Louisiana man restores Italian Pantera, then ships it to new owner in France - The Augusta Chronicle
After years of tinkering with the vehicle, Walet transformed the Pantera into the impeccable state it is in now. “There was nothing more I could do with it. I thought I might as well sell it,” Walet said. The overall condition of the car, Walet said, was “fantastic” and he put it on the market with a listing price of $56,000. Walet, who owns Walet’s Olde Tyme Hardware in New Iberia, is also a member of Pantera International, an online community... The community caters exclusively to Pantera owners and membership is only allowed to owners of the sports car. After discovering that Walet’s car was on the market, Nicolas Quentin from Bordeaux, France, stepped up to express interest. After seeing a real Pantera for the first time when he was around 10 years old, Quentin said the car has been on his mind ever since. The Pantera is not the nicest car in the world, not the fastest, not the best completion but since that day I never (forgot) this car,” Quentin said in an e-mail after corresponding briefly in a telephone call to him in France. Quentin said he has been a huge car hobbyist ever since and even called his fascination in cars an addiction. Only six months ago, Quentin owned four cars but decided to sell two. Source: chronicle.augusta.com
