[DeTomaso] Is A Pantera On The Freeway An Idiot Magnet?

[Robert Simpson]

Thanks for the encouragement, everyday is a day closer to my surgery and a 
day closer to getting that beautiful car back on the road.

I used to experience something similar to the Pantera stories.  After 
purchasing the Pantera I sold my 72 Camaro, she was a clean sport coupe 
decked out in Z28 paint and wheels, midnightblue with white SS stripes. 
Very tasteful and representative of the original cars.
 http://s42.photobucket.com/albums/e318/72Pantera/?action=view&current=106_0636.jpghttp://s42.photobucket.com/albums/e318/72Pantera/?action=view&current=120_2045.jpg At the peak of what seemed like an outbreak of moronic driving, I wouldliterally get cut off by these little teenage owned imports (Ricers, morestickers than perfomance)every time I drove the car.  They would weave inand out of traffic and cut me off within inches of the bumper of my car,that's when my car club buddies told me it's residue from the comedy, "TheFast and the Furious." (The Slow and the Stupid)I'm not sure if this ranks with the freeway stories but everytime I havepulled the Pantera out of the garage for the monthly/bi-monthly warm up andwipe down, it never fails, it's like it's a car accident.  Everyone slowsdown to stare at it, gawk and rubber neck, never happened in the Camaro,LOL.Best regards,Bob Simpson72 Pre-L #346873 Aussie Falcon XB/GS----- Original Message -----From: "Sean Korb"
 <spkorb at gmail.com>To: "panteralist" <detomaso at realbig.com>Sent: Tuesday, February 19, 2008 11:29 AMSubject: Re: [DeTomaso] Is A Pantera On The Freeway An Idiot Magnet?>I just figure the worse they drive, the more they like the car :)>> I was pursued once by a little white Honda with VTEC plastered on the side> in ghost writing last year.  I was going smartly onto the highway from the> onramp.  No cops.  No traffic.  I wound out second and then wound outthird> gear and then took a peek behind me.>> The little white car was small in the mirror.  But not small enough for my> liking.  So I started thinking about turbos and roller camshafts and EFIand> domed pistons and race gas and water injection and... and it made me think> about credit card debt.  I found out later that I was only running onseven> cylinders at the time (bent push rods) so I only had to rebuild my headsand> continue my life as king of the road.>> But be prepared.  In this game, you will be slower than someone else,
 and> little white Hondas can be equipped with turbos and race gas too.  I don't> think I'll ever make peace with having "enough" power, but I have enough> style, and maybe with a little work, enough class :)>> sean>> --> Sean Korb spkorb at spkorb.org http://www.spkorb.org> '65, '68 Mustangs, '68 Cougar, '78 R100/7, '71 Pantera #1382> "The more you drive, the less intelligent you get" --Miller> "Computers are useless.  They can only give you answers." -P. Picasso> _______________________________________________>> Detomaso Forum Managed by POCA>> Archive Search Engine Now Available at http://www.realbig.com/detomaso/>> DeTomaso mailing list> DeTomaso at list.realbig.com> http://list.realbig.com/mailman/listinfo/detomaso