DeTomaso Mailing List: May 1997, Message #286
     



From: pantera@shiseis.com (Shane F. Ingate)

Subject: Pantera colors

Date: Thu, 15 May 97 10:20:17 PDT



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Subject: Pantera colors



Capt Mike Drew

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San Francisco, CA  94127



Home:   (415) 334-7860



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Hello all,



I stumbled across a modern parts book, so here's the official DeTomaso answer

to the question of stock Pantera colors.



1971:



Red, Bronze Metallic, White, Medium Green, Aqua Green Metallic, Lime, Medium

Blue, Yellow, Beige Metallic, Silver Metallic (total of 10 available)



1972-74



Blue, Green, Orange, Red, Dark Red (GTS), Silver (different paint codes for

'72  and '73), Silver (GTS), White, Yellow, Yellow Gold (GTS), Black (GTS)

(7 conventional colors, plus 3 GTS colors for a total of 10)



A few comments:



It's unfortunate that there's no way (that I know of) to determine a car's

original color if it's been stripped.  That is, there's no build tag like

most cars have that shows the original color.  I would say that John

Wehrheim's car is Aqua Green Metallic, but that's just a guess.  Kent, care

to upload and e-mail me a photo of your Lime car?



I don't know what the difference is between the four different silver hues,

but they all carry different paint codes.  The '71 White and Yellow also

carry different codes from the '72-'74 colors, and are therefore presumably

different.



Interestingly, the 1971 colors are supported by seven different paint

manufacturers, while the '72-'74 codes are only supported by four, with two

of those not being in the '71 list.



The GTS Silver is a two-stage paint; it lists both a silver and a clear

top-coat.



Finally, the GTS black is only to paint the hood, decklid and rocker panels.

Apparently no '71-'74 Panteras were factory-painted black overall.



I don't exactly remember if this jives with the data from the orange Ford

parts book, but I tend to believe this data much more firmly.  The book also

states that paint codes for cars after #7380 are available from the factory.

Yeah, right.  Good luck with THAT!



Mike Drew