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

Fri Apr 10 23:11:10 EDT 2009

I "knew" someone would have an idea.  Sure wish we knew what happened to the 
car!

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Jim Gray" <grayjim at att.net>
To: "'Charles Engles'" <cengles at cox.net>; <adin at frontier.net>
Cc: <detomaso at realbig.com>
Sent: Friday, April 10, 2009 9:07 PM
Subject: RE: [DeTomaso] [SPAM] Our New Long Island member is runninginthe 
"Gumdrop Ralley"

> Referring to page 277 of "Cannonball", the brothers, Hoppy & Danny 
> Hopkins,
> did indeed finish the first Cannonball Run in a time of 38:02:00.  Not bad
> actually; just under three hours off Dan Gurney's pace.
>
> It would be interesting to learn more about them and the missing car.
>
> Jim Gray
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: detomaso-bounces at realbig.com [mailto:detomaso-bounces at realbig.com] 
> On
> Behalf Of Charles Engles
> Sent: Friday, April 10, 2009 8:50 PM
> To: adin at frontier.net
> Cc: detomaso at realbig.com
> Subject: Re: [DeTomaso] [SPAM] Our New Long Island member is runninginthe
> "Gumdrop Ralley"
>
> 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?
>>
>> 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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