Looking for this car

cant see the pics but if the car is a 72 the rarest color and i believe only 8 painted this color is called bronze metallic.king

grabber blue!

Yeah it looks like grabber blue, but I doubt it's the same.

Mike, it's a 74. No metallic in it, and certainly not bronze .

Actually it's a 1973



It sold at auction last year for $82,500

http://www.auctionsamerica.com...uping=&category=Cars

Thanks for that. That front trunk says odometer roll back. SURPRISE! Still interested in the history of that color.

I believe it was called "blu francia" in the Italian palette.

A car painted that color was "Peoples Choice" at the 2013 Fun Rally in Phoenix. I'll try and dust off a picture...

Maybe it was this one (Phil's Cat)?

PS. Phil is the one wearing the French Blue unitard, but unfortunately he was just out of the picture when I snapped it.



Rocky

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Maybe it was this one (Phil's Cat)?

Yes, Phil's car won People's Choice. When Phil was getting ready to have his car painted, I put him in touch with a PCNC member that had the same color. The color is called French Blue, but it is not an original Pantera color.

John

Looks a lot like my car. I better check the garage as I haven't been in there for a few days now.

It is called grabber blue and my car s/n 1744 was painted that color. It is an original color.

Okay, so it is a ford color. It's beautiful on the Pantera. I wonder how many were repainted. Too bad, the 70's definitely created some great colors. Now it's black, white, and 5 shades of gray.

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Okay, so it is a ford color. It's beautiful on the Pantera. I wonder how many were repainted. Too bad, the 70's definitely created some great colors. Now it's black, white, and 5 shades of gray.

OHH, that hits home! as I have been thinking of "5 shades of grey" for my rebuild color scheme.

BUT, when I saw this post I was immediately thinking that shade of blue would definately be more fun....decissions, decissions?

When I bought my first Pantera it was grabber blue and I had intended on painting it maroon. But after looking at it a little I stuck with the grabber blue.

Just so you know. While I was working for Ford I heard a story. Our paint engineers could not figure out why they could not get a good paint color match after repairs. They sent a couple of guys to Italy to check the painting process. They asked who was responsible for the paint. They were directed to Mario out back. When they found him he was mixing paint i a 55 gallon drum. A little of this, a little of that.

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They were directed to Mario out back. When they found him he was mixing paint i a 55 gallon drum. A little of this, a little of that.

Ha ha. That explains so much. My car was lime green originally. Not a bright intense green like like Dodge used but a dirty, dull one that looks like someone spilled a can of cigar ashes in the drum of paint.

Mark

Nice color on a Pantera.