SUPER RARE SPEED DEMON - 1974 PANTERA L DE TOMASO BY GHIA

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CREATED IN 1971, PANTERA MODELS WERE IMPORTED INTO THE US BY FORD. THE FIRST GROUP OF 75, BUILT AT VIGNALE CARROZZERIA, ITALY, WERE SLATED TO BE SHIPPED TO EUROPE, BUT AT THE INSISTENCE OF FORD WHO PARTNERED WITH GHIA TO MAKE THESE SPORTS CARS, THEY WERE SHIPPED TO THE US INSTEAD. THIS FIRST GROUP OF 75 WERE THE ONLY TOTALLY FACTORY HAND BUILT PANTERAS TO BE IMPORTED INTO THE US THE '71 PANTERAS HAD HIGH COMPRESSION ENGINES THAT GAVE A RATING OF 330 HORSEPOWER! IN FACT, THE ZERO TO SIXTY TIME WAS FIVE AND A HALF SECONDS WITH A TOP SPEED OF 160 MPH! FOMOCO TERMINATED THE ENTIRE PANTERA PROJECT AFTER 1974 WHEN FEDERAL MANDATED SAFETY AND EMISSION RESTRICTIONS WOULD CAUSE COSTLY RE-ENGINEERING OF THE CAR. DESPITE THIS, FORD SOLD 5500 PANTERAS FROM '71 THROUGH '74. DE TOMASCO HOWEVER, STILL HAD THE RIGHTS FOR SALES AND MANUFACTURING FOR EUROPE AND OTHER COUNTRIES OUTSIDE OF THE US SO WHEN FORD DROPPED THE PANTERA, DE TOMASCO CONTINUED PRODUCTION. 1700 PANTERAS WERE MANUFACTURED FROM '74 THROUGH '96 BY DE TOMASCO FOR A TOTAL PRODUCTION OF IT'S LIFE OF 7200. THE PANTERA L FEATURED IN THIS VIDEO WAS ONE MADE BY DE TOMASCO AND IMPORTED INTO THE US FROM ABROAD. NOTICE THE FEDERAL MANDATED BLACK FRONT IMPACT BUMPER, THE PANTERA LOGO EMBEDDED IN THE FLOOR MAT, THE HIDDEN HEADLIGHTS, AND THE REAR MOUNTED ENGINE. IMAGINE DRIVING THIS CAR AT 160 MPH WITH THE ENGINE RIGHT BEHIND YOU SCREAMING IN YOUR EAR. THE DEALER PRICE LIST IS SHOWN IN THE FRONT WINDSHIELD. $11000 FOR THIS CAR IN <b>...</b>

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Car, show, 004

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