Description
Imperial War Museum | Duxford, Cambridgeshire
9th Apr, 2025 9:00
1974 Panther J. 72
1 owner from new
Estimate
£15, 000 - £20, 000
Registration No: PAM 303
Chassis No: W096R
MOT: Exempt
Very rare Panther J. 72 model, being 1 of only 368 produced
1 owner example having been specified by and supplied new to the vendor
Fitted with a 4. 2-litre Jaguar engine
Offered from a private collection
Founded by engineer Bob Jankel in 1971, Panther West Winds Limited rose to public prominence by hand-building expensive, high-quality, retro-styled luxury sports cars using modern components. The firm's first volume-selling car - the Vauxhall Magnum-based Lima, which was sold through the Vauxhall dealer network - appeared in 1976, but before then the formula combining modern engineering and performance with bygone era styling had been established by the J72. Built between 1972 and 1980, the latter was Panther's first production model and owed its inspiration to the SS100 Jaguar of the late 1930s. Such was the superb quality of its construction that the J72 won the Silver Medal for coachwork at the 1973 London Motor Show, beating the likes of Rolls-Royce. Running gear was mainly Jaguar, there being a choice of XK six-cylinder or V12 engines, with automatic transmission the norm on later models. By the time production ceased just 368 J72s were thought to have been made.
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