Chemical Dipping a 1972 De Tomaso Pantera to remove all the paint and rust
Today for your viewing pleasure I am chemically removing all the paint and rust off this classic 1972 De Tomaso Pantera.
I am using a proprietary 3 step process. First I will dip the car into an alkaline paint remover and degreaser. The car will remain in the tank for a few days, then it will be removed and pressure washed. This step will be repeated until all the paint, seam sealer, undercoating, and filler is removed.
After the car is bare metal it will then go into a food grade acid bath to removal all the rust. The car will remain in the acid for about 2 day, it will get pulled out, neutralized in our alkaline tank to stop from flash rusting, then pressure washed. This step will also be repeated until all the rust is removed.
The last step we dip the car into our water based rust inhibitor to protect the bare metal for up to 30 days.
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What would be really kind of neat is doing some follow up with your early dip customers. Seeing some of the vehicles hopefully, by now, are complete and do a walk-through of those. Kind of an easy re-cut where you could take your dipping stuff and tag it on to current activity. Keep the videos coming. Fun stuff!
Mine will be ready for paint in a few months. Maybe T and I can get something together
My thoughts exactly. I would LOVE to see the restoration process for this Pantera.
Agree entirely. Was looking for the next videos showing the full restoration journey only to realise that's not what this channel is! Would be great to see finished product.
That is the best Pantera you will ever see. Italian cars of the 70's were total rust buckets. A superb find of a unique very rare "super car".
fix it again tony, amirite
To be honest all the 70's cars are subject to rust (american and german included)
*Looks better after the dip. Fix the rust, clear coat it and mount all the parts.*
Me and my friend are restoring his grandpa's 1981 Fiat 900t that's been sitting in a field for 20 years. Let me tell you, for being an italian vehicle of that era it held in pretty good shape. It only has the engine compartment completely rusted, a couple of rust holes and one jammed door (you bet it, the lockworks is too rusted)
The Pantera is my all-time favorite car. This design is 50 years old. I remember when they first arrived at the local Lincoln-Mercury dealers (the US distributor). This was intended to be the Mangusta replacement.
And the Cobra killer. ✌🏻🇺🇸
@@RedLP5000S _Mongoose!_
a lot of wedge shaped cars look badass
The e-coat result looks fantastic. Taking care of all those nooks and crannies which are typically missed with other coating methods seems like a huge bonus.
It wasn't e-coated in this video. It had several acid baths.
12:41 After E-Coat
The pressure washing is so satisfying to watch! I want to have my car dipped sometime so it can be brought back to it's original form once again.
Nothing less than art restoration. So glad there are people that don't let these pieces rust and die.
Probably one of the better bodies you have dipped. No crash or repair work, and only really rust damaged area is at the bottom of the front storage area. I would love to see this once it is painted and restored.
Those cars are worth a ton of money now too. I passed up buying back in the late 80s because it had some rust. It was all original with the 351 Cleveland , but not running. He was asking $6500. I should have bought it, but I found a running 67 Mustang fastback instead.
The front storage area also was the site for the battery, which could 'splain the rusted out metal.
Love the work this guy does! Starts the long process of restoring cars that really deserve saving/ restoring!
Thanks buddy!
What a sweet car, love these and THIS ONE is great. Very little gives me the kind of happiness these do to see something so wonderful being saved. Great stuff THANKS!
Great to see this car getting revitalized. This is from my era (I'm 74). Cheers to you.
Wow. What a survivor. Another excellent blank canvas. I prefer the restoration over the modernized custom creation. Bravo.
would’ve been cool to see the pressure washing after the second paint strip dip. that would be the most satisfying to watch 😊
My friend has one of these that he purchased in the mid 70's. I got a ride in it then and it was unbelievably noisy and fast. He still has it stored in a garage somewhere.
This video made my day. I've had a couple of these cars over the years and was told they had a ton of lead filler from the factory. Now I know where all of it is. The car here has way more rust than anything I've ever owned though one of mine had at least three repaints and so could use that alkaline strip. This car looks like it was stored outside for a while allowing water in. I hope the owner is good at welding.
