[DeTomaso] Charlie on the hook again....

Thu Jun 14 10:16:01 EDT 2007

Charlie,

I am sorry to hear about your Pantera woes, but I'm also looking at  
the wonderful opportunity you've been given to share smiles around the  
country.  The only other way to get that much contact time with the  
local Police, is to be arrested.  Thankfully, you're not in that  
position. :)

Asa Jay

Quoting Charles McCall <charlesmccall at gmail.com>:

> Rumors of my death have been greatly exaggerated!!!
>
> Hi honeys, having a wonderful time.... Actually the Pantera was running
> great. Until it didn't. It's a long story but I'm writing on a borrowed
> machine at the hotel.
>
> Spent the day visiting Chambord, which is really really impressive. I'll
> send a photo, which will be stripped for all but the direct recipients.
> Perhaps Mike could post it somewhere if he is bored, otherwise I´ll do it
> when I get back home. Came out in the pouring rain and pushed the button on
> the remote which opens the doors and deactivates the alarm.
>
> Nothing.
>
> The doors remained quite closed and the alarm didn't chirp in welcome like
> it usually does. I suspected that perhaps the batteries in the remote had
> died, but I have a button on the steering column that I can use to introduce
> my secret code via a flashing light thing. But the light wasn't flashing
> like it should. This wasn't good.
>
> I unlocked the door manually with the key and the alarm didn't go off like
> it should have. This is weird. I started the engine, and it immediately died
> due to the immobilizer. It gives you about a half-second of electrons before
> it shuts the tap off. I tried it again with similar results.
>
> Long story but I had no idea what to do so I went to the local police there
> at the chateau. 15 women dressed in army fatigues with a male supervisor. I
> kept trying to think of what Larry would say. The supervisor told one of the
> young ladies to drive us to a nearby town to look for a replacement battery
> for the remote. My hope was that the battery was shot and was sending weird
> signals to the alarm, partially deactivating it but partially not. I was
> hoping that a strong signal would activate and subsequently deactivate the
> alarm. I didn't really believe what I was hoping, but the alternative was
> even less probable.
>
> Back with a new battery and no joy.
>
> Fast forward a whole bunch and the police supervisor came to check up on me,
> called a friend of his who works in a car stereo place and is an "electrical
> wizard". Via phone he diagnosed the problem as a fried brain box. The only
> option was to bypass it somehow. But if the alarm was easy to bypass, it
> wouldn't be very effective now, would it? He stuck is nose all over with a
> voltmeter and managed to more or less disable the immobilizer. This allowed
> the car to start right up. But in subsequent test drives we determined that
> the turn signals are still somehow active and connected to the system, so if
> I use a turn signal, the siren starts to sound and the engine dies. I really
> am used to using turn signals, so it is a tough habit to break. It's weird
> to be cruising at 100 mph and have the engine cut out and the alarm begin to
> sound...
>
> Of course, rides had to be organized for the police supervisor and his
> electrician buddy, and we weren't allowed to leave before stopping by his
> house to meet his family, have drinks and munchies, and receive numerous
> presents including several bottles of wine! I now have a total of 3 bottles
> of wine that were gifts given to us in the past 24 hours... It's been a long
> and strange trip this time!!!
>
> We're now 10 minutes from Mt. Saint Michel, where I am hoping to duplicate
> the photo I took of my old ´72 Pantera when I brought it to France, oh, 9
> years ago??? But this time with the GT5-S.
>
> It has truly been an adventure.... More later
>
> -----Mensaje original-----
> De: detomaso-bounces at realbig.com [mailto:detomaso-bounces at realbig.com] En
> nombre de www.DeTomasoRegistry.org
> Enviado el: Tuesday, 12 June, 2007 7:13 PM
> Para: MikeLDrew at aol.com; unlisted-recipients:; no To-header on input
> CC: Detomaso at realbig.com
> Asunto: Re: [DeTomaso] Charlie on the hook again....
>
> I've heard about this before, I think it is a failure of the hazard switch
> (or associated wiring).
>
> Chuck
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: detomaso-bounces at realbig.com [mailto:detomaso-bounces at realbig.com]On
> Behalf Of MikeLDrew at aol.com
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>
> Hi guys,
>
> Another hilarious Charlie McCall update--he sent a text message saying his
> Pantera is now running again, but the thing dies stone dead whenever he
> operates the turn signals!!!!!!
>
> So he'll be using arm signals all the way to Le Mans.
>
> Sheesh. :>)
>
> Mike
>
>
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