[DeTomaso] Pantera colors. My story
Pantdino
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Sun Dec 31 14:26:08 EST 2017
I like yellow best, too.
Mine is French Racing Blue and I love it, but if I had found a yellow one in as good condition I probably would have gotten that one instead.
These cars are not your average car and should be painted a color that makes them stand out. At least in So Cal, EVERYONE has a black, silver, or white car.
Jim Oddie
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From: Effie Richards <erichards at zogob.sdcoxmail.com>
To: Himes, Terry (397C) (397C) <terry.himes at jpl.nasa.gov>
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Subject: Re: [DeTomaso] Pantera colors. My story
Like I Saudi yellow us the best color to show off your Pantera!Sent from Effie's iPad> On Dec 31, 2017, at 10:41 AM, Himes, Terry (397C) <terry.himes at jpl.nasa.gov> wrote:> > 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> > > > > "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 > JPL Jet Propulsion Laboratory> Dawn Spacecraft Team> Rosetta Sequence Team Lead> Phone: (818) 393-6261> Cell: (818) 653-8213> thimes at jpl.nasa.gov> 🇺🇸> > > 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:> > 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> > -----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> > > -----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> > > Dear Forum,> When considering a Pantera purchase are original color cars worth more?> Is there a color that is considered most desirable?> Dave> Sent from my Verizon LG Smartphone> _______________________________________________> > > Detomaso Email List is not managed by POCA Posted emails must not exceed 1.5 Megabytes DeTomaso mailing list DeTomaso at server.detomasolist.com http://server.detomasolist.com/mailman/listinfo/detomaso> > To manage your subscription (change email address, unsubscribe, etc.) use the links above.> > Members who post to this list grant license to the list to forward any message posted here to all past, current, or future members of the list. 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I like yellow best, too.
Mine is French Racing Blue and I love it, but if I had found a yellow
one in as good condition I probably would have gotten that one
instead.
These cars are not your average car and should be painted a color that
makes them stand out. At least in So Cal, EVERYONE has a black,
silver, or white car.
Jim Oddie
-----Original Message-----
From: Effie Richards <erichards at zogob.sdcoxmail.com>
To: Himes, Terry (397C) (397C) <terry.himes at jpl.nasa.gov>
Cc: detomaso <detomaso at detomasolist.com>
Sent: Sun, Dec 31, 2017 11:12 am
Subject: Re: [DeTomaso] Pantera colors. My story
Like I Saudi yellow us the best color to show off your Pantera! Sent
from Effie's iPad > On Dec 31, 2017, at 10:41 AM, Himes, Terry (397C)
<[1]terry.himes at jpl.nasa.gov> wrote: > > I had a similar story as
Jimas. 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 couldnat 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, aWell maybe, someday, when your > working for NASA you can get
one!a 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 ayellow.a
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 > itas pretty. > > Now when I drive
my Pantera, it definitely turns heads and sparks up conversions
everywhere I goa| as you all know from > your own experiences! ;-)) > >
> Terry > > > > > "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 > JPL Jet Propulsion Laboratory > Dawn Spacecraft Team >
Rosetta Sequence Team Lead > Phone: (818) 393-6261 > Cell: (818)
653-8213 > [2]thimes at jpl.nasa.gov > d--od-, > > > On 12/30/17, 8:39 PM,
"DeTomaso on behalf of Jim Kosloskey"
<detomaso-[3]bounces at server.detomasolist.com on behalf of
jim.kosloskey at jim-kosloskey.com> wrote: > > 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 > > -----Original Message----- > From: DeTomaso
[[4]mailto:detomaso-bounces at server.detomasolist.com] On Behalf Of Jack
DeRyke via DeTomaso > Sent: Saturday, December 30, 2017 2:24 PM > To:
[5]djenkins at vanguardtrailer.com; [6]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 > > >
-----Original Message----- > From: djenkins
<[7]djenkins at vanguardtrailer.com> > To: detomaso
<[8]detomaso at server.detomasolist.com> > Sent: Sat, Dec 30, 2017 1:05 pm
> Subject: [DeTomaso] Pantera colors > > > Dear Forum, > When
considering a Pantera purchase are original color cars worth more? > Is
there a color that is considered most desirable? > Dave > Sent from my
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