My brother had two Panteras.
Panteras are always for sale (E-Bay always has at least four) because the
build quality between a Tiger and Pantera is miles apart. The people who
love them, are most often people who have never owned one. The only way to
describe it, is that they are NOT a finished car. Tiger problems are minor
and insignificant by comparison. I don't think I've ever heard of anyone
ever driving one daily (School, work, etc). There is a reason for
that....................
Chris
----- Original Message -----
From: <MWood24020@aol.com>
To: <bobbridgeford@msn.com>; <Drmoonstone@aol.com>; <rande@thecia.net>;
<tigers@autox.team.net>
Sent: Wednesday, December 12, 2007 9:47 AM
Subject: Re: [Tigers] Price climbs on Tigers
> In a message dated 12/11/2007 9:41:37 P.M. Pacific Standard Time,
> bobbridgeford@msn.com writes:
>
> Perhaps the most similar car in many ways is the Pantera. A muscle car/
> sports car underwritten by a major manufacturer, that car is also much
> modified . Modifications generally raise the price when they allow greater
> utility and speed. However, the demand for original cars is growing,
> and
> they may soon be at par value with the modifieds.
>
>
>
>
> I feel the same way. I've long held that the Pantera is in a very similar
> location of the collector market as the Tiger.
>
> In both cases, you also have historically had a somewhat "cult type"
> following, as neither car was particularly successful when new, either in
> terms of
> sales or, more importantly, racing. Both of these aspects of a specific
> models
> history are very important in setting current collector value.
>
> But, both the Tiger and the Pantera have many redeeming qualities,
> starting
> with simple, torquey, great sounding motors, and look relatively
> inexpensive
> in the context of the "bigger picture". Given that they both fall at a
> lower
> price point, many will be used as a drivers (not daily, but frequently).
> But,
> to be truly fun to drive, in both cases you'll need to make suitable
> modifications, hence the greater acceptance among collectors of modified
> or updated
> cars.
>
> The other thing that both the Tiger and Pantera share, well, the Pantera
> to
> a much greater degree, is good styling which has aged well. This is always
> important in determining long term value projections, but has become even
> more
> important in the current auction driven collector market, as more casual
> buyers see the Tigers or Panteras "crossing the block" and are first
> attracted to
> the "look" of these very neat cars...next thing you know, they're opening
> their wallets. ;-)
>
>
>
>
>
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