[DeTomaso] A one of a kind

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Dan,
I bought Robert's car 5 years ago. While living in California, it was my 
daily driver. Now that I'm in Seattle, I use my convertible corvette as 
my rain day car (or daily driver). Perhaps I got such a good deal/price 
on this car is because of the problems it caused Robert... but I only 
had a couple of things to sort out to make it reliable.
1) new carburator, because the old one was leaking out the side
2) new distributor (MSD), because the old one's vacuum advance didn't work
3) re-wire the radiator fans, because they were in series with one 
pushing and the other pulling

Everything else I've been doing is to suit my tastes and to get it ready 
for some racing!

I'm pretty sure that the fastest Push Button belongs to the 'Pantera 
Kid' Al Bloomberg, with a Bonneville record of 209 mph in the D/GT 
class. You can read about it here:
http://www.panterasnorthwest.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=42&Itemid=2


Daniel F Courtney wrote:
> I assume I am the "Dan" referred to in this thread and that is the VIN for "The Beast"?
> My understanding of the history of this car is the car was stripped and converted for racing literally right off the docks (Long Beach).
> It had a 454 Chevy and full roll cage when I rescued it in 2000 after it sat for over two decades. Aside from the doors and rear deck there wasn't much original left over.
> I don't know what the real collector value is for a pushbutton, nor for any Pantera other than documented vintage racers. Nor do I think we will ever see prices similar to a '70 Cuda.
> Power to those who want to restore them to the factory look.
> Robert DeLaurantis had a pushbutton and it was the biggest piece of crap ever, always breaking down.
> I'm more interested in making them faster.
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> DanTomaso Courtney, owner of the world's fastest (and ugliest) pushbutton (175 mph this past SS with no air dam, no tall 5th gear and never even going full throttle due to low oil pressure.) 
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