I’m glad you enjoyed it! Thanks for watching.
I can’t understand why the fenders and quarters look less than ten years old?
Or the owner is Good at spending MONEY!!!!
Amazing work, I have never seen anybody do that process before, really pretty cool, especially when saving such a cool car design. Winning!!!
You probably won’t see this comment because you get so many views but I LOVE this channel. I think what you do for cars is awesome. I’m a big car guy and just love what you do. Thank you very much
I really appreciate that! Thank you so much!
you little ass kisser. whats that all about.
You have my DREAM job.... making old things new again, HUGE tubs of deadly chemicals, killer power washers, CARS!! I'm sure cleaning up the mess and dealing with regulations isn't so fun.... but I'd be happy getting up in the morning to do what you do
From what I've read and heard about these, if the tub didn't do its impression of a soft taco for the initial lift for the first dip. It was a pretty solid body and frame. Any buckling though, and it would be more useful for repair panels because you'd be chasing ripples on ripples without a build jig to fit it to.
Original Pantera yellow was awesome. Neighbour of mine bought one new and I recall it vividly. Super cool new car that only started half the time.
Back in the 80th a Panthera was used in Dutch Stock Car racing. A fan favorite. Remarkable survival skills present in this car.
Seen this process before. Amazing. As I know little about this it's hard to imagine how this car would be restored. I guess first thing would be to do all the metal work, then primer, and undercoating to start with.
Imagine what this bad boy will look like after a full renovation 🤔👌
I missed my calling in life. I would've loved working on/building cars. I missed out on so much become a professional turtle wrangler.....(but the benefits are outstanding). But, I digress... I could watch these builds and refurbishing's all day. You guys are some talented folks. Not, like lassoing a giant desert tortoise, talented (it takes a special kind of dude to to do that)....but, still very talented.
And that’s how you wash a car. Amazing! Thanks for sharing.
I remember walking through a parking lot at Ft Huachuca, AZ in 1972 .. finding and walking around a Pantera ... what I mostly remember is how low the roof was. Nothing like I had ever seen before in person.
I love the DeTomaso Pantera. Rare exotic car indeed. On my list of favorites along with the Maserati Bora and Chapparal 2D. Hope the restoration goes well.
It's not rare, they made 7000 of them.
My Detomaso Pantera GTS was completely stripped to a bar shell. It was media blasted top to bottom inside and out. I was shocked to see all the cancer. Lucky for me the body shop was able to fabricate panels that were no longer available. You better have deep pockets and committed but it feels good to have a rust free car. Johnny Woods is still making repair panels for these cars.
I , enjoyed watching this. I was 16 when the Pantera first came on the US Market. They had two or three of them on the front row at the Lincoln Dealer. Always imagined myself owning one but even though I worked with Ferrari, Maserati and Lamborghini for the later half of my career, I never got around to getting a Pantera.
I dare to say, the whole planet would like to watch this car's restoration...
head over to mymechanics. he's doing a complete datsun restoration. amazing to watch!
My most favourite car. I had a Dinky toy model of one as a 5 year old and have loved them for the fifty years since. Happy new year all.
im really enjoying watching videos on people's hard work. so soothing to watch
Thank you! I’m glad you enjoy it!
Best one yet! I too love Pantera's, the perfect mix of European and American engineering. Nothing better than that old Cleland or drop in a Coyote with a super charger.
Great video ... I've never seen an acid dipping done before and how easily it pressures off. Wish the Pantera ID was removed before it was dipped.
Nice Job all that primer and paint came off so Clean. As a Crane Operator for some 33 years now Retired. Grab a copy of Bob's Rigging Hand book, Take a good look at you Rope and it's Weight Rating , if anything you are using for Hoisting, is not Rated Don't use it. I'm not trying to be a hard ass but I have seen so many Failures, I would hate to see one of your ropes let go and Damage, a cool project like that. Build yourself a Spreader Bar, purpose built for your fork lift to handle Low and easy. so all four corners are pulling straight up no Torque or Twist. All poly rope are Effected by Heat,Chemicals, usage and age. Softeners on all four corners, check you local fire station, they throw away fire hose, and it makes great Softeners, to bend around sharp metals. Rigging has purpose built eyes for Shackles, all rated, any knots can reduce the Ropes Rating by Half , Rated Chain might be good going in the Dip Tank. Just a coupe of Ideas to keep old Murphy's law away from a Classic Pantera. Oh hell yes, I know you all, have Pulled your brothers, one ton 4x4 pulling a horse trailer, up hill in the snow with nothing but Wall Mart twine and the elastic from big Mikes Boxers Shorts But One Oh Shit Erases, all the Atta a boys, in a Flash.
