[DeTomaso] What a great car!

[MikeLDrew at aol.com]

In a message dated 11/13/07 8 34 43, msm at portata.com writes:


> That is easy enough to fix, but on those paved trails by your house, maybe
> it is a good thing to have the soft springs and tall sidewalls.
> 

The problem is, the car bounces around, and bottoms out too, even at 
non-Silver State speeds.

I had so much fun yesterday, I was talking it up during my flight today, and 
one of the other pilots invited himself over for a Pantera orientation ride.   
So after the airplane broke (as it always does) and we landed, we came back 
to my house, fired the Pantera up and I took it back out there, only driving 
about half the distance I did yesterday though.

He sucks with a camera but did manage to get a few decent photos, including 
one in front of a shack with some beautiful fall colors as well....

http://members.aol.com/mikeldrew/PanteraFallAfternoon.jpg

By the way, that shack is probably well over a million dollars....

With his additional weight aboard, the chassis bottomed out a couple of 
times.   I also noted a small coolant leak from the water hoses at the rear of the 
longitudinal pipes (at the front of the motor) when we got back to my house; I 
don't know if that's a result of grounding out or not, but it means the car 
is back in the air until I can get it sorted out, and the Scirocco will have to 
substitute on my drive up to the Capitol Panteras (Sacramento Pantera club) 
meeting tonight.

Ah well, it was sure fun while it lasted!

Mike


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