Yellow Pantera… Committing blasphemy.. 👿 (paint and other things - non-religious)

when is the unwrapping?

Tomorrow….

Just as a reminder… this was the car I bought in November… at least I think it is.. the yellow Panteras look all the same..

And then I did pedalbox and masters, changed the original frunk to that

then brakes and bushings

Fuel filler also

Wheels

comfort items like heater, A/C and powersteering

Accompanied by redoing electrical wiring, windows and headlight motors and complete cooling system upgrades

and replacing the original interior with leather - not in black

and a bunch of other little things that just needed attention… and everything i did I posted on this forum… (big thank you to everyone helping… thank you guys!!!! 👍🙏)

now, i still have a few threads open… open as in unfinished work but the car is like a big puzzle and I work on different places on the car and in the end they merge…

i am getting close to the merging point..

the biggest obstacle is… ME! (I wanna do this or that before I button up…) and at the same time I want to get this car to the Palooza in Irvine on 5-18 !
I did set my timeline to end of April and I did fail quite obviously!

but I got 18 days to go … to run….

the car will be there…. Hopefully all done and pretty….

You should be able to positively ID your car in a pack of yellow ones as long as you can see the bottom of it!

I use my black Cougar Sport Mirrors!

Rocky

@rocky posted:

You should be able to positively ID your car in a pack of yellow ones as long as you can see the bottom of it!

I use my black Cougar Sport Mirrors!

Rocky

Hey… I’m not done yet…. 😜😁

Wow. Great progress and product. I'm undertaking about the same scope of work, minus sheet metal work, and I'm still ordering parts...

@Ed Harbur posted:

Wow. Great progress and product. I'm undertaking about the same scope of work, minus sheet metal work, and I'm still ordering parts...

Just make sure you do some thing every day… And if you just drill one hole or put one bolt in…

It’s very satisfying work!!!

You are absolutely right. In my own defense, my back has been in total failure mode for the last couple of years. I Just got it fixed, but at this point, I’m hiring out  and talking my wife into drilling the occasional hole.  It’s not going so well! Another six weeks until I’m able to bend, lift and twist.  

This won’t mean anything to most, but I built a boat in Burt Rutan’s shop out in the Mojave back in the late 80s. I’m met many of the big players. Actually worked on the Pond racer for a little bit.

Taaa taaa 🎺

I think this green is very complementary to the yellow…

@Ed Harbur posted:

You are absolutely right. In my own defense, my back has been in total failure mode for the last couple of years. I Just got it fixed, but at this point, I’m hiring out  and talking my wife into drilling the occasional hole.  It’s not going so well! Another six weeks until I’m able to bend, lift and twist.  

This won’t mean anything to most, but I built a boat in Burt Rutan’s shop out in the Mojave back in the late 80s. I’m met many of the big players. Actually worked on the Pond racer for a little bit.

I know what you are talking about!!!!  
Get fit and ready for the project!!!

And this place here is a great source of information! I’m reading here every single day for the last… Well, five months!

👍✌️

if you read my threads about the installation of the Powersteering… There was some back pain involved! What a pain in the… Well 😜 back

Ex-Spring chicken

Burt Rutan.. that’s a name I’ve haven’t heard in the long time… Mr. Long easy… Mr. fiberglass … Micro bubble man ..OMG memories. I’m only familiar with his aviation involvement

ground breaker and trailblazer

Really like what you've done with your car!  Making it YOURS!!

@with regards posted:

Really like what you've done with your car!  Making it YOURS!!

Thank you!! I appreciate it very much!🙏

Front impact shocks are made by 🇩🇪

high and low beam.. separate switch..

at least this way, I can signal / flash somebody without opening the headlights

when you can, some mounting pics for the low headlights

@jfb05177 posted:

when you can, some mounting pics for the low headlights

M8 threaded hole and  8mm hole.. 1”x1” aluminum

the angle of the mounting happens when you turn the light to be parallel with the front of the car… otherwise, it would look like a pug dog 😂

doing it this way saves one additional bracket.. (because of the angled body)

Nice clearance of the radiator intake area!

@Percy posted:

Nice clearance of the radiator intake area!

I would not have done the lights if they would have obstructed the airflow to the radiator… that was priority #1!!!

Also they had to be high enough not to touch the curb when parking or going up my driveway… and they needed to be as close to the body as possible for looks…   Essentially, this is the only place where they would fit properly!       ( they are only 5” in diameter)

I don’t think it would look right on a chrome bumper car!

I do not like it and removed them but the previous owner of mine did it.

@brickdrifter posted:

I do not like it and removed them but the previous owner of mine did it.

I agree… with the small bumper + to low + to large…

I haven’t seen my car with the lights mounted sitting on the ground..

we will see..

the L bumper protrudes quite a bit more and should “hide” them quite a bit…

@LeMans850i posted:

M8 threaded hole and  8mm hole.. 1”x1” aluminum

the angle of the mounting happens when you turn the light to be parallel with the front of the car… otherwise, it would look like a pug dog 😂

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sorry, i m not seeing where and how the lights are attacked to car.

installing some "DayLight driving" lights is top of my want list.   That looks approaite and good!   Not blocking radiator.   I would like to copy

@jfb05177 posted:

sorry, i m not seeing where and how the lights are attacked to car.

installing some "DayLight driving" lights is top of my want list.   That looks approaite and good!   Not blocking radiator.   I would like to copy

Do you have L bumper? Pic?

are yours attached to the L bumper?   (think I see that now)

I took L bumper off and went with stainless "european"  basically trim strips

No, it’s attached to the valance… one 8mm hole for the bolt one 8mm hole for the wires.
upper X bolt into the threaded person of my mount

lower X wires

THANKS

@rocky 👍👍👍👍 you are the bomb! (Check PM)

Larry Finch used to offer these lamps if you are looking to present a white driving light up front. Requires only a slight reversible tweak to the stock L pod and a little wiring.

Getting there

I likes it!  nice work

Get some yellow bulbs for the headlights.  The euro bulbs or euro lenses.  That would be the shitt for sure!!!

Fuel tank vent (with fuel filter)

Nose

9 days to go and it looks like you are going to waltz it in well in time !

@Percy posted:

9 days to go and it looks like you are going to waltz it in well in time !

I tell you… I am pushing hard… every day … still have to finish electrical inside, fuel lines and new pump, more electrical inside, ZF oil change, alignment, whole interior and the engine hasn’t run yet..

Also I’m doing the new design for the decals outside.. and waiting till the last day to put them on so the new paint has time to dry fully!

I am bringing the car… no matter what!

Pushing hard

@panterapatt posted:

I likes it!  nice work

I appreciate it very much!

side view

Headlights closed

Roland, Thank you for working so hard to get it done for the Pantera Palooza.  It is going to be a great event.  We have sixty (60) DE Tomaso vehicles that has signed up with (3) Mangustas and (57) Panteras with a few of day entry.  If you need some help, let me know and I come up and help.  Call me if needed. Larry  

Thank you so much for your generous support!!! I spent my time inside the car and do wiring… tomorrow we put the dash back in so everything can be connected and then checked…

I am in calm PANIC 😱