Grab the image code to post the pics. Your other photos are way to small.

I like it.
Please try to keep it original looking... not many left.

Wow! That looks great. Definitely keep the original look!

the biggest appearance change this year is to fill in the extra exhaust holes. i am all over the transom checking for rot. tapping everywhere. and i don't even notice too many exhaust holes till i look at the pics after i get home! i am not crazy about the high lifeline. i like the lower superboat style. but if it keeps the Pantera Historical Society happy i can live with it...

The lifeline is the best part of that boat.
I'd mix old w new on it.

Keep the lifeline and update the windscreen to a solid one painted to match.

Also my buddy bought a bottom painted boat and didn't want to deal with removing it so he bottom painted it with Pettit vivid white. It's not perfect looking but made a huge difference in the boats appearance.

I will gladly buy the lifeline if you want to get rid of it.

The glass is so thick on these boats. My transom and stringers were solid by every test short of drilling into them. The floor was the only thing I thought I needed to replace. I ended up replacing every piece of wood in the hull.

hopefully that is not the case with that boat.

i am praying that is the case. time to update my profile and add another boat. just got back from new york with it a half an hour ago. one of the things that makes boats fast i guess is wind resistance, or lack thereof. i got WAY better gas mileage towing this guy...now that is is in the yard , here is the ebay ad where i found it ...http://www.ebay.com/itm/1979-Pantera...vip=true&rt=nc

Love those hatches.

Congrats on the new ride!!! I also like how the life lines look on these boats and think you should keep it.

Don't think I've ever seen a intake mounted alternator before.....