Detomaso Pantera L, The mix of Italian styling and American engineering

The DeTomaso Pantera has long been considered the perfect mix of Italian beauty and American reliability. Designed an built in Modena Italy but powered by a Ford Cleveland 351 V8, the Pantera finally took the stigma away from Italian car maintenance being overly expensive and provided owners a car that they could maintain themselves. To further show just how reliable the Pantera is, this car came from an estate where it had sat unused for many years. Normally Italian cars would need some major money spent on service work before being usable after sitting for years, however this car just needed a new battery and fuel for it to spring to life. In this video we discuss the history of DeTomaso, some fun facts about the Pantera name and the DeTomaso badging, and what makes the Pantera such a desirable car today.

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00:00 Introduction
01:03 De Tomaso Fist production cars
01:56 History of De Tomaso & Carol Shelby
03:06 Cleveland engine parts accessibility
04:22 Pantera vs "L" model 'Lusso'?
06:19 Interior and pedal placement
07:40 Outro