[DeTomaso] Pantera colors. My story

[Effie Richards]

Like I Saudi yellow us the best color to show off your Pantera!

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> On Dec 31, 2017, at 10:41 AM, Himes, Terry (397C) <terry.himes at jpl.nasa.gov> wrote:
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> I had a similar story as Jim’s.  Going to school (Michigan State Univ) in 1973, I spotted a YELLOW Pantera in the
> Lincoln-Mercury dealer in East Lansing. I did some research and determined 1) I couldn’t afford it (being a poor student)
> and 2) it was powered by a 351!  So, I convinced my dad (an Ex-Ford mechanic) to come with me to look at it, hoping
> he would help with financing. He loved it, thought it was TOTALLY impractical and said, “Well maybe, someday, when your 
> working for NASA you can get one!” Ha!
> 
> I sold my software company (Parallax Computer Corp) and started working for NASA in 1990, on the Mars Observer.
> 
> Fast forward to June, 2000. After joining POCA (and SDP) I found and bought a white 1974. It was stock and I wanted a
> driver, so I did all the mandatory upgrades. Later, seeing some rust in the usual places, I completely tore it down, put the
> tail-lights back in to make it legal and drove it to Coachworks in Sandy Eggo. After sanding to the metal and fixing all the 
> rust spots (another story) I decided on “yellow.” Of course!  George (Coachworks owner) suggested a Corvette yellow, 
> called Millennium Yellow. Ahrrrg!!  How dare he! But I went down the street to the Chevy dealer and there, sitting it the
> bright sunshine, was a millennium yellow Corvette. I was hooked. Some of you may flame me for such a sacrilege, but damn
> it’s pretty.
> 
> Now when I drive my Pantera, it definitely turns heads and sparks up conversions everywhere I go… as you all know from 
> your own experiences!  ;-))
> 
> 
> Terry
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> "A Purple Heart proves you were smart enough to hatch a plan,
> stupid enough to try it and lucky enough to survive!"
> 
> Terry W. Himes 
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> On 12/30/17, 8:39 PM, "DeTomaso on behalf of Jim Kosloskey" <detomaso-bounces at server.detomasolist.com on behalf of jim.kosloskey at jim-kosloskey.com> wrote:
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>    Here is why my Pantera is Yellow.
> 
>    In 1974 when I bought it I lived in Dearborn MI and commuted to work downtown Detroit.
> 
>    The Pantera in Detroit at that time was pretty much one of the smallest cars on the road. One of the vehicle I was driving was a Mercury Sedan and I had a number of close calls commuting where others claimed they did not see my car.
> 
>    So I ordered Yellow which was the brightest color available.
> 
>    Yes during the summer I drove the Pantera back and forth to work day or night. I worked in IT so we worked all around the clock.
> 
>    I also drove it to my Softball Games all around Metro Detroit and anywhere else I wanted to go.
> 
>    In 1974  I drove it to California and back.
> 
>    I never once had a close call. I attribute that to mostly the other drivers curiosity  about the car but also the Yellow stood out.
> 
>    When I had the car redone recently I had it taken completely down to the metal and thus could have had any color I wanted. 
> 
>    I was thinking about red but I was happy with the Yellow so I kept it that way.
> 
>    Jim Kosloskey #6949
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>    -----Original Message-----
>    From: DeTomaso [mailto:detomaso-bounces at server.detomasolist.com] On Behalf Of Jack DeRyke via DeTomaso
>    Sent: Saturday, December 30, 2017 2:24 PM
>    To: djenkins at vanguardtrailer.com; detomaso at server.detomasolist.com
>    Subject: Re: [DeTomaso] Pantera colors
> 
>    In a survey I did in the early '80s of around 100 cars, I found that about half were some shade of red, followed by black, then yellow. The least popular color was green including 'seafoam-green' (the lime shade).
> 
>    Easy to check the OEM color of your car: DeTomaso painted the whole shell inside & out before anything was bolted on, so under the floormats or behind the dash where no restorers ever repaint, is the original color. True, there was a decal in the front trunk that had the paint code on it but few survived even 5 yrs of driving. Cheers- J DeRyke
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>    -----Original Message-----
>    From: djenkins <djenkins at vanguardtrailer.com>
>    To: detomaso <detomaso at server.detomasolist.com>
>    Sent: Sat, Dec 30, 2017 1:05 pm
>    Subject: [DeTomaso] Pantera colors
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> 
>    Dear Forum,
>    When considering a Pantera purchase are original color cars worth more?
>    Is there a color that is considered most desirable?
>    Dave
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