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

[boyd casey]

I am just passing on what I have been told. You can ask him ,or watch MTV
and see if his car has a sponsor listed.
Boyd

On Fri, Apr 10, 2009 at 7:12 PM, bill gaino <gaino at earthlink.net> wrote:

> I'm not buying any of it.. It don't work that way....  44 grand?  You all
> know the First and Only Vintage race team..  MY car would be pro prepped...I
> still get MTV...Bill
>
> -----Original Message-----
> >From: Curt Hall <cuvee at sbcglobal.net>
> >Sent: Apr 10, 2009 5:07 PM
> >To: boyd casey <boyd411 at gmail.com>
> >Cc: detomaso at realbig.com
> >Subject: Re: [DeTomaso] Our New Long Island member is running in the
> "Gumdrop Ralley"
> >
> >Thats good to hear, there is a sponsor!
> > But that said, you think the Sponsor would want the car to run GREAT,
> after all his name will be on the side of the car!
> > Hell, I'm glad the Pantera is fixed and running well! Lets hope he make a
> great showing at the event! It will be a plus for all us Pantera Owners!
> >Good Luck
> >
> >--- On Fri, 4/10/09, boyd casey <boyd411 at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> >From: boyd casey <boyd411 at gmail.com>
> >Subject: Re: [DeTomaso] Our New Long Island member is running in the
> "Gumdrop Ralley"
> >To: cuvee at sbcglobal.net
> >Cc: detomaso at realbig.com
> >Date: Friday, April 10, 2009, 1:44 PM
> >
> >
> >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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