.
Special thanks to Esa!
Regards,
Mika
