[DeTomaso] Pantera colors. My story

Sun Dec 31 21:10:10 EST 2017

Jim - spot on! Virtually every car in SoCal is silver, white, or black!

My car is a dark metallic Burgundy - factory Pontiac Fiero color. I like it. 
; )

John

-----Original Message----- 
From: Pantdino via DeTomaso
Sent: Sunday, December 31, 2017 11:26 AM
To: erichards at zogob.sdcoxmail.com ; terry.himes at jpl.nasa.gov
Cc: detomaso at detomasolist.com
Subject: Re: [DeTomaso] Pantera colors. My story

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) 
<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. 
They also grant the list owner permission to maintain an archive or approve 
the archiving of list messages.> > 
_______________________________________________> > >   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. 
They also grant the list owner permission to maintain an archive or approve 
the archiving of list messages.> > > <100_3518_sm.jpg>> 
_______________________________________________> > > 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. 
They also grant the list owner permission to maintain an archive or approve 
the archiving of list 
messages._______________________________________________Detomaso Email List 
is not managed by POCAPosted emails must not exceed 1.5 MegabytesDeTomaso 
mailing 
listDeTomaso at server.detomasolist.comhttp://server.detomasolist.com/mailman/listinfo/detomasoTo 
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. They also grant the list owner permission to maintain an archive 
or approve the archiving of list messages.

_______________________________________________

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. 
They also grant the list owner permission to maintain an archive or approve 
the archiving of list messages. 