Friday, September 21, 2012

September Utah Pantera Owners Meet & Greet


I have been a Pantera owner for almost two years now, and I always thought that there weren’t many Panteras in Utah.  I was half-right; there aren’t many but there are more than I thought.  As I met and introduced myself to Pantera owners in Utah, it became clear that those who did own cars in Utah didn’t know a lot of other owners.  So, I decided to make some calls, send out an email or two, and see if I couldn’t get some people together for a few hours to talk about their cars.

September 15th seemed like a great date for a “meet & greet”, so I emailed and called people.  Before I knew it, people were telling me about another owner, who would tell me about another.  We soon had about seven owners who said that they could come, and a few of them had running cars to drive.   The owners who came besides myself were Rich Papworth (Pappy), Brooke Pitt, Art Wright, Rex & Debbie Marshall, Evan & Zach Deneris, and Bill Robbins. 


My wife commented on how much she liked the cars, especially Rex & Debbie’s flared ’74 with its white racing stripes.  She suggested that I should put flares and stripes on my ’71, and I definitely think she liked the Pantera in general a lot more.  Instead of being a primer-gray shell taking up space, she could see the classic style that these cars ooze in large quantities.   

We agreed to meet up once again in a few months, hopefully with more cars and less mosquitos.  Until then, the get-together left us a little more enthusiastic for the Pantera!


Rex & Debbie Marshall's '73 supercharged flared custom Pantera GTS 


Evan Deneris' '71 beauty


Rich Papworth's '72 original car, complete with original owner


Four Panteras on my driveway is such a beautiful sight.  Even better that one of them is mine!


Zach Deneris, Art Wright, Evan Deneris, and Rich Papworth (left to right)


Rex Marshall and Brooke Pitt (left to right)

Friday, September 14, 2012

Working on Headlights

I'm working on the Cat-Eye Quad headlight conversion kit that Amerisport (Kirk Evans) makes.  Kirk provides detailed instructions, and I'm just working on it a little each day.


Here's a bucket, taped and ready for cutting.


I cut the buckets as instructed and also included a small cut at the top for the lights to fit in.


Here are the lights in the bucket.  I'll finish grinding and sanding the edge and keep assembling the light.