I'm digging the look of this car, thinking about doing this to my all-white car

...Yes, kinda looks like mine!
Look Close...the Satin Black of the Hood, goes all the way to the Windshield! Including, JUST the Center Section of the, once chrome, Trim!
I Chose NOT to go Wide-body.

...I Recommend 'Satin' Black, I like it Best.
And Any Pro Painter will tell You, 'Flat' Black turns Gray Faster in The Sun, over time.

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The side lowers, and Rear Lower Came with the Cat in 'Gloss' Black. Everything else, I had Professionally done in Satin. Including the wing. When I first purchased the car, the entire 'Top' was White, the Wing Also. It was All just TOO MUCH White! IMO

I like the look! Hopefully mine will have that "GTS" scheme.

The GTS color scheme looks good. And the Plastidip is easy and inexpensive.

Just don't do the angle up bit with the black on the front like that race car did - that just looks wrong.

Those I believe are Weber 48IDA's with 6-1/2" tall velocity stacks. Those put the stacks about 1" under the roof.

This helps with keeping water out of them but you need to extend the roof out over the last two. That is usually done with 1/4" "Plexiglass".

The 5" is actually a better fit.

The tall stacks help with keeping the "fuel reversion" in the carbs with a "regular/non-Weber specific" camshaft.

You clearly can see the "fuel cloud" over the stacks on the standard trumpets. Definitely not on the 6-1/2", maybe you can see that floating inside the top of the 5" at speed?

You don't run a "Weber camshaft" if you are going to run in competative events. Those are for the Gucci loafer crowd that doesn't want to get messy.

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Originally posted by garth66:...
Just don't do the angle up bit with the black on the front like that race car did - that just looks wrong.

I agree, and it got me thinking...how would it look if the BACK is keep at the same line.

any comments

I like the angle up at the rear from both the side and rear views.

I also like a deck lid where only the center section is painted black, so from the side profile the car still looks one color, it helps preserve the original lines IMO.

Julian

If you look at the top view, it makes sense to just paint the center section of the rear deck black along with the front hood.

The top view would suggest to me that the roof should be painted black too, or maybe painted in the center to make it appear as if the car had one large black racing stripe?

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Originally posted by Joules:
I like the angle up at the rear from both the side and rear views.

I also like a deck lid where only the center section is painted black, so from the side profile the car still looks one color, it helps preserve the original lines IMO.

Julian

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Originally posted by PanteraDoug:
If you look at the top view, it makes sense to just paint the center section of the rear deck black along with the front hood.

The top view would suggest to me that the roof should be painted black too, or maybe painted in the center to make it appear as if the car had one large black racing stripe?

does look good!

Those do look good!

I'll be doing something along those lines to my car soon.

To wrap the front decklid in flat (satin) black it's $150. It may be something I tackle myself, I mean it's as simple as it gets-flat and square. I should be able to handle that.

The sides and rear engine cover's a different story, I'll probably pay a pro to apply the wrap.

There's plastidip, but it's sprayed on (so lots of masking/overspray) and it's heavy (has to go on THICK).

I would caution on the Plasti-dip. If you get fisheyes in it you will never get it out.

You are much better off with a satin black paint as Marlin suggested.

On the side of tbe car UNDER the black, you can use 3M Rocmer Shoots. It goes on thick and is usually left a little bumpy, then painted right over. The idea is that it lrotects the body from stone chips.

Lots of new cars have used it. Porsche, Datsun for a couple.

On the black you can actually get the flat black used on the hood of the 69 Boss 3p2 Mustang it spray cans from Classic Mustang vendors, mask the car off and do it yourself.

Just a thought.

I think a quality wrap is a great idea. They can be rather expensive but it's not permanent.

Those sketches look good but while you're at it, you should just paint the whole car black and get it over with. We know that's what you really want anyway!!

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I would caution on the Plasti-dip. If you get fish-eyes in it you will never get it out.

So you've used the Plasti-dip Doug?

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On the side of the car UNDER the black, you can use 3M Rocker Shoots. It goes on thick and is usually left a little bumpy, then painted right over. The idea is that it protects the body from stone chips.

Or maybe use quality paint and a 3M clear bra material in rock chip zones, rather than going for the "I painted over the undercoat" look.

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On the black you can actually get the flat black used on the hood of the 69 Boss 3p2 Mustang it spray cans from Classic Mustang vendors, mask the car off and do it yourself.

But what if you get fish-eyes in it? I can't believe anyone would advocate painting a car with rattle cans, so ghetto!

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Just a thought.

And sometimes they should remain just that!

I like JFB's design. And would definitely go the wrapping route as it's so easy to remove or change while you are doing it. Just stop and look and modify as you go.

with the new paint scheme, "Snow White" will become "Wicked Snow White"!

