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

[Charles Engles]

Dear David,

    Oh, oh!   I think I know:   They were brothers from southern California with a family fortune in construction (I think)   They ran one of the first, if not the first Pantera,  Panteras in the original Brock Yates Cannonball Run.  IIRC, they ran only one year.   I don't think that they finished.  I tried to locate them to no avail.  I have no idea where the car is now.   Is that right?


                      Warmest regards, Chuck Engles




----- Original Message ----- 
From: <adin at frontier.net>
To: <detomaso at realbig.com>
Sent: Friday, April 10, 2009 3:16 PM
Subject: Re: [DeTomaso] [SPAM] Our New Long Island member is running inthe "Gumdrop Ralley"


> 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?
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> where is the car now?
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> 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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