[DeTomaso] US "PANTERA GTS" decals

doug351c doug351c at gmail.com
Sat May 28 14:10:12 EDT 2011


If an old PANTERA rocker decal is the same 3M brand material as used on the
deck lid of a 70 MACH1 it should still work fine.  About 5 years ago I
applied an NOS decklid decal (that was about 20 years old at the time) on my
70 MACH1 and it still looks fine 5 years later.  BTW, I used a
water-Dawn-isopropyl alcohol mix to float and squeegee it on.

Doug Braun
blue 73L 35505

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michael at michaelshortt.com
Sent: Monday, May 23, 2011 7:39 PM
To: Jerry R Knotts
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Subject: Re: [DeTomaso] US "PANTERA GTS" decals


my Guy uses a few drops of Dawn and a little alcohol and 99% water.
the addition of antibiotic is interesting, maybe home alchemy but
interesting nevertheless.

makes sense.

99.9% of the solution is squeezed out and the rest usually  evaporates away
as the vinyl affixes to the surface.

i can tell you from last minute sponsor additions that after 30 min you can
do 160+ plus and nothing moves around.

Michael Shortt
On May 23, 2011 10:23 PM, "Jerry R Knotts" <knottsj at galstar.com> wrote:
> A couple of weeks ago I had plastic protective coating applied to the rock

> prone areas on one of my cars. The fellow has been in the business as a
R&D
> tech as well as doing most facets of the business. I was curious as to the

> liquid he was using to apply the covering. It is soap, alcohol, mostly
> water and a small amount of triple-antibiotic. I asked the obvious
question
> about the latter and he explained that on coverings and decals the brown
you
> see after aging is mold. The antibiotic destroys the mold on application
of
> the decal or covering.
>
> Useless information or relevant? I am not sure. The coating has only been
> on a couple of weeks.
>
> jerry
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Asa Jay Laughton" <asajay at asajay.com>
> To: <detomasoregistry at gmail.com>; <detomaso-bounces at realbig.com>;
"'Richard
> Greenblum'" <pantera at austin.rr.com>; <detomaso at realbig.com>
> Sent: Monday, May 23, 2011 5:34 PM
> Subject: Re: [DeTomaso] US "PANTERA GTS" decals
>
>
>>I have a set of these as well. Original, probably 30 years old. I have no
>>idea of they would stick or not. I'd planned on having a local house
>>reproduce a set for me when the time came.
>>
>> Asa Jay
>> Sent using Elfen Magic.
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: detomasoregistry at gmail.com
>> Sender: detomaso-bounces at realbig.com
>> Date: Mon, 23 May 2011 14:47:03
>> To: 'Richard Greenblum'<pantera at austin.rr.com>; <detomaso at realbig.com>
>> Subject: Re: [DeTomaso] US "PANTERA GTS" decals
>>
>> Richard,
>>
>> Thanks for going to the effort to track this down and sharing the
>> information.
>> At first when I read your note I thought I may have bought Wilkinson's
>> last pair
>> of side decals, so I had to go look in my storage.
>>
>> What I have is the block letter style "PANTERA" in white.
>>
>> The backing paper is aged, and the strip needs to be flattened under some

>> weight for a
>> while, but... someone could use them and/or make duplicates from these
>> originals.
>> If anyone is interested make me a reasonable offer (They weren't cheap.)
>>
>>
>> Chuck
>>
>>
>> All,
>>
>>
>>
>> My car is being repainted and I need new "PANTERA GTS" decals. I
>> contacted
>> Wilkinson and he doesn't have them any more. I've been working on this
>> for
>> a while and got a ton of help from Mike Scardina and enlisted Justin
>> Greisberg after seeing he too has a US GTS. We put together a document
>> containing all of the specifications (letter sizes, spacing, etc.)
>> including
>> placement on the car. I called Dennis Quella at Pantera Performance
>> Center
>> (Castle Rock) and he found an original Ford box with the part number for
>> the
>> decal. He checked the decal inside against our specifications and they
>> matched up. He's having them reproduced. I don't have pricing info from
>> him yet, but I suspect the more we order the cheaper they'll be.
>>
>>
>>
>> I realize there aren't very many US GTS's around and some owners don't
>> like
>> the lettering (Justin might be one of them). But, if you're interested,
>> please email me. Once I get prices, I'll let you know how much a set will
>> cost. If you have one, now's probably the time to get a set before all is
>> lost and you have to start from scratch trying to find a set (like I
did).
>>
>>
>>
>> Thanks.
>>
>>
>>
>> Richard
>>
>> Austin, TX
>>
>> 7080
>>




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