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De Tomaso Pantera Black Kyosho 1:18

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De Tomaso Pantera Black Kyosho 1:18 08851BK Diecast
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Kyosho's 1:18 diecast De Tomaso Pantera reproduces Tom Tjaarda's wedge-shaped Italian body around a mid-mounted Ford 351 Cleveland V8, finished in black with opening doors and engine cover. Sold new through Lincoln-Mercury dealerships in the early 1970s, this Pantera bridges Italian design and American muscle for a distinctive classic sports shelf piece.
De Tomaso Pantera Black Kyosho 1:18
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Brand
De Tomaso
Manufacturer
Kyosho
Scale
1:18
Material
Diecast
Model Condition
Used Model
SKU
08851BK
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About the De Tomaso Pantera Black Kyosho 1:18

TL;DR: Kyosho's 1:18 diecast De Tomaso Pantera reproduces the Italian-built, Ford V8-powered exotic in black, with opening doors and engine cover exposing the mid-mounted 351 Cleveland. Designed by Tom Tjaarda and sold in the US through Lincoln-Mercury dealerships in the early 1970s, the Pantera remains a genuine Italian-American hybrid. A distinctive coupe for a classic sports collection.

Few cars mixed nationalities as directly as the Pantera, an Italian-designed body built in Italy around an American Ford V8, sold new through Lincoln-Mercury dealerships in the United States. Kyosho's diecast wears that combination in black, a color that lets the wedge-shaped body read as pure sculpture.

Kyosho's 1:18 Diecast Pantera and Its Ford V8 Heart

Ghia-Designed Body, American V8 Underneath

Tom Tjaarda penned the Pantera's body at Ghia with a low, flat wedge profile that was genuinely radical for a production car in the early 1970s, and Kyosho's casting keeps that low stance and sharp-edged nose intact rather than softening it for easier tooling. Underneath sits a mid-mounted Ford 351 Cleveland V8, a genuinely American engine De Tomaso chose for its availability and durability rather than building something bespoke in Italy, part of what made the Pantera affordable enough to actually sell through mainstream dealerships. That mid-engine layout, unusual for anything built in partnership with an American manufacturer at the time, is faithfully carried through in the model's proportions, with the cabin pushed forward and the engine bay occupying a substantial share of the rear bodywork.

Engine Bay and Low-Slung Cabin Detail

Lift the rear engine cover and the model exposes a simplified but recognizable version of that Ford V8, mounted transversely just behind the two-seat cabin. Inside, low-set bucket seats and a wraparound dashboard reflect the wedge body's cramped but purposeful cabin, since the Pantera's low roofline left little room for anything but a driving-focused interior. The zinc alloy construction gives the model real heft for its compact size, a physical trait that separates a genuine diecast Pantera from the lighter plastic-bodied toys that sometimes share shelf space with serious collector pieces.

An Italian Exotic Sold Through American Dealerships

Tom Tjaarda's Wedge-Shaped Design

Tjaarda's wedge design broke sharply from the rounder Italian exotics of the previous decade, favoring flat surfaces and hard creases that would go on to influence supercar styling for years afterward. Judging a Pantera model's fidelity comes down to the sharpness of those creases along the hood and fenders, since a rounded or softened edge immediately undercuts the wedge design's entire visual point.

Lincoln-Mercury's Unusual Exotic Car Experiment

Selling an Italian-built, mid-engine exotic through Lincoln-Mercury dealerships was an unusual experiment for Ford, giving American buyers direct access to a genuine exotic without the import hurdles competitors like Ferrari or Lamborghini presented. That accessible ownership path is part of the Pantera's distinct place in American car culture, the exotic a customer could actually order and service through a familiar dealer network rather than a specialist importer.

A Black Pantera for an Italian-American Exotic Shelf

At roughly 22 centimeters, the Pantera's low, wide stance takes up more shelf width than its length suggests, and black paint makes the wedge-shaped creases along the hood and fenders read with sharp, defined shadow lines under direct display lighting. Placed next to more conventional Italian exotics of the same era, this Pantera makes the case for a collection built around unusual engineering marriages rather than single-nationality purity. Keep the black finish dusted regularly, since dark paint shows surface dust more readily under direct light than lighter colors, and a soft brush handles the recessed intake vents better than a cloth. Its Ford V8 heritage also makes it a natural pairing with American muscle-era diecast, a crossover appeal few Italian coupes of this period can genuinely claim.

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