I have always loved the Pantera. The combination of Italian design and American muscle creates an emotional reaction in me better left to the privacy of my mind. 😊
Thank you for preserving these magnificent pieces of history. ✌🏻🇺🇸
I’ll keep it up! Thank you for watching!
That was very satisfying to watch. I owned a Pantera years ago, it was a blast to own. Well done.
Bloom Countyl!!
Very interesting even to a guy who will probably never restore another car. Walk around and pictures of the GSX at the end were excellent, if I ever did restore another car it would be getting shipped to you!
That one was in excellent shape. Not many of those left. Nice work getting it ready for body repairs.
Wow, that thing is in GREAT shape. Thanks for the video.
Thanks for watching!
Sweet... I would really like to keep an eye on the rebuild on this one if possible. Nicely done!
Thank you! I’m really hoping he sends me some pics. I’ll definitely try and get pics after ecoating also
My older cousin had one of these and it was probably the fastest and scariest car I have ever been in. It was so cool
An absolutely best way of respraying a Car..preparation is everything...
In your case it’s preparation H
Absolutely gorgeous car. Fantastic work. Hope to be lucky enough to see the car after it's been fully restored someday.
I’m going to message the ecoater and have him take some pics after it’s finished. I’ll try and get pics of when the whole things finished too
Thank you. That would be awesome. Such a unique and beautiful body style on that car. I remember it well seeing it here and there as a kid. @@minute_of_dangle
this is my late grandfather’s car! My father is still having it worked on, hoping to get some replacement parts soon! it’s quite the process but very exciting :)
So fresh and so clean. It's all about the phresh.
This was always my dream car, I always found them really beautiful.
Brings me back to when I used to strip and clean silk screens for printing lol that pressure washer hehe
Great work- horribly messy and toxic too - keep safe. BTW that car is lovely, but is a 5h1t3 show - classic "cut and shut".on the back end - gotta love acid etching for weld exposure.....
Rust looks like it was where the water settled. Great to see it stripped back to what looks like a blank canvas.
That's gonna be a beautiful car once restored👍
I love it when you can see the history of hundreds of dollars worth of repairs revealed under the paint.
My favorite part of the job
Did a complete restoration one of these in a European Auto body shop, in the late 70s, it was also red, surprisingly these bodies are extremely easy to work on.....
OMG! ASMR! Watching that paint come off with the pressure washer is soooooooo satisfying! 😁
❤ I’m really glad you enjoyed it!
Pressure washing is satisfying. This is beyond that! I wonder if anybody has ever hydro dipped a car?? That would look cool.
Great job guys, best results start from scratch 👏. Great selection of old cars from my eara. ❤from New Zealand supporters ❤
❤❤❤ thank you!
my all time fav vehicle in the 70s ! A client has a restored one
Whoa... a mythical beast of a car this one... You may not see another one.
A freind of mine had one of these back in the seventies if my memory serves me right, it had a blown motor he couldn't source one so he put a small block Chevy motor in it. I remember at the time it was a thing of beauty back then.
Love the Pantera, I would have been really worried not much would have been left.
Beautiful paint removal job !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Inside and out, those cars are such a work of art
I agree
It must be terribly exciting to get a perfectly clean car back to begin work… I’d imagine if I were the client and that were my car I’d be ecstatic
Gotta say the power washer is very satisfying.
This is exciting. I been looking for someone who can do the E-Coat and for what I can find, all of them are based in the EU who do it. Now I definitely want to get the vehicle dipped 👍
That's a great illustration of what happens before paint bubbles appear from rust formation......first of all you get those 'black spiders' creeping outwards, that are barely visible until the paint is actually removed. That Pantera was covered in spiders.
