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

Fri Apr 10 17:49:02 EDT 2009

Funny sounds just like 'Bullrun'....

Seriously though, if I was preparing any car for this sort of event it wouldn't be a case of just throwing on a new carb to get it running, it would be working through/checking all the suggestions that were made by respondents to ensure the car was tip top and has the best chance of finishing. Doing the prep half hearted and dropping out part way just reinforces the general public's opinion of Pantera's.

That said I wish him the best of luck.

Julian

> Date: Fri, 10 Apr 2009 16:44:08 -0400
> From: boyd411 at gmail.com
> To: cuvee at sbcglobal.net
> CC: detomaso at realbig.com
> Subject: Re: [DeTomaso] Our New Long Island member is running in the "Gumdrop Ralley"
> 
> If you read the post more closely you would have seen he has a "sponsor"
> some one else ( I don't know who but undoubtedly some commercial enterprise
> who is sponsoring his car for the international exposure) Just like Viagra
> sponsors Nascar cars, of US Fidelis ( the extended warranty
> company sponsors Rusty Wallace and his son. The examples are to numerous to
> list. This event is going to be covered by media all over the planet as well
> as the cars being seen by hundreds of thousands or maybe even millions of
> people along the route. It is great advertising and cheap by media
> standards. It may also have been a case where the sponsor might have backed
> out if he realized the car he was backing wasn't running well. When you
> sponsor a car you want it to have good odds of finishing. I'm sure Robert
> didn't want his sponsor to get wind of the fact that his car was not
> running a few days before he had to leave.Boyd
> P.S. It is not a race. It is a rally . In fact they say anyone (a
> prticipant) that is encourages making it a "speed contest " will be ejected
> with no refund of the entry fee. The object is to finish and to make it
> through specific check points. They stop everynight along the way and have
> all sorts of media events , parties, concerts etc. The participants get
> hotel rooms and food all iving expenses covered as part of the entrance fee.
> 
> On Fri, Apr 10, 2009 at 3:24 PM, Curt Hall <cuvee at sbcglobal.net> wrote:
> 
> > Please NO one take offense...
> > BUT If you have $44K to run this race? You think you could have taken the
> > car some place to get it fixed and not just throw new parts at it?
> > Good Luck in the Race
> > OK...Flame suit on
> >
> > --- On *Fri, 4/10/09, boyd casey <boyd411 at gmail.com>* wrote:
> >
> > From: boyd casey <boyd411 at gmail.com>
> > Subject: [DeTomaso] Our New Long Island member is running in the "Gumdrop
> > Ralley"
> > To: detomaso at realbig.com
> > Date: Friday, April 10, 2009, 11:19 AM
> >
> > 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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