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The Panther 6 was a British six-wheel convertible produced by Panther in 1977.


Description and history

The car is powered by a mid-mounted
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V8 engine with twin turbochargers paired to a three-speed automatic transmission. Only two cars were made (one in white, one in black), both of which are known still to exist. One is in Saudi Arabia, and the other was shown at the 2008 NEC Classic Car Show by the Panther Car Club and at the 2015
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by Albert Fellner. Its list price was $96,000. The six-wheel configuration was inspired by the
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racing car. The layout consists of one pair of larger rear wheels with Pirelli 265/50VR16 tyres, and two pairs of smaller steerable front wheels with Pirelli 205/40VR13 tyres. The specification included a detachable hard top and convertible soft top, electronic instruments, a 17,000 BTU air conditioner, an automatic fire extinguisher, electric seats and windows, a telephone and a dashboard-mounted television set. Claims for the top speed of this vehicle suggested it was capable of over . At least one of the two vehicles "was the showstopper of London's 1977 Motorfair...". The black vehicle appeared at the
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show in Manhattan, New York City, in the spring of 1978.


See also

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Covini C6W The Covini C6W is an Italian 2-seat 2-door sports coupé with a removable roof section. Inspiration for the car was taken from the 1976 Tyrrell P34, which had two pairs of smaller front wheels, a principle applied to the C6W. The project was start ...
* FAB 1 (fictional car) * Ford Seattle-ite XXI (concept car) *
Tyrrell P34 The Tyrrell P34 (Project 34), commonly known as the "six-wheeler", was a Formula One (F1) race car designed by Derek Gardner, Tyrrell's chief designer. The car used four specially manufactured 10-inch diameter (254 mm) wheels and tyres at ...


References

*''The Observer's Book of Automobiles''
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(1978)


External links


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