[DeTomaso] Earliest Outside Gas Filler ?

[JDeRyke at aol.com]

In a message dated 11/27/07 9:44:10 AM, chrisvkimball at msn.com writes:

> I have yet to give Art a ride in my Pantera, however.  Maybe after I do, 
> with any luck, he'll volunteer to use my car as his next guinea pig!
> 
One old time Pantera owner did such a thing to a friend who was a scoffing 
Corvette owner. They both lived outside the L.A area so there were several 
untravelled rural roads, one with a fairly long straight with an S- bend in it. 
Just after the first apex was a very large live-oak tree. So the Pantera owner 
practised a few times, then after yet another anti-Pantera session with his 
'Vette buddy, he said 'C'mon- we're going for a little drive!' You guessed it- 
around 80 mph, they approached the S-curve, which also had a bump in its center. 
The Pantera hit the bump; without slowing and while they were slightly 
airborn- straight for the tree, the owner twisted the steering wheel. As the car 
landed, the front tires grabbed and the car instantly railed around the big tree 
without slowing. At the end of the straight, he stopped the car and his 
green-faced passenger scrambled out and threw up! The friendship endured but he 
didn't hear much about the 'crummy handling Pantera' during their later 
bench-racing get-togethers.... J DeRyke


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