[DeTomaso] The quest to be green again...

Mike Grillot msjaan at sbcglobal.net
Sun Aug 3 16:11:19 EDT 2014


It is 5971. George Kent was supposedly original owner. Sold to Greg Oliver in 2005. I bought it a few years later from him. 

Michael Grillot


On Aug 2, 2014, at 10:03 AM, John Zeedick <Pantera351C at Hotmail.Com> wrote:

> On the Pantera Place website isn't there an original paint card with the
> PPG paint codes? I do believe PPG can still match them. Also I am curious
> what serial number your car is, mine was a 73L and it was originally
> green!!!
> 
> John "5073" Z
> 
> 
> 
> On 8/1/14 6:31 PM, "Mike Grillot" <msjaan at sbcglobal.net> wrote:
> 
>> I have had it touched up with perfect result. With that said, it may be
>> faded compared to original but I think it looks good and non sun exposed
>> areas are same. 
>> 
>> Michael Grillot
>> 
>> 
>> On Aug 1, 2014, at 11:09 AM, grayjim at cox.net wrote:
>> 
>>> I think Mike Grillot in Springfield, MO has an original paint color
>>> green car.  His email is msjaan at sbcglobal.net.
>>> 
>>> Mike?
>>> 
>>> Jim Gray
>>> 
>>> 
>>> On Fri, Aug 1, 2014 at 11:01 AM, Andy Fish wrote:
>>> 
>>>> I own a 1973 L Model that I've had since 1977.  The car was originally
>>>> the
>>>> darker green (similar to British racing green).  My dad had it
>>>> repainted a
>>>> bunch of years ago in Louisiana and let's just say, it was not only the
>>>> wrong color but it was a mess.  The car is being restored, has been
>>>> completely stripped which means there are no original surfaces on
>>>> which to
>>>> get a color scan.  I have the original colors from the manual but I
>>>> can't
>>>> get a match to a modern formula.  So I'm looking for either:
>>>> 
>>>>               (a) A color formula that matches the original green
>>>> 
>>>>               (b) A correctly colored green car that we can use to
>>>> get a
>>>> color scan from
>>>> 
>>>> Thanks in advance!
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> 
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