Carrera Digital 132 De Tomaso Pantera "No. 22"
Item No. 31045
The guys from slotcar today provided the hook for the article about the white and green Pantera.
The driver's name on the vehicle is "T.I.Kerpal." This stands for an ancient internet prank from 2018 that even made it into the "urban dictionary."
> Click here for the video...
And that's what it's about:
Kerpal is a fictional character mentioned in a famous prank phone call (often attributed to the Jerky Boys).
The man in the prank call identifies himself as Kerpal and appears to be of ambiguous South Asian descent. A man named Akhtar (the correct Pakistani name) answers the phone. Kerpal then claims that Akhtar's older daughter kicked his dog. After several minutes of confusion, it is revealed that the daughter doesn't know that she kicked Kerpal's dog, let alone who Kerpal is. The call eventually devolves into a yelling match, with Kerpal screaming obscenities endlessly.
To be honest, I would never have thought of that in my life. But to be honest, I'm not surprised that Slottus came up with something like that...
A few more words about the car:
The racing car has a classic beer manufacturer's paint job: metallic green underneath, white on top. The "Panther Bräu" logo in Tannenberg lettering (note: my Word unfortunately doesn't support that). Plus a few fake advertising stickers.
The guys at slotcar today make the connection between Panther-Bräu and Löwenbräu (Panther – Lion), which is certainly possible. Since CARRERA is now based in Austria, one could also make the connection to the Puntigamer Brewery, which once produced a "Panther Bräu special beer." It even had a white and green panther element on its promotional stamps.
But I'm probably just reading too much into it. For as long as I've known Leifer Günther, he was simply looking for a color-coordinated paint job, which he could add a logo that somehow still connected to the vehicle's name. And he succeeded very well!
Kind regards
CoMod Lotus
Item No. 31045
The guys from slotcar today provided the hook for the article about the white and green Pantera.
The driver's name on the vehicle is "T.I.Kerpal." This stands for an ancient internet prank from 2018 that even made it into the "urban dictionary."
> Click here for the video...
And that's what it's about:
Kerpal is a fictional character mentioned in a famous prank phone call (often attributed to the Jerky Boys).
The man in the prank call identifies himself as Kerpal and appears to be of ambiguous South Asian descent. A man named Akhtar (the correct Pakistani name) answers the phone. Kerpal then claims that Akhtar's older daughter kicked his dog. After several minutes of confusion, it is revealed that the daughter doesn't know that she kicked Kerpal's dog, let alone who Kerpal is. The call eventually devolves into a yelling match, with Kerpal screaming obscenities endlessly.
To be honest, I would never have thought of that in my life. But to be honest, I'm not surprised that Slottus came up with something like that...
A few more words about the car:
The racing car has a classic beer manufacturer's paint job: metallic green underneath, white on top. The "Panther Bräu" logo in Tannenberg lettering (note: my Word unfortunately doesn't support that). Plus a few fake advertising stickers.
The guys at slotcar today make the connection between Panther-Bräu and Löwenbräu (Panther – Lion), which is certainly possible. Since CARRERA is now based in Austria, one could also make the connection to the Puntigamer Brewery, which once produced a "Panther Bräu special beer." It even had a white and green panther element on its promotional stamps.
But I'm probably just reading too much into it. For as long as I've known Leifer Günther, he was simply looking for a color-coordinated paint job, which he could add a logo that somehow still connected to the vehicle's name. And he succeeded very well!
Kind regards
CoMod Lotus
