Copper metallic color

Can't fully answer the question, but here are 1971 paint codes for the Pantera.

Larry

My 72 Pantera is bronze metallic as seen at the left...not having seen a copper/bronze Mangusta, I couldn't say if they share the same paint...if you need more pictures of my car/paint let me know and I'll post them....Pappy

Pappy- I would very much appreciate any photos you could provide of your very sharp-looking Pantera!

Does your car have original paint? If not, were you able to find a place that could use the codes as found above to make the paint? Not one single place I tried - paintscratch.com, autocolorlibrary.com, the glasurit and Sherwin Williams webstites, and more- had any info from the codes in the chart above about bronze metallic....

On page 10 of the Ford Pantera Parts Catalog it has a chart of the 1971 and 1972 up paint codes. Bronze Metallic is not listed as a 72 up paint color.

Look up under your dash, under the carpet, behind the door upholstery, behind the rear bulkhead panel, etc for any evidence that the car was originally painted a different color.

VYPRGT2....My paint is the original color but not the original paint from the factory, due to a minor accident. My car had a total repaint but the problem is that was back in 1974 and the painter had no problem finding the original paint. Like you said you can not find any place now that can match the paint. As I recall the paint was an Acrylic lacquer and the color was called "Bronze Metallic". I don't remember what paint supplier my painter used, but then again that was thirty five years ago...I just hope I don't have to do a match now...Here are some misc. pictures of my car....good luck with your quest...Pappy

http://www.flickr.com/photos/6...54@N00/tags/pantera/

Thanks for the pics Pappy. Absolutely great looking car!

So is the chart of 1971 paint codes totally and completely outdated?

Check David Bermans site panterapassion he should have pictures of Will Demelos bronze 72 which was a stock colour. Also Mark Charlton has pictures of Wills car he might post.
Richard T.

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So is the chart of 1971 paint codes totally and completely outdated?

No doubt it is.

BUT, that chart lists 7 paint codes for Bronze Metallic.

I recognize some of those manufacturers, and a wholesale auto paint supplier probably knows them all. Armed with that chart, I'd head off to said supplier and let them take it from there.

Larry

26 years ago I owned a'72 that had its original Bronze Metallic paint. I currently have a '72 that I bought specifically since its original color was also Bronze Metallic. I wanted some touch-up paint, so I went to the local PPG dealer (they still sell lacquer) with the paint code shown in the shop manual. Their computer showed no listing. They called the main headquarters and were told that PPG had purged such old, little used codes from its files. They offered an alternative that was supposed to match, but it didn't. My next step is to have the paint dealer try to match the car's finish starting with a scan using the hand-held device that they have.

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Originally posted by RichardT:
Check David Bermans site panterapassion he should have pictures of Will Demelos bronze 72 which was a stock colour. Also Mark Charlton has pictures of Wills car he might post.
Richard T.

Not sure if it was original paint, but it was a nice color for the car.

Mark

that color was only available on 1972 Pre L panteras. i would bet there were under 20 painted that color. very rare and beautiful.mike mayberry

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Their computer showed no listing. They called the main headquarters and were told that PPG had purged such old, little used codes from its files.

After checking literally dozens of internet and local paint supply places, unfortunately I agree that this is accurate. Apparently the only way to match these colors now is with the hand-held tool that scans the color on a sample

Looks very similar to the 1969 Mustang color "Indian Fire Metallic".

I tried three scans. All 3 were different colors, none matched. One was close but no cigar. I am interested in hearing how it works out for you.
IndyDave

I have experienced a similar thing to that of IndyDave. Had a panel of a -55 Caddy that would not match. 2 shops mixed a color that was a "standard color as close to the wanted one as they had in their pc program". One was a Suzuki Jimny color.. Then I went to my local Standox dealer. They told ne to make sure there was no oxydation on the part (do a rub and polish to get the color as right as possible) and they put a towel over the scanner and part while scanning to make sure that no light from outside would interfere in the scanning, and thereby mess up the color. They made me an absolutely perfect match.

I think that the color that you posted is not the original color of the car. It is in the same family. I don't know about the rarity because I personally have seen three or four of them here. The original color of this was very flat with not much gloss or depth to the paint. It was one of those M&M's colors seemingly out of the Ford grabber color thinking of the time. Maybe I should call it a "Mod" color?

I should point out that the Ford Lime Green is one of these colors too. Originally very flat, with no depth to it.

When redone in a two stage it comes to life and is actually a very pretty color.