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| Grosbard |
 Oct 12 2017, 03:12 PM
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Check out this picture
 from this article in Fortune. Am I correct in thinking that that is a picture of a 914 in the background? |
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| burton73 |
Oct 13 2017, 12:27 PM
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burton73 Group: Members Posts: 3,708 Joined: 2-January 07 From: Los Angeles Member No.: 7,414 Region Association: Southern California
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My buddy Steve was an importer of Pantera's to the USA and said that picture was Delorean
Going over the idea of Mid Engine Corvette for GM I had a 84 Corvette and that is what I thought so I asked him. Bob B |
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| Elliot Cannon |
Oct 14 2017, 03:53 PM
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QUOTE(burton73 @ Oct 13 2017, 11:27 AM)  My buddy Steve was an importer of Pantera's to the USA and said that picture was Delorean Going over the idea of Mid Engine Corvette for GM I had a 84 Corvette and that is what I thought so I asked him. Bob B Was your buddy Steve Wilkinson? We went to high school and played football together. If you see him again, tell him Elliot said, "hi". |
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| burton73 |
Oct 14 2017, 08:53 PM
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burton73 Group: Members Posts: 3,708 Joined: 2-January 07 From: Los Angeles Member No.: 7,414 Region Association: Southern California
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QUOTE(Elliot Cannon @ Oct 14 2017, 02:53 PM) QUOTE(burton73 @ Oct 13 2017, 11:27 AM) My buddy Steve was an importer of Pantera's to the USA and said that picture was Delorean Going over the idea of Mid Engine Corvette for GM I had a 84 Corvette and that is what I thought so I asked him. Bob B Was your buddy Steve Wilkinson? We went to high school and played football together. If you see him again, tell him Elliot said, "hi". My Buddy is Steve Hitter. Panteramerica was California based and owned by Barry Gale and Steve Hitter, they were possibly the earliest gray market importers of Panteras. Bob B BACK TO THE FUTURE Now you look at the history of the Cobra, going back to its AC roots, you find AC bought the design from an independent specials builder. And AC kept doing that, because decades later AC officials go to another car show and see a mid-engined car built by independents, called the Diablo. They buy the design and put it into production. By now it’s the ‘70s. Mid-engined is all the rage. AC introduces it as the AC 3000ME — a small 2-seat mid-engine sports car powered by a transversely mounted Ford Essex 3.0 liter V6. The car was wedge-shaped with a fiberglass body. It had what you call a ‘bathtub’ steel chassis with substantial front/rear subframes and an integral roll bar. Suspension was independent double-wishbone suspension all around, and it boasted rack and pinion steering, and four-wheel disc brakes. Steve has this one off car Signed glovebox by Carol Shelby: AC introduces it as the AC 3000ME |
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