De Tomaso Pantera

This car was exhibited by the De Tomaso Drivers Club UK at the Northern Classic Car Show at the G-Mex Centre, Manchester in August 1990.

It's a De Tomaso Pantera which has a 351cu in Ford V8 engine and was produced from 1971 till 1992. Alejandro de Tomaso started by building a Formula One car which appeared sporadically from 1961 to 1963, and after an unsuccessful attempt to re-enter racing in conjunction with Frank Williams in 1970 he gave up Formula One to concentrate on the road-going models which he had started to manufacture in 1963. A note in the brochure of the event says this about the car:

'The car on show is owned by Chris Statham (one of the very few Northern members). The car has been very customised and  is absolutely unique. Chris had the bodywork made to his own styling.'

De Tomaso

I took this photograph when I was wandering round the displays of the different car clubs in the paddock at the Silverstone Historic Festival meeting in August 2001.

It's the display of the De Tomaso UK Drivers Club, and foremost are a couple of Guaras and two or three Panteras. Hiding away it looks like there's a Mangusta and a Longchamp.

De Tomaso Pantera

I photographed this car on the stand of the De Tomaso Drivers Club in the G-Mex Exhibition Centre in Manchester at the Northern Classic Car Show in August 1991.

It's a 1980 De Tomaso Pantera. Alejandro de Tomaso started by building a Formula One car which appeared sporadically from 1961 to 1963, and after an unsuccessful attempt to re-enter racing in conjunction with Frank Williams in 1970 he gave up Formula One to concentrate on the road-going models which he had started to manufacture in 1963. The Pantera replaced the Mangusta and was produced from 1971 till 1992.