Offshoreonly.com - Pantera Pics from the early days

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Originally Posted by JO - PANTERABOATS (Post 417302)

Here is a pic. of a 1978 24 footer all Kevlar lay up powered with twin 200 Mercs.It was raced up in the North East in the late 70s to the mid 80s.

It was called Mr. MEAN and originally owned by Harold Trieber of North East fiberglass and later sold to the guy in the picture Marty Perlow who later raced a 28 Pantera with triple Mercs. in Production class called High Stepper.

JO

WOW JO!!! GREAT to see! Marty was a great guy....he dated my Mom for many years. He passed away 10-15 years ago from a massive heart attack during a shoe show in Florida. We miss him dearly. I had tons of fun going to races with him, and I was the official detail (wash & waxer) guy for both Mr Mean, and his later 28' Pantera High Stepper with triple Merc 225 black max's. I miss those days like you can't believe. I used to have a few of the black Pantera t-shirts as well, but I wore them out! Wish I could still get them. The pics below are both boats. I don't recall where the Mr Mean pics were taken, but the High Stepper pic was from the Benihana race in Point Pleasant NJ in the early 80's....we were showing off our new High Stepper Racing Team shirts I remember Harold too, and a guy named Bruce?Thank you so much for keeping Marty's memory alive. I can't begin to explain how much he loved his Pantera boats, they brought him lots of joy & pride. I know I have more pics somewhere....I'll post them as I find them.

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