[DeTomaso] 1972 L For Sale Priced to sale, asap

Paul - Home thedrol at pobox.com
Thu Feb 21 17:59:33 EST 2008


So by rocker panels, you are talking about the portion of the car below 
the door, not the area below the horizontal crease in the door (ala 
GTS).  Right?

Paul
#9270

MikeLDrew at aol.com wrote:
> In a message dated 2/21/08 13 48 55, asajay at asajay.com writes:
> 
> 
>> In my opinion (and I own a white Pantera), because the rockers and 
>> ground affects are painted white, the car looks fat as in not low and 
>> sleek.  On my Pantera, the rockers are painted black from the bottom 
>> of the door down, which make it look a bit lower and more sleek.
>>
> 
> I raised this issue to Tom Tjaarda a few years ago, as I am quite a zealot in 
> favor of the original paint scheme (black rockers, front valance, and a small 
> black area under the A/C grille on the rear valance).
> 
> I sent him a photo of an otherwise beautiful car, that was solid red, and 
> asked him what he thought about it.   His response:
> 
> "...Concerning the painting which we used on the first Pantera prototype and 
> the production cars, the rocker panel was painted a matte black as was the 
> front lower radiator intake (but not the bodywork) and a small srip below the 
> rear radiator grill.   Personally I cannot remember seeing any Pantera delivered 
> in one solid color without at least the rocker panel being the matte black 
> color except when they put on the wheel flares and miniskirts.   The one solid 
> color does in fact make the car look shorter and taller, and alters the 
> 'classic' Pantera look.
> 
> O one photo you sent, the top red car (a pre-L Pantera, painted solid red) 
> looks as if it may have been altered a it, the rocker panel looks deeper than 
> standard and the lower front under body, in front of the wheels seems to have 
> been altered to a lesser angle than the picture I am sending you.   Compare the 
> two.   Maybe it is just a bad shot but it looks different."
> 
> (In fact, it was a completely unaltered car; the odd appearance was due 
> strictly to the failure to paint the black bits black, much like with the white car 
> in question here).
> 
> Tom continued:
> 
> "In any case, you are right, without the satin black rocker panel the car 
> loses that sleek look, and looks like a cat (Pantera) which has become a bit fat 
> and is dragging its gut along the ground.   Not good for the reputation of the 
> species!"
> 
> So there you have it!
> 
> Mike
> 
> 
> 
> 
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