[DeTomaso] After three months and six days, PANDOR IS BACK!

[Mark McWhinney]

Fantastic!


-----Original Message-----
From: detomaso-bounces at realbig.com [mailto:detomaso-bounces at realbig.com]
On Behalf Of Christopher Kimball
Sent: Tuesday, August 11, 2009 11:32 PM
To: Pantera List Serve
Subject: [DeTomaso] After three months and six days, PANDOR IS BACK!


I finally got the call today from the body shop--they told me my car was
done!

I immediately went to the shop, got the car and drove it home.  The
paint work is absolutely beautiful and the car seems to run great,
although the shop is only two miles from my house.  I hope to give it a
longer run over the next couple of days, and with luck, a car show in
Bellevue on Saturday (about an hour's drive each way).

The lower rear deck shock mount on the passenger side  gave up as soon
as I got home, probably another casualty of what went on in the
mechanic's shop.  The bracket was on its last legs anyway, though, so I
took the opportunity to fabricate two steel brackets which I mounted on
the surface of the engine bay, just back a bit from where the original
ones poked up from underneath.

Tomorrow I'm going to check the coolant to be sure the system's been
sufficiently burped, check a few other things, and if I have time,
install the new fuse box I've had sitting in my garage for the last
three months.

Soon I hope to have the Panteras Northwest guys help me give it a
complete check-up, just to be sure there's nothing wrong I don't know
about.

By the way, if any of you are going to be around Lakewood, WA on Sunday,
I'm organizing a great drive around some fantastic, curvy roads in the
Lakewood/Olympia area, starting a 2 PM.  Let me know if you're
interested.  I'll actually be able to drive my Pantera for this event
(finally)!

Thanks for all your support, helpful suggestions and encouragement over
the last three months.  I feel as if I have an extended family of a few
thousand people.

Sincerely,

Chris Kimball
#3846

  

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