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gonna re-join the pantera cult.. found a old girl im gonna use as a little run around boat.
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Nice find, your going to have a lot of Fun with that one. What does it have for power & drive???

great to hear your back? common more pics, what year, bust them out?

81 454 trs. very original, even the trailer

Gonna go check it later today. Will post some good pics tonight

heres a couple that were sent to me earlier this week. i gotta get to the barn and get some good pics
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Nice that is old school cool. Watch out for splinters with that steering wheel.

Love the gold

I like it Tim! "SE" trim package too.

Just going to clean it up and go?

yup gonna throw some new carpet in her. give it a quick service and throw a coat of wax on it. i may blast and paint the original trailer and throw some rims on it but we will see what i can find wheel wise. i love that its all orig. it screams "old school vintage" i didnt make it to the barn tonight but im gonna be down there tomorrow . mounting the new swim platform to the top gun so i will take some pics tomorrow. check out the original trailer!!
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nice classic bling. Is this the one you been watching for a while?

Wow!! Don't do anything else than just mech/service to that very cool boat and when it's time to sell you Contact me!! It's way to long time since I had A 24 :D

Congrats!

Couldn't get any good pics of it today in the barn. And too many jet ski trailers in front of it to pull it out. But its a sweet little ride. Its got a bunch of the original paper work with it. Its a pretty neat old find. It comes with the original motor too. Nothing special just a 454/330. Needs a good coat of wax but not gonna change anything about it. Its way too oldschool and cool. Just gonna run her and enjoy it

Nice find!!!! Looks like a fun boat to run around in.

Don't change nothing even the rust on the trailer matches.

This like the older short sister to my boat. Is it black gel?

Time capsule for sure!

Beautiful! Can't wait to see better photos.

I like your thinking. Nice find.

im itching to get it out in the sun and clean it up. good old buffalo spring weather is calling for rain for the next 7 days! sucks

Congrats Tim, looks nice.

Awesome find! Pantera's seem to be Tims herpes. No matter what he does he ends up back with one. lol

Great find Tim!!

Love the original old school look!

Pepe wants you to shoot him an email, he said he has some interesting details about that boat he wants to share with you.

I love old stories lol. I have been told a bunch of stories about my top gun. Pretty neat history lessons. This boat is older than me! Its a 1978. I thought it was a 81. Do they offer antique insurance for boats??

LOL ! I know I just hung up with you but heres some info if your serious . Nationwide insures my 79 Pantera with what I think is a really good policy for under $800 a year .. However they won't insure my 07 Superboat I had to go through Wake Zone . But Wake Zone won't insure my Pantera because it's to old ...

What's the HIN Humber Tim? I wonder how many off it is from my '77'.

i dont have the paperwork in front of me but i will grab the vin later this week. supposedly it was the first 24 to offer a step down in cabin and lift up cabin door.

i kind of thought it was older, the sport 78 nav lights are on the sides like on mine. Which is not legal here in Cali, been pulled over twice and had to bust out the flashlight and zip ties.

anyone got a full cover that will fit this boat?

I have a black canvas cover that was made for my 24-7 by the local goats Tim.
It's pretty new as the last owner had it sewn up just before I got the boat.

Pm me if you are interested.

Black huh... I dont know how well that will go with the boat.. I will shoot you a msg tomorrow thanks!

Tim, black goes with evrrything lol.

Not Congress !!!

Im nervous about how well it will WORK

It won't work, you know better than that.

dug it out of the barn today. but of course it started raining as soon as i got it out so i didn't get a chance to scrub it down. but it looks pretty awesome
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gonna have a buddy hand paint the pantera back on the sides like original. they are a little faded after 36 years but not bad

looks good. I spend the day steam cleaning engine bay and removing all un factory stickers.

Wow! That is killer. I would love to get dimensions on your hull stripes for my restoration.

spent the day with a buffer. it came out incredible!! the first transom pic is a before
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