Miami to Bimini Race
 

Any Pantera owners want to participate in the Miami to Bimini race in June ? It should be an exciting race and great sea conditions for Pantera.

Let me know !

Jo - Pantera Boats

Jo where you guys been, haven't seen much of you on here, how you doing?

i am thinking about bringing the 24. it fits the nostalgia theme

If I can get the engine back in the boat and tested in time I might be able to make it.

Dale Jo............I would enjoy watching you running a Pantera again.... If I I had one, you would be the first I would call to run with me...

Way cool !:evilb:

It would be a dream come true. When in June?

I was just watching video of your boat on monday. Man that thing is a super bad little boat!

PlumLoco24 Welcome aboard !! & I agree with the sweet dude your boat is way cool !!!

Have you had the boat along time ?? I have seen a several pics. of it over the years & seen a video a while back of it from above in a copter some where & it was stroking !! (maybe the vid. sean was talking about , or maybe sean was dreaming that b/c he's a bit Loco himself.. lol..) I have always though that your boat was a bad ride !!

If I remember correctly the boat had huge power in it at one time ?? Not trying to divert the thread but since me & dude are now posting on the same thread its bound to happen sooner or later anyways so why not go ahead & get it out of the way !! Give us some info on the power , drive , ect.. !! Give up the goods... We love detail !!! :D

Scotty, baby, c'mon... ask and you shall receive!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FbEDv...e=channel_page

That little boat looks like it sh*ts and gits! :D

Yeah that was the video I had seen... smooth as a nice sunday drive !! Well maybe not that easy but the boat was running sweet & smooth !!

Seems like I remember Jo telling me years ago that the boat had huge power in it at one time & ran well in the 90's..:eek:

I have watched this video over and over, I cant believe how close to the way my boat handles this thing does, the side to side characteristics, and the lightness of the hull comparison are amazing, the things that scared me about the 24x7 when I first drove it are apparent in this boat, althoug it has so much power, it pulls out of it way faster than mine. I zoomed in on the seat in this boat, and it looks amazingly familiar to my 3-man, which Angel got from the factory, it wouldnt happen to be the same one would it???

Anyway, if given the chance, I would drive/throttle/heck even navigate this boat to Bimini given the chance!!!

Plum Loco would run in the mid to upper 80s for speed back
in 1992 with small block power. He won quite a few races with it in A-Class.

rchevelle71, Not the same 3 man bolster. Your 3 man came out of the 2000 Pantera 24' owned by a friend of mine Ron Sirriani. Plum Loco is at our factory now getting some work done to it for 2009 race season.

JO

Is it possible to post some pics of what your doing with Plum Loco?

Cool,

Just looked familiar, may have to get it reupholstered next year, took a beating sitting around my garage for 4 years:eek:, I'll let ya know when the time comes. Any idea where Plum loco will be racing?? I am pretty sure Scotty's Kean boat will be back out this year, would be nice to see them run together.

Rick

Great sound and video, but no turns?

I bet the bigger hp small block would be fun. :evilb: How does it handle with that much less weight in the a$$? I know mine will get light in the bow with some trim, I'd think that small block weight would really help get the whole boat aired out.:ernaehrung004:

Thanks for the complements guys, I really enjoy the boat. I have owned it for the last 5 years or so. The original owners are friends of mine and raced the boat for about 3 years 1992-1994. It was custom built with the bulkhead moved forward just behind the bolsters. This made a really large engine bay and allowed the engine to be mounted on rails and moved forward for a better weight ratio. They won several races and were very competitive using a Chevy Nascar style small block. It made 600-700 hp @ about 8,500 rpm. It ran like jo mentioned in the high 80's low 90's. They told me the other day that they had a big Hawk dry-sump engine in it at one point and the boat ran 103+ mph on a kilo run. I am currently in the process of re-doing the entire boat. I have the exhaust going through the hull instead of over as it was set up before. It is in Miami with Jo and Pepe doing some work on it. They are building a custom engine hatch and scoop for the new setup. I now have it powered by a new Chevy 525 ci bowtie tall deck stroker that makes about 650 hp. I hope to be able to attend a few races this year just for the fun of it. I have really enjoyed the Pantera, it really impresses me in the rough stuff. It seams to really fly in about 2-3 ft. seas. Jo has really been helpful for me and the previous owners. We all have nothing but great things to say about their entire family. I have some other vids of the boat that I will try to post.

There you go my memory was right.. lol.. I thought it had some major power in it at one time.. Not saying 600-700 insn't major power for a 24 b/c it is !! But 103 in a 24' :eek::eek::eek: Thats smokin !!!

hi Jo, looks like only Plumloco, if its ready. What happened to Scott B, i read somewhere he might be running the Pantera again soon. Wonder if he knows about this race, I miss seeing all his great Pantera shots (big air). Are you going to enter? Jaime

ScottB is throttling Miss Geico, there will be another crew running his 24 this year.

Yes ,,and rick ( rchevelle 71 ) is taking his 24 over there too !!!!

Come on Rick !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!:party-smiley-004:

great, I just seen Pantera is already pre-registered, Plum Loco hows it lookin? I wish I lived on the right side, so i could be closer to the action.

Is it plum loco doing the race???

As much as we liked to be racing in this race next month unfortunately we will not be racing in it this year.

JO

sorry to hear, that sux,

Sorry to hear that!

I will drive if you'll run the sticks!