Ooh, maybe you could have that snow white die-cut into the hood decal!

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Originally posted by Joules:

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I would caution on the Plasti-dip. If you get fish-eyes in it you will never get it out.

So you've used the Plasti-dip Doug?

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On the side of the car UNDER the black, you can use 3M Rocker Shoots. It goes on thick and is usually left a little bumpy, then painted right over. The idea is that it protects the body from stone chips.

Or maybe use quality paint and a 3M clear bra material in rock chip zones, rather than going for the "I painted over the undercoat" look.

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On the black you can actually get the flat black used on the hood of the 69 Boss 3p2 Mustang it spray cans from Classic Mustang vendors, mask the car off and do it yourself.

But what if you get fish-eyes in it? I can't believe anyone would advocate painting a car with rattle cans, so ghetto!

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Just a thought.

And sometimes they should remain just that!

You can buy the paint in quart cans too. Just hook it up to a sprayer and shoot it. Pick the bugs out after it dries?

It will give that vintage "Trans-Am race car run hard look".

Personally I like the bullet hole look. I suppose that where you put the decals indicates whether or not this is Elvis' former car or whether you just run 'shine' with it?

Here in the 'ghetto' I use a 12 gauge pistol grip pump with 00 buck shot, sawed off. I like all the big holes it makes? I have the factory blacked out Winchester for night work.

Fits in that space between the console and the passenger seat tucked in really well.

It's REALLY good for those up close moments.

I can show you sometime if you're in the 'hood'? Works good when there is no time to aim, or it's too close. Just kinda point it in the direction.

One must hold on tight and probably be over 150 pounds to use it...it sure do have a kick to it!

That black upslope on the front along with the distance perspective and race action are what makes that race car appealing as I look at it... Really sharpens up the car, makes the profile appear lower...

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Originally posted by Joules:
Ooh, maybe you could have that snow white die-cut into the hood decal!

I'd rather have that snow white next to me in the car (or elsewhere for that matter), than as decal on the hood...

Got a phone number for me...

Just my $.02, but I like the black to stop at the door sill, rather than all the way up at the waterline (Half Way Up the Door) ....

Like the SACC Pantera (Scott Bell's car).

Rocky

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Originally posted by Rocky:
Just my $.02, but I like the black to stop at the door sill, rather than all the way up at the waterline (Half Way Up the Door) ....

Like the SACC Pantera (Scott Bell's car).

Rocky

That is the factory race paint pattern on the sides, front and rear deck lids. There weren't many factory race cars but I never saw it used on non-red cars.

Red/black seems to have been the DT race colors.

I agree that it is a drastic change to the virgin clean look of the production car and probably was intended to give the race car a more sinister effect on the track.

On the red cars in the bright sun it does have some kind of a polarizing effect on your eyes. You do need to look at it with dark glasses. It does that to my eyes. I presume it does to others as well?



It does remind me somewhat of when Porsche went to the black highlights and blacked out trim on the 930's and 935's in the late '70s and early '80s.


Looking at the results on the top of the car, I never understood why they never did the roof too and just limited the rear deck to within the rear sailfins.

My Pantera, a '73 L, was painted with this black/yellow color scheme when I purchased it in 1976, and one of it's two previous owners had it's paint "updated" possibly by a dealer to mimic a GTS of that era.

In front, black curves downward to carefully outline the turn signal assembly, then aligns with the horizontal center bar of the mesh grille.

In the rear, the black follows the GTS body line upward until ending at the fender seam.

And the hood (not fully latched in this photo) and just the inside of the rear deck are black as well.
I have grown to really enjoy it's distinctive use of body lines, contours and colors.

I like the side "Pantera" decal mentioned by Chuck (as found on Scott Bell's Pantera) that found it way onto many L models. Its very "period correct". My buddy Dale has those on the side of his 72-1/2 L model. I also like the big "PANTERA" side lettering that was applied to the group 4 models.

Ron's picture makes it very clear, there are 3 areas on a Pantera body:
(1) The brightest (sun-lit yellow)
(2) The medium tint (shaded yellow)
(3) The darkest (black)

Now imagine one color, in 3 tints, on those body areas.

I've seen it, and it looked really good. I can't remember if the front bonnet was the darkest tint or the lightest tint.

Ron's car is gorgeous, isn't it?

Joseph, how did you find a picture of Debbie? (dominatrix)

Has anyone tried "wrapping" any parts or whole cars themselves?

I've watched a hundred videos on applying wraps, for my front decklid (flat and square) it doesn't look like it would take a brain surgeon to apply.

I have a heat gun, I may just try buying the material and try wrapping my front decklid myself.

It's either that or $200 to have a shop do it.

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Originally posted by George P:...
Now imagine one color, in 3 tints...

That is what I have been dreaming about
Shades of Grey