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Hi, reviving an old thread to hear if you found a modern paint code that corresponds correctly to the original Pantera orange colour? One of the Swedish guys has the body stripped and repaired and it is going into the paint shop soon and he wants it to be the correct orange colour as used originally on Panteras. He can't take any samples from the car as it was originally yellow.
Cheers, Tim..
Most likely you are going to need to have the color matched as best that you can.
I wouldn't be surprised at all if the Pantera colors were sourced from existing Mustang colors at the time.
You can find internet paint shops selling "factory matched original colors" for cars like the Mustang, Corvette, Porsche but having said that, the couple that I have tried are not spot on at all. They seem to be "approximations".
The issue in finding exact original colors is that the formulas are for no longer used paint systems. The colors that I have let my suppliers look for don't even come up in any listings so they don't even know where to start with to get a factory color match.
Even the Mustang colors like Wimbelton White are not right. I'm thinking though that in switching from one system to another, the base tints although being called the same are not so the tints wind up just a little different.
That makes it really tough to do a repair on just one door or fender without color blending it on the spot to match.
What is even worse, if that is possible, in going to touch something up, FROM THE ORIGINAL MIX YOU HAVE LEFT OVER, often doesn't match either.
Thanks for the input, it certainly isn't an easy task!
Cheers, Tim.
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This is the label from the can for the paint i used on my 1974 Pantera. The paint came with the car when i bought it from Ken Brown who at the time was the tech rep for the Eastern Pantera Association and known for his original style restorations. it is a single stage pant (no clear coat required). hope this helps.
Many thanks indeed I will report back. Cheers, Tim
I'm curious if you did a Marti Report on your car? If you did, what does it say about the color?
After seeing my father's Shelby's Marti and having other Mustang and Fairlane's Marti's I am not going to lie, the Pantera one is disappointing. Since the cars were ordered so much the same there is not much on there. If you were new to Panteras you wouldn't know about power windows, a/c, or even 351c or Zf. As you can see mine was ordered code 9 orange paint too. Despite this I still recommend having one for the pertinent information that is provided.
