'72 #3427

Vroom vroooom!

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Vroom vroooom!

BARF, BARF!

Wow! not sure how but I have missed your car thread the last couple months. The work looks amazing can't wait to see it painted and on the road.

Vroom vrooom

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Originally posted by LF - TP 2511:

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Vroom vroooom!

BARF, BARF!

Soooo, you're sayin you don't like the green. I was thinking there was probably a reason that there are very, very few green panteras.

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Originally posted by Mark M:
Wow! not sure how but I have missed your car thread the last couple months. The work looks amazing can't wait to see it painted and on the road.

Nah, you only missed a couple days worth. Posted them all up over the weekend. Thought I'd join the crowd.

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very, very few green panteras.

Chris,

There is a PCNC owner with an original forest green (or whatever De Tomaso called it) and believe it or not, I have always liked how that car looks with that color.

The faded, lime green color seen on some....now, that's another story.

Larry

There's a HUGE vat of Corona Beer somewhere that this car should be sitting at the bottom of!

Michael

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Originally posted by Cyboman:
There's a HUGE vat of Corona Beer somewhere that this car should be sitting at the bottom of!

Michael

Wow! I dunno man, that car is pretty awesome. Hats off to that guy. I would have maybe gone with black wheels instead of the gold ones. I understand the factory wheels were gold, but if you're gonna go lime green... Glad to see someone had the balls to do it. Heh

Chris,

Awesome job! I was reading those posts and by page three I was saying to myself "man, if he puts Group4 fenders on that car, I'm gonna have to go down there and take it from him". It is getting pretty close to being my perfect alter-ego Super-Pantera.

As far as color choice goes, the orange does look pretty hot, but for a car that REALLY stands apart, the lime would be awesome as well (and unique). Just so you can get an idea of what direction might work, here are a few options. Personally, I would seriously consider Lambo lime.

Great work and posts. Thanks!

Mark

Option set 2

Option set 3

Yeah I am still sold on Lambo pearl lime or pearl orange too. Our cars need to stand out, they just are not loud enough to get attention!

Here is a photo of that orange car I was talking about, I believe somewhere here in southern CA I believe it was on rides domain or somethikng like that with a few more photos.

Yup, I was looking at his web site last night. http://www.cardomain.com/ride/2477051 He's got a lot of pictures of it up there. It's finished now and he's been to a bunch of shows. Awesome car.

The Eclipse color that I'm looking at is more red than that. It's different enough from his that I'll be able to sleep at night.

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Originally posted by Mark Charlton:
Option set 3

Holy smokes, you've got a nice collection of cars Mark! Just looked at your website. One day... one day I'll have a Mangusta and a GT40 too.

Wow! The car is looking Great! Thanks for sharing all the photos. It is always great to see all the ideas and ways they are being used on the Pantera. Looking forward to seeing it with the new paint.

BTW, anyone know where people are getting those side Detom emblems, like the one on the orange car above? Almost looks like a vinyl sticker.

Chris, maybe when you're finished we can work out a trade.

The emblem on the orange car doesn't look like a sticker close-up, but I have no idea where it came from. I know that some guys (David B on his GT5) have used the front grille emblem on the fenders and it looks great. Smaller, but better proportioned than the one on the orange car, IMHO.

Mark

And the smaller emblem on David's GT5

Mark

Neat! Those front emblems must have come on the later cars. My '72 has the big ol branding iron one.

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Originally posted by MacMan:
BTW, anyone know where people are getting those side Detom emblems, like the one on the orange car above? Almost looks like a vinyl sticker.

probably here?

http://www.poca.com/pocastore/...ath=8&products_id=20

Awesome. Purchased a set to check em out. Thanks!

The "branding Iron" logo is a Euro car thing (later, not early if I recall correctly). The rectangular emblem is the standard front grille logo for American cars.

They can be bought at Wilkinson/Hall/PI and (after the pin is snapped off) be adhered with foam tape. The POCA store logos look like vinyl not metal as on the Orange car.

Mark

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Originally posted by Mark Charlton:
The "branding Iron" logo is a Euro car thing (later, not early if I recall correctly). The rectangular emblem is the standard front grille logo for American cars.

Wow, I had no idea. Crazy.

wow the car looks awesome congrats.Question it looks like the front fender flares were cut just above the lip why? Just curious Thanks

Nicely done! Keep the pics coming.

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Originally posted by sam c:
wow the car looks awesome congrats.Question it looks like the front fender flares were cut just above the lip why? Just curious Thanks

Not sure I understand your question. The old fender flare gets cut off so that the new flare can be positioned. After the new flare is welded on, the remaining extra fender under the new flare is removed, and the inside of the fender is smoothed.

It's been a while, but here's another update on the Pantera. Keeps looking rougher and rougher doesn't it?

The paint has mostly been sanded down to bare metal, or "All Metal" (an aluminum based body filler) in these shots. I'm happy to report that the car is very straight for the most part. There is evidence of a small fender bender on the right front fender, but other than that, it's solid. Notice how much lead is in the rear uprights. It probably 1/8" thick, maybe more. That'll all be sanded out and built up again with All Metal.

MacMan, I don't mean to side step this topic, but I do have a question. Can you give me as much info as you can regarding the old Team III wheels you had on your car? Backspacing front and rear, Tire Sizes, Etc. I an thinking about ordering a set. What is your opinion about the backspacing? Should I use the same as your old wheels or would you recommed a slightly different dimension? Your help is much appreciated

The recessed emblems is a Rodder's trick. What you do is cut a whole in the location you want your emblem, then build a small metal box slightly larger than the emblem and tack it on the back of the body panel. Then fill the instaled box with body filler and push the emblem into the fresh plastic, before the plastic is too dry remove the emblem (using thread instaled on it BEFORE pressing it in). The VOILA you have a custom touch for your Cat.

Denis

Fancy!

The emblem looks like some that I purchased from Wilkinson's a few years back. Made of some metal with adhesive on back with peel off paper that said Made in China.

Oooh, that's cool. I'm thinking about having mine done in vinyl. Did something similar with the Viper and I really like it.

Any paint on the Pantera yet?

Brilliant thread, don't know how I missed it. Thanks for taking us along!

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Originally posted by Mark M:
Any paint on the Pantera yet?

Don't think so. Going to have to poke the body shop guys this week. It's been too long.

That's the thing I hate about body shops: they tell you 3 months, then 6 months later when you ask what's going on/ how's it coming along (after next to nothing has been done), you're now suddenly 'in a hurry' and 'breaking their balls' (but all the while they're telling you they need more and more money). Now all of a sudden, you're the bad guy rushing them. I just don't get it.

Michael

This is a cool thread and I can't wait to see the finished car!!

Guess what I saw today? Yup, it's back from Paint and it is nothing short of stunning. I was blown away. Totally exceeded my expectations. Lots of work to do now. Wheels gotta go back for some touch up, the whole car has to be reassembled, new mirrors, the fender vents and fender liners, etc, etc.

Pictures came out grainy. Don't know what's up with my camera lately.

Very nice. The body mods look great. What color is it?

Mitsubishi, "Sunset Pearlescent". It's red in the shadows, metallic orange in the sun. I've seen the color on a lot of Eclipses, but it never looked THIS good.

Long live Panteras!