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

David in Durango adin at frontier.net
Wed Aug 12 07:52:23 EDT 2009


Congratulations!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!




----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Christopher Kimball" <chrisvkimball at msn.com>
To: "Pantera List Serve" <detomaso at realbig.com>
Sent: Wednesday, August 12, 2009 12:32 AM
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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