[DeTomaso] NY Pantera registered for Gumball 3000 May 1-8

Mon Apr 20 14:44:47 EDT 2009

What are those mirrors you have for sale again Boyd? ;-]>

Hey, good for your business .... and better for Robert.  I don't want to sound like one of those nay-sayers you wrote about in your infomercial earlier but if he can't drive across the country in less then 72 hours that can only mean he is having too good a time getting to Miami ;-]>

P.S.  And Good Luck to MF'r, Will, Tom, JT and  the guys headed to Fort Stockton this week for the Big Bend ORR....definately will miss you knuckleheads.  Please give us a heads up on how it goes.

Mad Dawg Antenucci 
Team Pantera Racing 
The 1st & still the only vintage race team in open road racing 
www.teampanteraracing.com

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From: boyd casey <boyd411 at gmail.com>
To: adin at frontier.net
Cc: detomaso at realbig.com
Sent: Monday, April 20, 2009 11:01:14 AM
Subject: Re: [DeTomaso] NY Pantera registered for Gumball 3000 May 1-8

That's old news. I met the guy when he responded to my Vitaloni mirrors for
sale on Ebay for $119.95. Like a real business tycoon I asked him if he were
a POCA member or if he subscribed to "the list" The answer to both questions
was "No". Being the consummate businessman I told him if either joined POCA
or subscribed to the list he could bu the mirrors for $50.00 instead of
$119.95. Being of at least average intelligence it didn't take Robert long
to decide that singing up for POCA or the list was a "Good Idea". I told him
besides saving $69.00 on the purchase of the mirrors the information and the
camaraderie he would get from the other members was in fact "priceless". He
lives on Long Island , like me, so I was encouraged to have another Pantera
owner in my neck of the woods and involved on the "Big List". It turns out
it was some of the best advice he could have gotten ( I am not taking credit
, the value of membership and participation in this forum is self evident
after one look) (unless you are "Rainman")  In fact if it weren't for his
signing up when he did there is a real chance he would not have made it to
the Rally. It turns out that he ran into a series of problems and his car
was not running the week before he was supposed to be having his car shipped
to PI motorsports for the finishing touches to be added before the event..
As usual the members came through and gave him the information and advice
necessary to get his car running in time for his departure for the West
Coast. He came by my house and picked up a pair of mirrors for his car the
day before it was scheduled to be picked up by the transport. He will be the
first Pantera to be seen in public ( by an estimated 200 million world wide
viewing audience )with the Vitaloni "Turbo Racing" mirrors with the new
custom Blue and Silver metallic "Isis" logos on them.that I am the exclusive
world wide distributor for ( shameless plug ) So for those of you who may
not have been paying attention there was a steady weeks worth of posts by
the "Newcomer " or fans of the "newcomer" that details the trials and
tribulations of his race to get his car done. You can see many of his posts
are time stamped at 2:00 am eastern time when he was still out in his garage
working on getting his car running. He had told me he was sponsored in an
upcoming "Gumball Rally" I had never heard of it and didn't pay much
attention to  it. I was more interested in helping him get his car running.
After he had it running I asked him what all the Hub Bub was about the
"Gumball Rally and why he was so bent out of shape trying to get ready. ( He
had not mentioned his pending participation on the list) When I got the
details and found out the entry fee was $44,000.00 and that he had been
sponsored I understood why he had been so frantic. I announced his pending
participation in the Gumball Rally before he mentioned it to the list. I
think he was too preoccupied with getting ready to think about the potential
interest it would generate on the list. As soon as I mentioned it all the
"Naysayers" came out of the wood work. People who haven't had their cars on
the road in ten years were full of criticism for the way he had failed to
prepare his car and some not believing he was actually in the event or
spouting about the "celebrity assholes" that were involved in the event .
And then there were even those who didn't believe that he could have been
entered in a rally with a $44K entry fee.  Of course the "naysayers were far
outnumbered by the members who thought it was the coolest thing since sliced
bread and had nothing but praise and support for the guy for even attempting
to enter let alone nailing a sponsorship ( after all he is just a "regular
Guy" no celebrity or big corporate affiliation. I am proud to say that when
I told him to sign up ( and gave up the $70.00 in profit I would have made
by selling him my mirrors on ebay and  for not bringing him into the fold)
The members of the List came through just like I told him they would and
they made me proud to be affiliated with such a great group of people.
I wish Robert and Justin all the luck in the world. For those of you with
kids at home or if you are still young enough or just young at heart The
Gumball Rally is supposed to have major portions of the event broadcast on
MTV. It is expected to be seen by a world wide viewing audience of over 200
million people.
Boyd

On Mon, Apr 20, 2009 at 9:06 AM, <adin at frontier.net> wrote:

> That's great!
>
> This puppy now has more room on the porch to SLACK.  Anyone else going
> to get off the porch and actually DRIVE a Pantera?
>
> David in Durango, hangs w/ the MD tooooo much.
>
>
>
>
>
> Quoting Mad Dog Antenucci <teampantera at yahoo.com>:
>
> >
> > Here's some Pantera participation good news....
> >
> > Robert Levitt of  Baldwin New York is registered to compete in the
> > 7-day Gumball 3000 Rally May 1-8.  The route travels across the
> > country from L.A to Miami.
> >
> > This is a 3,000 mile road rally from via Vegas, Santa Fe, Dallas,
> > Houston and New Orleans.  When you factor in the costs and
> > preparation to get ready for a major cross country rally in a 36
> > year old automobile you can appreciate the challenge and the costs
> > to prepare for this adventure.
> >
> > There's allot more about the Rally on the Gumball 3000 web site
> > www.gumball3000.com
> >
> > Robert and his son, Justin, who is co-driving  Robert's red '72
> > Pantera is  living the dream.
> >
> > http://www.gumball3000.com/blog/robert_levitt
> >
> > Robert, give us a report on your progress and good luck to you and your
> son.
> >
> >
> > Mad Dawg Antenucci
> > Team Pantera Racing
> > The 1st & still the only vintage race team in open road racing
> > www.teampanteraracing.com
> >
> >
> >
> > ----- Forwarded Message ----
> > From: ROBERT B LEVITT <rlevitt1 at optonline.net>
> > To: Mad Dog Antenucci <teampantera at yahoo.com>
> > Sent: Sunday, April 19, 2009 1:26:34 PM
> > Subject: RE: TEAM PANTERA RACING WILL ADOPT YOU
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