American Muscle Meets Italian Exotic

1990 Detomaso Pantera GTS Coupe red


A successor to the Pantera, the mid-engined Pantera was feauted in the movie, Fast Five. The Pantera (Italian for "Panther") was a mid-engined sports car produced by the De Tomaso car company of Italy from 1971 to 1991,^[1] the last one being delivered to a customer in 1992.^[2] It was the automaker's most popular model, with over 7,000 units produced during its 20 year run.


The car continued to use a Ford V8 engine, although in 1988, when the supply of Ford 351 Cleveland engines from Australia ran out, De Tomaso began installing Ford 351 Windsor engines in the Pantera instead. For 1990 the 351 was changed to the Ford 302 cu in (4942 cc, commonly called a "5.0"). Incorporating a Marcello Gandini facelift, suspension redesign, partial chassis redesign and the new, smaller engine, the Pantera 90 Si model was introduced in 1990. Only 38 90 Si models were sold before the Pantera was finally phased out in 1993 to make way for the radical, carbon-fibre-bodied Guarà. Some say 41 were built (with the last one not finished until 1996), of which four were targa models. The targas were converted by Pavesi directly off the production lines. In all, about 7,200 Panteras were built.


Done with red markers and black pen. This took me 8 hours to do.