Very Interesting Comment From Chip Foose regarding Pantera's
I was at a tire shop today having some tires balanced and saw the August 2016 issue of Car & Driver. I flipped to the back page which is always titled, "What I'd do differently" and this month featured Chip Foose. One of the questions asked of Chip made me want to pass it along to the forum. Chip was asked, "Are there cars you look at and think shouldn't be touched?" He replied, "There are a lot of cars that don't need to be messed with. I don't know if you saw the Pantera I just finished. That's a car I thought if anyone messes with it, they try to make it like a Ricky Racer car. And I thought, just make it with beautiful wheels, bring the car down, but leave the body alone." I was at a tire shop today having some tires balanced and saw the August 2016 issue of Car & Driver. I flipped to the back page which is always titled, "What I'd do differently" and this month featured Chip Foose. One of the questions asked of Chip made me want to pass it along to the forum. Chip was asked, "Are there cars you look at and think shouldn't be touched?" He replied, "There are a lot of cars that don't need to be messed with. I don't know if you saw the Pantera I just finished. That's a car I thought if anyone messes with it, they try to make it like a Ricky Racer car. And I thought, just make it with beautiful wheels, bring the car down, but leave the body alone."
I¹d have to say I agree with him. I like the original wheel design, but it looks better with the Pantera East wheels in 16² and 17². Aside from that and lowering it by removing the spacers, that¹s about all the body needs. On 8/30/16, 11:24 PM, "DeTomaso on behalf of wawuzat via DeTomaso" <detomaso-bounces@server.detomasolist.com on behalf of detomaso@server.detomasolist.com> wrote:
I was at a tire shop today having some tires balanced and saw the August 2016 issue of Car & Driver. I flipped to the back page which is always titled, "What I'd do differently" and this month featured Chip Foose.
One of the questions asked of Chip made me want to pass it along to the forum.
Chip was asked, "Are there cars you look at and think shouldn't be touched?"
He replied, "There are a lot of cars that don't need to be messed with. I don't know if you saw the Pantera I just finished. That's a car I thought if anyone messes with it, they try to make it like a Ricky Racer car. And I thought, just make it with beautiful wheels, bring the car down, but leave the body alone." _______________________________________________
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Read his interview on the Pantera in POCA Profiles.....he has lots more to say!
On Aug 30, 2016, at 8:51 PM, Will Kooiman <will.kooiman@gmail.com> wrote:
I¹d have to say I agree with him.
I like the original wheel design, but it looks better with the Pantera East wheels in 16² and 17².
Aside from that and lowering it by removing the spacers, that¹s about all the body needs.
On 8/30/16, 11:24 PM, "DeTomaso on behalf of wawuzat via DeTomaso" <detomaso-bounces@server.detomasolist.com on behalf of detomaso@server.detomasolist.com> wrote:
I was at a tire shop today having some tires balanced and saw the August 2016 issue of Car & Driver. I flipped to the back page which is always titled, "What I'd do differently" and this month featured Chip Foose.
One of the questions asked of Chip made me want to pass it along to the forum.
Chip was asked, "Are there cars you look at and think shouldn't be touched?"
He replied, "There are a lot of cars that don't need to be messed with. I don't know if you saw the Pantera I just finished. That's a car I thought if anyone messes with it, they try to make it like a Ricky Racer car. And I thought, just make it with beautiful wheels, bring the car down, but leave the body alone." _______________________________________________
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