Paint on inside of front bonnet

The paint is different depending on the year of the car.

Mike

My 79 GTS is painted flat black ..I know its original because it still has the crayon written on it "9138" in both front and back.

Ron

Interesting that Ron's later car's underhood was painted as 'trim' but the underside of my 1974 hood was painted body color, including the latch and hinges. My car was original paint until 3 months ago, and this was carefully noted.

The headlight lifting bar was also body color, though you see MANY who neglect that or repaint it black. I don't have photos (at work) but that's how mine was, and is.

Hope this helps, and that others will chime in. Great that you're seeking originality.

FWIW, my 72 pre-L still wears its original paint.

The underside of the front hood, hinges (and bolts), and headlight bar were all painted in the body color from the factory. And I kept it that way when I freshened up the radiator compartment a few years ago.

The underside of my rear deck lid is flat black.

Thanks guys, that does help! I am surprised the bolt that fits into the locking mechanism would be painted- it seems pretty prone to being chipped up from being used....guess I will have to be extra gentle with it after having it repainted!

Another underside of hood question: are the support beams on the underside of the hood supposed to be slightly loose from the underside of the hood or firmly and seamlessly attached? If they are supposed to be attached, are they welded on? Glued on?

A Hudson: I hope that more and more of us will recognize what a great and important car the Pantera was, and try to preserve more of them for posterity (and for others to see how great they were!)

Thanks for any reply!

Pantera 1887- point well taken! I have a 1974.

My cars rear lid would make noise so my body shop put ruberized glue on it . No more noise .

polyurethane caulk works real good for securing the braces to the hood skin, it is tough to paint, but it really sticks well.

nazgul

My 71 still has the original paint on it. It is flat black. The latch pin is also painted flat black, but the hinges & bolts are not painted.

Between the hood skin & the braces, there appears to be a thin piece of foam (like foam weather stripping) that is glued in place.

jb1490-

I was just looking at the underside of my REAR lid, and see exactly what you are talking about- each brace has a short piece of thin foam material holding the brace to the underside of the lid. Most of the length of each brace is NOT attached to the lid, just attached where the small foam pieces are...is that how the front lid is supposed to be? Do the Pantera parts suppliers sell these foam pieces?

After a spirited drive through the north GA mountains last Saturday I found several small pieces of this "foam" in my rear trunk.

The idea of a strong polyurethane caulk makes sense to me. If done carefully and using black in the rear and clear in the front
(#4134 is body color) it should do the trick.
Jeff