Champion motors project 72 pantera
03-02-2013, 02:46 PM
#23
This is my brother-in-law's Pantera. Project is coming along great, we're very excited to see the end result. We know Champions gonna do an amazing job.
If only the trans was a bit tougher, and less expensive to repair, we'd be putting a big single turbo in it, or maybe twins, we could keep the boost down, hmmmm.....
That might just be the next project
If only the trans was a bit tougher, and less expensive to repair, we'd be putting a big single turbo in it, or maybe twins, we could keep the boost down, hmmmm.....
That might just be the next project
03-04-2013, 09:03 PM
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We started some grinding in order to fit front bumpers only to find some patch work just spot welded and filled with bondo. The lower half of the front end is fibreglass and was barely riveted to the metal and again just filled with bondo. Structural adhesive was used in order to correctly mesh the two materials.
03-04-2013, 11:51 PM
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Saw this car in person, really nice. Keep the pics coming.
Should drop one of Robs TTV8s in there...something like this one
/vj
Should drop one of Robs TTV8s in there...something like this one
/vj
Last edited by VJ@ChampionMotors; 03-04-2013 at 11:57 PM.
03-06-2013, 03:59 AM
#26
Drifting
We just got in a 1972 Detomaso Pantera for surgery. This car will be getting new floor pans, an underbody restoration and of course a Champion Motors custom Body and Paint Job. Our customer would like to use House Of Colours Wild Cherry Candi for colour and we will be using our Sherwin Williams Super Glamour Clearcoat as a topcoat.
way more sway bars.The pantera was like a go kart.
03-06-2013, 07:45 PM
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AS a Pantera owner since 85, I agree, Floor pans are a must, 90% will have rust, 10% will not. Mine does not. If the floor pans are rusted out then expect to find rust all over. The most important is the frame rails where the front and rear suspention attaches to. If not modded they will rip out of the frame on the early cars. I did the the mods and did
way more sway bars.The pantera was like a go kart.
way more sway bars.The pantera was like a go kart.
03-07-2013, 03:10 AM
#28
Drifting
That is a Hall pantera air dam on the front also, I know, I have one on my car too...
Check out Hall Pantera. Also check out the web sight "the pantera place" it is a great source of info and mods...
Real big is where the current pantera owners hang out with the latest mods. Go to pantera place and find the web ring.
By the way, my car was stock when I bought it, that car in your pics is set up in GTS5 trim.
Driving my bone stock pantera at over 100 MPH scared the crap out of me (it is meant to be driven way fast, so go figure) the air would get under the front end and already light front end would just float.
So i bought the Hall air dam to solve that, plus it funnels the air through the rad for cooling. I see on that car you have vents in the hood. Another Hall mod.
As for the delta wing, the pantera acts like a wing at speed just like a lambo. The Delta wing forces the rear down. At 120 MPH it it was scary light
Last edited by mechron; 03-07-2013 at 04:38 AM. Reason: more info.
03-07-2013, 09:20 PM
#29
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Hey Pete, that looks like an L model (I can tell from the front pics, the pre L had different bumpers mounts than the L model)
That is a Hall pantera air dam on the front also, I know, I have one on my car too...
Check out Hall Pantera. Also check out the web sight "the pantera place" it is a great source of info and mods...
Real big is where the current pantera owners hang out with the latest mods. Go to pantera place and find the web ring.
By the way, my car was stock when I bought it, that car in your pics is set up in GTS5 trim.
Driving my bone stock pantera at over 100 MPH scared the crap out of me (it is meant to be driven way fast, so go figure) the air would get under the front end and already light front end would just float.
So i bought the Hall air dam to solve that, plus it funnels the air through the rad for cooling. I see on that car you have vents in the hood. Another Hall mod.
As for the delta wing, the pantera acts like a wing at speed just like a lambo. The Delta wing forces the rear down. At 120 MPH it it was scary light
That is a Hall pantera air dam on the front also, I know, I have one on my car too...
Check out Hall Pantera. Also check out the web sight "the pantera place" it is a great source of info and mods...
Real big is where the current pantera owners hang out with the latest mods. Go to pantera place and find the web ring.
By the way, my car was stock when I bought it, that car in your pics is set up in GTS5 trim.
Driving my bone stock pantera at over 100 MPH scared the crap out of me (it is meant to be driven way fast, so go figure) the air would get under the front end and already light front end would just float.
So i bought the Hall air dam to solve that, plus it funnels the air through the rad for cooling. I see on that car you have vents in the hood. Another Hall mod.
As for the delta wing, the pantera acts like a wing at speed just like a lambo. The Delta wing forces the rear down. At 120 MPH it it was scary light
03-08-2013, 04:09 AM
#30
Drifting
03-08-2013, 04:51 AM
#31
Drifting
No Dent. Just small pipes that ran thoough the rear suspention.
03-08-2013, 05:17 PM
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03-17-2013, 10:48 AM
#34
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So after putting the grinder to these rocker panels , looks like we will be replacing them. After finding some pinholes we decided to pull out the plasma cutter and see exactly how much rust is behind these rockers. Luckily the inner rockers were in great shape.
04-02-2013, 07:52 PM
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Well got all metal work, and body work all done. Whole car was primed with Sherwin Williams 2 part hi-build primer and ready for final block sanding.
04-10-2013, 04:36 AM
#38
Drifting
Apparenty there were two sizes of vents produced, small and large, I got the large ones with the small template, this was circa 2000. I would assume Hall only sells the larger vents now.
Who cares, The vents are placed for cooling.
04-10-2013, 07:44 AM
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I assume the hood vents came from Hall, they came with a template to cut those holes in the hood. The template did not even come close to matching the vent grills they sold me in the same box. Lucky for me I checked to see if the vents matched the template before cutting the hood. That would BLOW!!!
Apparenty there were two sizes of vents produced, small and large, I got the large ones with the small template, this was circa 2000. I would assume Hall only sells the larger vents now.
Who cares, The vents are placed for cooling.
Apparenty there were two sizes of vents produced, small and large, I got the large ones with the small template, this was circa 2000. I would assume Hall only sells the larger vents now.
Who cares, The vents are placed for cooling.
