Reply to "Pantera #3280 - GT5-S Replica - Seeking history"

Yeah that's the spot on the fender, just looks like clear coat to me. If you like the overall car I would fly there and check it out in person, as only then you can tell how the car looks overall. You can fix the level of the car and get new wheels right for the car, etc. All that is really small stuff. Compare the passenger fender side too and see if you can live with the Hall fender differences. To me its like the model with the DDs, where one may be slightly different and until someone brings it to your attention or you examine real close you would have never noticed. In waiting you may miss out on a nice car, as I know that red one was done real well. Did you see the POVA issue which talked about the build? It said a new type of water base paint was used (well new way back then). I never heard of a water base, so I would check on that too. But from the photos it looks like it was done well with lotsa prep and seems like it stood the test of time.