[DeTomaso] FW: Dynamat! and Stethosocpes

bill gaino gaino at earthlink.net
Thu Jun 12 12:36:55 EDT 2008


I have been wrong before....but I tell you this.. the car being restored in Saudi was rusted real bad too and abandod. The new owner got it at zero cost!.  Sorry, I recognized the Kirby photo and thought the 2 were the same.. Thanks Bill 1362
-----Original Message-----
>From: Kirby Schrader <kirby.schrader at gmail.com>
>Sent: Jun 12, 2008 12:23 PM
>To: bill gaino <gaino at earthlink.net>
>Cc: MikeLDrew at aol.com, asajay at asajay.com, detomaso at realbig.com
>Subject: Re: [DeTomaso] FW: Dynamat! and Stethosocpes
>
>Sorry, but that is not even _close_ to being the same car.... nor even
>_close_ to the same country.
>
>The one in Brunei was removed from the site where I took the picture
>and when the forklift they used picked it up, the car actually broke
>in half from the rust.... They hauled it away in two pieces.
>
>The two pieces are now laying in the jungle and the guy who owns the
>land is trying to sell the two pieces for the parts. The one owner in
>Brunei with the only Pantera that actually runs, Sunny Chua, has been
>trying to get the dash, pedals, etc. from the junk car, which is a
>factory RHD, to make his homegrown LHD/RHD conversion 'better'.
>
>No luck. The other dude wants too much money for junk.
>
>FWIW,
>Kirby
>
>
>
>
>On Thu, Jun 12, 2008 at 9:01 AM, bill gaino <gaino at earthlink.net> wrote:
>> THIS IS THE SAME CAR TODAY, http://pantera.infopop.cc/eve/forums/a/tpc/f/3350045562/m/8020009255  It is being rebuilt by a fellow enthusiest in Arabia..car 9189
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>>>From: MikeLDrew at aol.com
>>>Sent: Jun 11, 2008 7:15 PM
>>>To: asajay at asajay.com, detomaso at realbig.com
>>>Subject: Re: [DeTomaso] FW: Dynamat! and Stethosocpes
>>>
>>>
>>>In a message dated 6/11/08 19 02 39, asajay at asajay.com writes:
>>>
>>>
>>>> I think we've seen some photos of shade-tree abandoned Panteras that
>>>> exhibited that feature, a total channel on the roof, near the rear,
>>>> rusted totally out, for no apparent reason.  Now we know.
>>>>
>>>
>>>Here's an excellent photo that Kirby Schrader took of a RHD Pantera GTS that
>>>lay abandoned for years in Brunei.   It's rusted *everywhere* and serves as a
>>>textbook example of where to look for this stuff.   From the QV500 website:
>>>http://www.qv500.com/dtrpangts06583f.jpg
>>>
>>>Mike
>>>
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