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So, You want to Buy a Cheap Pantera

First, let us get one thing straight.... There is NO SUCH THING as a Cheap Pantera.

You either pay for it up front, or you don't drive the car for 15 to 20 years, while you spend more than you did on your last house purchase getting it to the way you want it.

In the past three years, as I have looked and looked for and at many different Pantera's, I can tell you one thing, buy the best you can afford at the time, and right now, that means don't buy anything under $20,000 unless you are stealing it. Here is the breakdown:

All cars I have looked at for under $20K have been real junkers, with two exceptions. Those exceptions were bar far NOT the rule. Any car that is priced under $20K is first and foremost a suspect for RUST. You must be intimately familiar with the rust areas on a Pantera in order to talk intelligently with an owner about the possible problems. I will not go into it here, nor will I respond to emails asking about rust problems. The Pantera is not a rust prone car, just like many other cars. It WILL rust, just like other cars if you don't take care of it, and many of the sub-$20K cars have not been taken care of.

Second example. I know of a Pantera that recently sold for $8K, that embroiled the new owner in a legal battle because the car was a piece of sh** (POS). The chassis was so bad it was unfit for even converting to a race Pantera. Had the new owner wanted to restore the car, they would have spent close to $100,000 to do the job right.

So it's up to you, do you want to drive the car, or do you want to sit around looking at it for 20 years while it drains your bank account dry?

You decide.

Asa Jay