[DeTomaso] [SPAM] Our New Long Island member is running in the "Gumdrop Ralley"

[adin at frontier.net]

I've posed this question (sort of) before - but no one answered.

Who were the Hopkins brothers?

what did they drive?  and for how long?

where is the car now?






Quoting Robert Simpson <R.Simpson35 at Verizon.net>:

> It's always good to hear when someone gets their car back on the road.  As
> far as Gumball3000, no offense man but those guys remind me of a bunch of
> douche bags.
>
> Gumball and Cannonball and the lesser known U.S Express were underground,
> illegal races to break the coast to coast speed record, not some ultra elite
> "Look at me, look at me" display of a bunch of more brains than money show
> offs.
>
> If you guys want to see what the true spirit of Cannonball,  Gumball or the
> U.S. Express, do a search on the internet for this:  "32 hours 7 minutes".
>
> You should find some REALLY interesting sites that talk about that infamous
> title, the title, "32 Hours 7 minutes" is the unofficial New York to LA time
> speed record.
>
> Love, peace and chicken grease.
>
> Bob
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "boyd casey" <boyd411 at gmail.com>
> To: <detomaso at realbig.com>
> Sent: Friday, April 10, 2009 11:19 AM
> Subject: [SPAM][DeTomaso] Our New Long Island member is running in the
> "Gumdrop Ralley"
>
>
>> Robert levitt1946 at aol.com)The guy that was having all the trouble with
>> getting his motor running and went through all the suggestions of possible
>> fixes (timing, sheared  distributor pin, timing chain jumped time etc.
>> After
>> replacing his distributor cap , plugs, wires, re timing, re jetting his
>> holley 750, rebuilding the floats , replacing the choke and everything you
>> could do short of replacing the carb, he finally did replace the 750 with
>> a
>> Holley 650  which I recommended as a  suggestion stating  that the 750 was
>> to big for his motor  ( not taking any credit I learned it here) Anyway
>> his
>> car is purring like a kitten ( or maybe more like a pissed of Jungle cat)
>> and he is running in the 2009 Gumball Rally. For any of you who are
>> unfamiliar with this even ( I had never heard of it) It is a week long
>> even
>> that starts in LA and ends in Florida . 3000 miles. It has 120 cars of all
>> sorts from Exotics , to classics to muscle cars to a 1960 VW camper with a
>> Porsche engine.  There is even a Bugatti and a Rolls Royce. Most of the
>> entrants are celebrities of sorts. David hassel Hoff will be driving the
>> original "Kit " from night rider. There will be a Saudi prince , a guy who
>> won Lemans, some playboy chicks,  At a $44K entrance fee it keeps out the
>> riff raff or guarantees to well to do riff raff. Anyway here is the web
>> sight. And I would like to suggest we support our newest member and his
>> Pantera to represent the Marque as he drives in the midst's of some of the
>> worlds most exotic and expensive cars in existence. It will be broadcast
>> in
>> part on MTV ( who else?) Here is the web link.
>> http://www.gumball3000.com/
>>
>> Boyd
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