quote:Originally posted by Snoopy:
I knew they didn't do well racing, they never really had any extensive factory support which is needed to be competative. They did at least place in a few races which is not bad considering their short life.
I thought I had read that a factory had to build 400 cars to be able to qualify group 4. Maybe that was group 3, Im so confused. I like the black and red look of the group 4. Im thinking of going that way and painting the bottom more of a subdued black as well as the hood and trunk. The black that is on the car needs to be re-painted due to stress cracks. Or I may have the whole car painted red. Im still trying to decide. Either way I want to do the PANTERA lettering on the bottom in the more traditional style.
You were absolutely right about homologation and they did build Panteras. Thousands of them. The group 4 was never a model. It was a race car. The Porsce 935 was supposed to represent a 911 turbo. That was the deal, it didn't have to be a street car, but it had to be based on one. How ferrai ever passed a homolgomation rule I will never know. What do they sell a year?? Like maybe twelve or so????
The lettering on the bottom you are used to seeing was actually a decal. I think you can still get them from the vendors. The reson the hoods and decks were black on the group 4 was because they were fiberglass and they didn't bother to color match. The rear deck was latched by two straps.
I guess what I am saying is Panteras are the one car on earth that isn't documented down to the gnats behind. Take some poetic liscense and do the car the way you want it. Chances are if it is a labor of love, it will turn out way better than someone elses cobbled up idea anyway.
Btw here is a picture of my car. It is a euro GTS and it came from the factory with that decal. Also the cracking you see isn't the paint so much as it is the lead underneath. Back in the old days they used lead on top end cars. Now a days they have body filler that works better.
