Panther [2]

Panther Westwinds was founded in 1972 by Robert Jankel, who had trained in aeronautical engineering at Chelsea College, raced cars and motorcycles, and had previously customised cars for private clients, including a modified Rolls-Royce he sold to a bullfighter in Spain. He set up his car-building operation in a lock-up on Crutchfield Lane in Walton-on-Thames, taking the company's name from that of his own house, Westwinds, and later moved production…