Re: Amelia Island Concours, 2014

Posted by Leeedy On 2013/12/20 13:04:58

RE: the Marano Panthers... these two cars are simply and correctly known as "Panther" but not "Panther-Daytona." This is a fallacy that has persisted ever since one of them hit the big "classic car auction" circuit years ago and the yarns about Panthers have since grown wilder and wilder and wilder. The original Panther history published in The Packard Cormorant magazine is accurate... even after all these years.

The Marano cars were privately-owned Panthers in the 1950s. The Daytona nomenclature was only added to the two factory Panthers that were never modified into having 1955 cathedral tail lights. Panther-Daytonas had superchargers...Panthers did not. Panther-Daytonas had '54 Clipper tail lights... Panthers (in their final form) did not and instead had 1955 cathedral type senior tail lights. And there were only four Panthers (including ALL flavors-Daytona or not) ever made despite silly arguments that persist about this. I knew these cars from when they were first built and had friends who actually built them.

RE: the 1952-53 Monte Carlos... there were two of these DeVille-style open top cars built...both with different colors and trim. I suspect a third may have been replicated somehow in later years.

RE: the 22nd series Monte Carlo... there were at least two different versions done.

These are facts... but they'll just likely set off more endless stories and arguments.