[DeTomaso] Dick Guldstrand
LaurieFerrari at aol.com
LaurieFerrari at aol.com
Sun Jan 11 18:13:54 EST 2009
Dick is a super nice and fascinating person. I very often have the pleasure
of seeing him at our many local events. I also work with a personal friend
of his and have visited his shop on many occasions and have an ongoing
invitation to take my class to his shop. It's a treat hearing him address a crowd
with his amusing reenactments of his race experiences especially his 24 Hour
of Le Mans story from way back. As you all probably know, he was
instrumental in Vette race history and in designing his own Vette customizations for
years; also an honored member of the Corvette Hall of Fame. I once took my
Pantera to a Vette meeting (something I enjoy doing, taking the wrong car to an
event : ) and he got a kick out of seeing it and telling me P. stories from
his past and of the parts he made for the Pantera in the early days. I've
been intending for a while to compile my pictures of Dick and his shop, and all
the interesting data of Dick's involvement with the Pantera and his De
Tomaso family tales in an article for Profiles. You have inspired me to speed the
process. Stand by.
Laurie
p.s. Once leaving the Huntington Beach Concours with my brother in my Vette
(bro. was driving),
we happened to be right next to Dick and his wife on the street. He was in
his gold and blue super high performance custom Vette (500+hp). My bro
started to play around and make the move as if he was going to race him. Dick, now
in his 80's, but that didn't stop him from hauling @$$ and taking off like
gang busters. The next time I saw him, I told him the story and he recalled it
and told me how his wife got on his case that time and told him he was
forever a little boy! Don't you just love it!
[DeTomaso] DeTomaso connection with Guldstrand
Kjetil Finne _kjetfinn at online.no _
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Guys
I called Guldstrand Motorsports the other day about some car parts, and
I ended up talking with the old man himself Dick Guldstrand
We have had a very nice conversation where he also told me about his
friendship with Alejandro DeTomaso, and that he had been visiting
DeTomaso and his wife a number of times at their home in Italy.
I never got to ask if DeTomaso and Guldstrand did any business with each
other
Was Dick being involved in the development off some Group 4 Pantera's or
something? Did Dick also race a Pantera?
He seemed like a very nice guy.
Kjetil
Pantera 1613
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