1982 De Tomaso Pantera GT5
When De Tomaso introduced the GT5 in 1980, it took Tom Tjaarda’s purposeful original Pantera body and added riveted fiberglass fender flares, a deep front air dam, and an optional rear wing, transforming a clean design into something considerably more aggressive.
The wider tracks made possible by the flares accommodated broader-section tires at both ends, and the visual result left little room for ambiguity.
Beneath the body sat the familiar Pantera powertrain: a Ford 351 Cleveland V-8 with 5,763 cc displacement, fed by a single Holley four-barrel carburetor and producing approximately 350 PS (about 345 hp SAE) at 6,000 rpm and 333 lb-ft of torque at 3,800 rpm. Drive went to the rear wheels through a five-speed ZF transaxle, single-plate clutch, and limited-slip differential.
The fully independent suspension (double wishbones with coil springs at all four corners) had been laid out by Giampaolo Dallara and remained substantially unchanged from the original Pantera. The mid-engine steel monocoque sat on a 98.4-inch wheelbase.
Fewer than 200 GT5 examples were built, making it the rarer of the two factory wide-body Pantera variants. The subsequent GT5-S replaced the GT5’s riveted fiberglass bolt-on flares with integrated steel units (the “S” standing for steel), while the mechanical specification remained largely identical.
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