[DeTomaso] Putting a small block Chevy.....Oh Really?

John Zeedick Pantera351C at Hotmail.Com
Mon Mar 3 21:27:06 EST 2008


Laurie:

Don¹t get me wrong I like vettes also...it¹s just that a 350 was never on
Detomaso¹s list of things to put in the car and I grew up around Fords.

JZ

On 3/3/08 7:58 PM, "LaurieFerrari at aol.com" <LaurieFerrari at aol.com> wrote:

> JZ...If what you say is the case, why then, I ask, why did my '00 stock Vette
> (full of my junk, probably my golf clubs and various other school books and
> meaningless but weighty paraphernalia, beat the heck out of a 427 Cobra,
> whilst playing around on the streets surrounding Fontana Speedway?  Why?  And
> not a slacker's vehicle either.   All I can say is I wondered what happened to
> him; looked in my rearview mirror, and he was wayyyy back.  Kind of weird for
> a racer type p. man, wouldn't ya say? Next thing I learned, he (no names
> mentioned in respect of the 5th amendment)  replaced his glorious (FORD)
> engine of which you speaketh.. with something shall we say, more vivaciously
> allegretto.   
> p.s. I didn't even realize I was exceeding the speed limit (by much) but when
> you have batman's wings appearing magically from nowhere, evidently you can
> fly.    Not that I don't love my Pantera mind you. Truly I do, it's gutsy,
> it's beefy, it's gorgeous, but, where can one go in blocked stop and go LA
> traffic with a beastly vehicle that shouldn't be harnessed to the point of
> idleness on a 24/7 freeway.... I entirely hate that!!!!
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> [DeTomaso] Putting a small block Chevrolet in a 1973 pantera
> John Zeedick Pantera351C at Hotmail.Com
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> Mon Mar 3 14:10:05 CST 2008
> 
> All:
> 
> 
> Detomaso installed ford and hemi engines in a pantera after the deal with
> ford broke down. Lee Iaccoca looked into making the Pantera a viable
> Chrysler product and had a hemi installed. Detomaso also installed a bimmer
> motor in the first guara before switching to ford. I am a firm believer if
> the the maker of the car installed different makes of engines in his cars
> then it is fair game to install that engine in any model the company
> built...hence Pantera performances 427...etc etc...they are still FORD
> motors. I kind of like the idea of a Bimmer motor or Goran's Hemi for our
> Cats. If you want a chevy engine behind you...buy a factory five GTR, strip
> a corvette and get to work......but then a ford motor in a FFR
> GTR....well.....you know where this is going.
> 
> Power by Henry will always trump a chevy in my book
> 
> John Z
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