This 1973 DeTomaso Pantera is a claimed warehouse find with just over 8,000 original miles. Despite being low mileage and presumably unmolested, the Pantera has since been heavily modified with a GT5 widebody kit adorned with the requisite flares and wings, and then further customized with a T-top conversion. It seems odd to take a car that may have presented well as a bone stock survivor and modify it so extensively, but to each their own. The current owner apparently discovered the car like this, and has had the paint work refinished with a fresh PPG finish since discovering it. Find the Pantera here on craigslist for $99,000 and located on Long Island.

Now, to be fair, the previous owner likely didn’t think twice about upgrading the Pantera all those years ago. After all, you could buy a Pantera at your local Lincoln/Mercury dealer and service the engine with parts from your local Napa store, so it didn’t have quite the same layer of exclusivity as other machines entirely born and bred in Italy. Given the number of Panteras we still see come out of the woodwork as projects, it’s probably one of the more likely 70s supercars to be altered from stock condition. And while it may not be to your tastes, at least the GT5 kit is in keeping with an OEM theme, as the welded-on widebody flares became optional in the early 80s as part of the factory GT5 trim package.

The T-tops are a custom alteration, and given the seller specifically calls out the added headroom, it seems likely the roof was cut not just for style but also for comfort. Of course, T-tops were all the rage in the 1970s courtesy of the Trans Am and Smokey and the Bandit, but it’s safe to say the cramped confines of the cabin may hade T-tops mandatory in order for the owner to enjoy the car. The rest of the cabin remains in excellent condition, with upgraded bucket seats and an aftermarket steering wheel, along with new carpets and soundproofing installed. Other modifications include aftermarket wheels and tires clearly ordered to fill out the generous wheel arches.

The seller is the body shop that oversaw the paint job. The listing refers to the Pantera having accrued 750 miles since “….updates, modifications, and servicings” they performed, which includes a new radiator, axles, water pump, alternator, hoses, polyurethane bushings, and more, along the undercoating being scraped off and the bottom of the car painted. The 5-speed manual gearbox was rebuilt by Bob Byers, and an all-new fuse panel was also installed. The Pantera is by no means stock and the modifications will be difficult to reverse if you seek to return this example to a low-mileage 1973-spec offering. If it were my money, I’d hold out for a genuine GT5, but that’s me – would you pony up for this Pantera?