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Colour choice is always difficult, but I wanted something different and authentic. As a kid my favorite toy was a mint-green pantera, so I wanted to go in that direction. In 1971, 3 greens were available and two of them, V305 medium green and V306 aqua green metallic were blue-green-like colours. PPG still had the formulas – so, after a test spray on the hood, I decided to go for the metallic.
I have to admit I was quite nervous before seing the end-result, but as it turned out, I'm really happy with it. The paintshop guys loved the car and the challenge from the beginning, and I think they put an extra finesse into it. The result is stunning up close - it's mirror straight.
I’ll try to keep the car as original appearing as possibly, including the interior, yet making technical upgrades to make it more reliable. Pretty much every part on this car is being replaced with NOS or repro parts, but I’m still trying to stay with the spirit of an early pre-production car.
JT, the chassis of the early euro cars are different in many, many areas, the valence being one of them. The radiater is the same as on later cars and it fits nicely into the valence. It actually rests on the bottom of it !

Kristian