[DeTomaso] First Pantera color

[Mirril M. McMullen]

Very cool....

Can you send me a picture or two?

I have been collecting pics of gray cars in order to help the decision
process.

TY!

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-----Original Message-----
From: michael barnes [mailto:michaelbarnessrt10 at hotmail.co.uk] 
Sent: Friday, March 13, 2015 8:18 AM
To: mirrilm at earthlink.net
Cc: Asa Jay Laughton; Himes, Terry (397C); detomaso at poca.com
Subject: Re: [DeTomaso] First Pantera color

Mine has been painted Aston Martin meteorite Grey, i think the colour suits
the car.

Sent by Michael Barnes

> On 13 Mar 2015, at 12:01, "Mirril M. McMullen" <mirrilm at earthlink.net>
wrote:
> 
> Great subject.....
> 
> 
> My car was originally grey and is now painted GTS White and Black (not my
favorite). 
> 
> As a kid I always loved yellow for the Pantera. 
> 
> As a greying old fart, I really like an elegant gray Ferraris or BMWs or
Alfas, insert your favorite...... (I also consider Larry's #2511 the
reference model for a modern Gray paint job. I love that paint.) 
> 
> Once my second kid graduates college this year, I will be funding a color
change back to gray for #6859.
> 
> I try to engage the wife and kids into the color change discussion
whenever a cool grey Ferrari or other such eye candy is spotted.
> 
> Yesterday we saw a couple of cool F cars and some Aston Martins (more
Silver that Gray) and asked for feedback.
> 
> The 14 year old (definitely the smartest person in the car) asked if I
would do a Matte Gray.
> 
> Now I am thinking maybe a frozen gray like the special colors that BMW did
2 years ago....
> 
> #6859 WAYBAC
> 
> /\/\
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: DeTomaso [mailto:detomaso-bounces at poca.com] On Behalf Of Asa Jay
Laughton
> Sent: Saturday, March 07, 2015 9:41 PM
> To: Himes, Terry (397C)
> Cc: detomaso at poca.com
> Subject: [DeTomaso] First Pantera color
> 
>   Another simple but often overlooked "thing" to do when replying to some
>   email but changing the subject, is to... well... Change the subject in
>   the subject like as I did with this email.
>   My first real Pantera color was the copper metallic.  I probably saw
>   others prior, but I had a close brush with one in a parking lot in 1986
>   as my girlfriend and I walked through the lot.  I mean close as in not
>   hitting us, but passing us from behind to in front and I went ga-ga.
>   It really made an impression on me.
>   My first Pantera was and still is white, though some, like Larry Finch,
>