[DeTomaso] Pandora D day

[Christopher Kimball]

On Monday I told the engine builder I wanted the car delivered to my house Thursday (tomorrow) in pieces or together, I didn't care, I just wanted my car back.  He became indignant and said he had no way to go and get it.  I told him to rent a truck.

Knowing the chances of anything like that happening were slim to none, I contacted another PNW member, Jeff, who is a great guy, and no stranger to my car.  He assisted me and a couple of other PNW members (they did almost all the work, actually) in doing a lot on the Pantera.  Jeff has a trailer and a truck and agreed to help me retrieve the pieces of my car.  The Auburn Police said they can easily do a "civil standby" whereby they send an officer to the location to watch over the proceedings.

I'm going to contact a couple of other PNW guys to see if we can have at least four of us show up at the garage to get the car.  I'm hoping for a weeknight next week, but first I have to travel back out to the location to contact the owner of the house whose garage the mechanic is renting.  I need to be sure she'll be home to let us in, in case the mechanic is a no-show (d'ya think?).

I tried to call the mechanic tonight to check in, but of course, he didn't answer and his voice mail is, again, you guessed it--full.

As soon as I figure out the exact day and time, I'll try to call the mechanic again to let him know, and the engine builder, too, since I probably won't be able to reach the mechanic.

Then I'll hold my breath and cross my fingers until this stupid ordeal is over.

Thanks again for all your help and suggestions.

Sincerely,


Chris



> Date: Wed, 1 Jul 2009 19:59:07 -0700
> From: kenn_green at yahoo.com
> To: detomaso at realbig.com; mbefthomas at comcast.net
> Subject: Re: [DeTomaso] How Pandora Got Her Name (was: Pandora Sighting)
> 
> Well,
>  
>     After this adventure, hopefully he can call it the Prodigal Car???
>  
> Ken
> 
> --- On Wed, 7/1/09, Mike Thomas <mbefthomas at comcast.net> wrote:
> 
> 
> From: Mike Thomas <mbefthomas at comcast.net>
> Subject: Re: [DeTomaso] How Pandora Got Her Name (was: Pandora Sighting)
> To: "'Dan Courtney'" <dfcex at excaliburre.com>, detomaso at realbig.com
> Date: Wednesday, July 1, 2009, 7:20 PM
> 
> 
> I'm feeling a little guilty here.  When Chris was having a bunch of swiss
> cheese removed from his frame and rear wheel-wells by a local metal
> magician, we went down to see the work.  He was talking about how every time
> he looked somewhere else, he found more rust, and I made the off-handed
> comment that she's starting to sound like Pandora's Box.  It stuck, and
> little did I know how apt it would turn out to be.
> 
> If I could take it back, I would, but it seems the die is cast.
> 
> Oh, when Chris objected to the Pandora label, he said, "well, at least I
> don't drive a boat!".  To which I replied, "But you do!  After all, it is a
> Chris craft . . . ;-)
> 
> Mike Thomas 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: detomaso-bounces at realbig.com [mailto:detomaso-bounces at realbig.com] On
> Behalf Of Dan Courtney
> Sent: Wednesday, July 01, 2009 4:29 AM
> To: detomaso at realbig.com
> Subject: Re: [DeTomaso] Pandora Sighting
> 
> Original Message: To give you just one example of why I'm so terrified;
> while discussing my car, he said, "man, there sure were a lot of washers in
> that car.  I've never seen so many washers.  I'll try to put them all back
> in."
> 
> Yes, folks, the nightmare isn't yet over.
> 
> Chris
> #3846 (unless that number has been is ground off and replace with a fake
> one)
> 
> Chris, as long as he didn't say "wershers" you may be OK. (Unless he said
> "Dem, dere" prior to "washers").
> Now, if he said "Dem dere wershers" I'd forget about driving "Pandora" for
> at least a couple more years.
> 
> Dan
> 
> PS: What's with these guys who name their cars?
> 
> 
> Dan F. Courtney
> 
> La Jolla, CA
> 
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