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The earliest Panteras (push button & Pre-L), built through July '72, used little front bumpers that included a housing for the turn signal lense. These were plated in chrome.

Later Panteras, built after July '72, had turn signal pods integral to the front valence. The front bumpers for these cars were either the big black bumper of the US "L model" or the little eyebow of the Euro Panteras. As far as I am aware, these were all black, as they came from the factory. Reproductions of these little eyebrow bumpers are available from certain vendors, I've seen the repros in black, carbon fiber and chrome.

Similarly, the pushbutton & Pre-L rear bumper was the very thin chrome bumper; when the US cars went to the one piece steel rear bumper, the Euro cars went to the thicker 2 piece bumper, like the one in the picture above. As far as I know, these were delivered from the factory only in black.

I certainly haven't seen every Euro Pantera, these are just my impressions as far as I can recall, it would be helpful if Charlie, Franz or Roland would chime in and verify this, or tell me I'm full of "it".

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