[DeTomaso] De Tomaso (Vignale Production) etc

[Pantdino]

With a few exceptions the panels used on Ferrari road cars were steel. 

My thinking is that there is no way anyone can beat a flat piece of steel into a complex curved shape with hammers and have it so smooth you can paint it without a thin layer of putty to smooth over all the little irregularities.


-----Original Message-----
From: JDeRyke <JDeRyke at aol.com>
To: pantdino <pantdino at aol.com>
Cc: Detomaso <Detomaso at poca.com>
Sent: Sat, Jul 6, 2013 3:36 pm
Subject: Re: [DeTomaso] De Tomaso (Vignale Production) etc


In a message dated 7/6/13 2:18:35 PM, pantdino at aol.com writes:


So if the post-Ford panels were made without stamping machines they should also have this thin layer of putty, no?


Maybe: Not sure if hand-formed aluminum body panels used on factory Maseratis & Ferraris equates witn hand-formed steel panels made by DeTomaso subcontactors, and really, after 40+ years and possible repaired road damage, it hardly matters. My '72-1/2 Pantera made from genuine Ford stamping dies had epoxy filler on the tops of both front fenders & in the weatherstrip channel for the decklid near the 'gills', plus body lead around the lower windshield posts & below the tail lights. A paint-thickness gauge is your best friend when shopping for a steel Pantera. I doubt they even work on aluminum cars which are not magnetic, so thats another DeTomaso advantage. Cheers- J Deryke