That was one of the most satisfying things to watch ever...
Thank you! I’m glad you enjoyed it
Who else thought this whole process took a day or two 🤦♂️🤦♂️ I've said it before, but I'll say it again, Great Content. Great Channel.
A lot of people think that lol. Thank you so much! I appreciate that.
With the amount of rust in the frunk, I'm surprised the frame in the engine bay wasn't just as bad. With a good garage, it shouldn't take too long to be back on the road again!
My 1967 Alfa Romeo Giulia Super - that I owned for 21 years - had MUCH less rust on it. (I sold the car, as it needed new blood) Looks almost as fun as peeling scabs.
i wish if you kept the sticker
Yeah.. it wasn't if he didn't know it was there either 🙄
Great content, it would be nice if they were just a little longer. Don't think any would mind a 20 min. Video of your content. Keep up the great work. 🎉
Thank you! I can try to make some a little longer. Hopefully it will hold people’s attention
@@minute_of_dangle2 weeks in the tank , do you have to change chemicals after each car ?
I watched one of these cars sit year after year in Grand Marais, MN back in the 80's right on the shores of Lake Superior... I always wonder who was lucky enough to get her...wish I woulda atleast tried to get it
As long as you are dipping it, I'd love to see it nickel plated. 🤔 Love those Pantera's 🥳
That would be so sick!
@@minute_of_dangle Or just clear coated to preserve that look^.
I could watch this all day
Pantera... My dream car since i'm a kid.
The one and only way to make an restoration !!!
Looking forward to the build!
Love the Pantera. Italian design matched with American V8 grunt. 🔥🔥🔥
The minimal rust was amazing for a barn find Pantera.
*New Subscriber* That was great ! Amazing how that machine lasted so well in a barn.
When you wash it, feel so so goooood
Great video. You got another subscriber. Thanks for sharing.
I've restored a few old cars and dipping would have been very helpful. When you're dipping a car like this do you also dip the doors, trunk lids, hoods and misc parts? If so, might be good to show that process as well.
Watch their previous videos
That honestly is such a cool thing to see!!!
Those look a lot like period Italian factory welds. And yeah, leading the seams was common on cars then. Good primer and some undercoating do wonders for keeping steel from rusting, those floor pans look brand new.
Worked on one in the late 80s I think they were made with rusty metal to start with, it had been in San Diego it's whole life but was a bag of rot, we ended up breaking it for spares
Great job, enjoyable to watch. Good bless
man ive always loved panteras, their rear end with all that tire sticking out is perfect lol
They look so aggressive from the back I love it
Love those cars, but man they rust! Came out pretty sweet!
Looks like it was originally painted yellow. I worked at a Datsun BMW dealership when I was in High School. We had a Yellow Pantera traded in on a new BMW 3.0CS. It was the same yellow this car had. It had been dinged on the left nose and repaired. I’ve wanted one ever since. Beautiful cars but had the heaviest clutch I’ve ever mashed down on.
Chemical Dipping a 1972 De Tomaso Pantera to remove all the paint and rust. I was waiting to see if anything at all came out of the dip,. Surprisingly yes it did.
top job, thanks for sharing
Nice dip! A lot of Pantera had their floors dropped to help with leg room for taller drivers.
I didn’t know that! Good to know. Do you think that’s why there were those welds in the floor on this one?
@@minute_of_dangle could be!
So satisfying to watch!!
ok the e coating is like the replacement panel coating / primer look i got on my 88 4runners driver fender and thank you for the info on what you do after a dip you DO dip in a rust inhibitor spraying what isnt dipped
Awesome the first Pantera I’ve seen dipped Subscribed
Much appreciated!! Thank you! I’ll keep the videos coming!
While others prefer the Ferrari or Lambo, the De Tomaso Pantera ( early 70's models ) has always been my dream car. It's a road warrior.
Love your videos and projects.
I know that Panteras both had rust and paint problems , I am still amazed how much surface rust there was under the paint on this one!
Wow in great shape, not too much work to get it back to 100%