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Are those your uprights in the back (engine picture?) Those look like some super brakes!
Very cool
Very cool
Looks great - thanks for the pictures!
Interesting headlamps. Can't wait to see the final product.
Whose flares are you using?
Whose flares are you using?
Who's flairs? Interesting question ... let me just say I used two sets for the rear because they fit very poorly and the fronts I cut them significantly to make them fit ... The wheels supposedly were a std offset ? Anyway this is why the project had stalled for a while ... Nothing I bought fit properly ... Including the carbon fiber hood and deck lid.
Cool project accobra. Looking fwd to seeing more as it progresses. Cool lookin headlights. What color is she gonna wear?
Ron's beautiful steel and sculpted lights was my inspritation. Nice to see progress, Ron. Looking great!
Rob ... Thx .. I'm thinking red/ black at this moment.
Dave ...thx .. Yours is coming along great ... some heavy mods ...
Ron
Dave ...thx .. Yours is coming along great ... some heavy mods ...
Ron
Looking good, Ron.
Thx Will ..might need to bounce some stuff off you with the IR EFI ...
Ron
Ron
...Beautiful Work!!!
And I sure don't wish to 'Rain on Your Parade'!
But, just a 'Heads-Up', That Distributor Is Too Large a Diameter for the Pantera! It will NOT Clear the Rear Window Glass. And be Most Sure to Take it Out before trying to Install the Engine, or You are Guaranteed to Hit and Break the Glass!
Just Friendly Advise. The Bodywork looks Spectacular!
And I sure don't wish to 'Rain on Your Parade'!
But, just a 'Heads-Up', That Distributor Is Too Large a Diameter for the Pantera! It will NOT Clear the Rear Window Glass. And be Most Sure to Take it Out before trying to Install the Engine, or You are Guaranteed to Hit and Break the Glass!
Just Friendly Advise. The Bodywork looks Spectacular!
quote:It will NOT Clear the Rear Window Glass
Ditto what Marlin said.
You ...might.. get lucky with clearance, but proceed with caution!
Larry
quote:I'm definately painting the hood and deck lid ... but the lower 1/2 ...not sure yet
You have to at least paint from the bottom of the door sills down black.... Remember what Tom Tjaarda said about the unpainted bottoms.... (paraphrased) "The car looks like a big fat cat with it's belly dragging on the ground"....
Every other unpainted car but yours, I mean...
Rocky
PS> Beautiful work
Marlin,
The glass is out and going to be a piece of LEXAN because the roll bar goes thru the opening ... I think the interior engine cover frame might have to be altered ... It doesn't project as high as the glass ... but i'm going to try to use the dual pickup moroso distributor.
The glass is out and going to be a piece of LEXAN because the roll bar goes thru the opening ... I think the interior engine cover frame might have to be altered ... It doesn't project as high as the glass ... but i'm going to try to use the dual pickup moroso distributor.
Wow. Looks great. Red and black on these cars is my favorite.
What color red is that?
Beautiful work and beautiful looking car.
Thanks Guys ... its 2015 Ford Race Red. I'm still unsure about the bottom 1/2 black ?
Looks great Ron!
Don't rush this final detail after all this work. Just put it back together and once you see it complete on the road with wheels and all ...then decide.
Don't rush this final detail after all this work. Just put it back together and once you see it complete on the road with wheels and all ...then decide.
Interesting color. I was going to bet that it was Porsche Guards Red. It looks very similar.
It gets to the point with the car, is it red car with black highlights or black with red highlights.
That black that you use isn't a simple decision either. Gloss, flat, satin, metallic? Yikes!
It gets to the point with the car, is it red car with black highlights or black with red highlights.
That black that you use isn't a simple decision either. Gloss, flat, satin, metallic? Yikes!
quote:Originally posted by accobra:
...finally painted. Now I need to decide what to paint black.
Progress!! Fun! Cool!
Cool stuff man.... very cool. 
Doug ...thanks so far its a semi gloss black hood and decklid ... i;m thinking the border will end like a boss 302 hood ... with a red border and pin stripe rather then it looking like you put black hood and deck off another car ... then semi gloss black wheels ? the bottom black .. I;m going to take davids advice and wait and see how it looks assembled ... thanks Dave.
quote:Originally posted by accobra:
Doug ...thanks so far its a semi gloss black hood and decklid ... i;m thinking the border will end like a boss 302 hood ... with a red border and pin stripe rather then it looking like you put black hood and deck off another car ... then semi gloss black wheels ? the bottom black .. I;m going to take davids advice and wait and see how it looks assembled ... thanks Dave.
I tossed around this idea on a red car also.
One of the things I considered was painting the center of the car black in a way that when you look down on the car it appears a a single black racing stripe.
In order to keep the edges straight you need to leave red on the edges of everything.
If you think about what you just wrote, it sounds very much like what I was thinking?
It doesn't really function like the traditional racing stripe did, in the sense that the stripes pointed the way to go to the driver if he got disoriented under stress, like if he spun the car.
The g-forces act on your head in such a way that it is a dizzying feeling. The stripes actually help in that way.
In my car because of the lowered floor pans I look down the hood in a way where I would have to strech my neck up just in order to see the stripes, so they really wouldn't help the driver out much.
That means that the blacked out treatment really is for cosmetic effect and undeniably a dramatic one at that.
I can't say that the blackened hood would actually reduce glare under a very bright sunlight perspective? Others would need to advise on that subject. I think semi-gloss might be too reflective for that though?
As I said, I really like red/black combo on the Pantera and I feel it is completely in character with the car. Others I'm sure have different opinions.
Looking good cuz!
The car is looking AMAZING!I cant wait to see the final product.
quote:its 2015 Ford Race Red. I'm still unsure about the bottom 1/2 black ?
Not the bottom half, just the portion below the doors.
Here are a couple with the bottom half painted:
Here's no paint on the lower rockers. Proportions look wrong; loses the sleek look; as Tom Tjaarda said, "The car looks like a big fat cat with it's belly dragging on the ground."
And here' one with the lower rockers correctly painted black. Note that the lower front valence is also black. The car looks much sleeker.
The difference is even more apparent on light cars (white, yellow, orange, etc.) when they don't have the lower rockers painted - they really look wrong! I find it surprising how many Panteras are missing this accent after a repaint... Lazy shops? Owners or painters not paying attention to detail?
quote:Lazy shops? Owners or painters not paying attention to detail?
Nope. Just an owner who thinks the car looks better without the rocker painted.
quote:Originally posted by Husker:quote:Lazy shops? Owners or painters not paying attention to detail?
Nope. Just an owner who thinks the car looks better without the rocker painted.
I'm with you! You can always add black later if you choose too.
The trim piece on the 2nd car makes it look like a BMW.
quote:Originally posted by comp2:
The trim piece on the 2nd car makes it look like a BMW.
M-1?