[DeTomaso] Green versus (Was Re: Mecum Indy Spring Classic/74Pantera)

[Will Kooiman]

Of course, there are multiple shades of red and yellow.  They look great,
but they're also common - for a Pantera.  I like gun metal gray too.  White
doesn't do it for me.  I like black.

But... one of my favorites is grabber green.  At least I think that's the
right color.  The first Pantera I saw in the flesh was at Mike Trusty's shop
in Little Rock - Pantava.  It must have been the early 80's.  The funky
green Pantera was stunning.

I considered painting my car grabber green or maybe one of the Lambo pea
greens.  I sat on the fence for about a year, and finally decided to go with
red.

If I buy a second narrow body - it will be green.

I agree with Mike D., though.  Painting the car green cuts the value quite a
bit.  It doesn't make it uglier, but it cuts down the number of prospective
buyers - and hence the value.

-----Original Message-----
From: detomaso-bounces at realbig.com [mailto:detomaso-bounces at realbig.com] On
Behalf Of MikeLDrew at aol.com
Sent: Friday, May 21, 2010 11:22 PM
To: asajay at asajay.com; detomaso at realbig.com
Subject: Re: [DeTomaso] Green versus (Was Re: Mecum Indy Spring
Classic/74Pantera)


In a message dated 5/21/10 21 19 47, asajay at asajay.com writes:


> Mine is white.  Yellow looks okay, but I don't want mine to be Yellow. 
> Green is okay... but umm.... I don't like it on a car.
> 
> The white is okay, I like it, maybe because I'm used to it.  But when it
> comes time to refinish and refit my Pantera, I'm leaning toward a deep
> gun-metal grey.
> 
> Sort like.... um... well... Larry's.
> 
> ;)
> 

I think one of the most beautiful Panteras I've ever seen is Markus 
Woehler's original silver '72 Pre-L.   That color (the De Tomaso silver) has
a lot 
of green in it (ironically enough), and is really striking.   Whenever he 
pulls up to a group of Pantera owners, all conversation stops and everybody 
just admires his car, which is otherwise completely unremarkable.

Mike
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