[DeTomaso] The thrashed Pandora is back home.

Sat Jul 11 10:30:40 EDT 2009

Perhaps it should be called "Envy".......it is green and when it's done, it's going to be GREAT!

John

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From: Mike Thomas <mbefthomas at comcast.net>
To: Christopher Kimball <chrisvkimball at msn.com>; wkooiman at earthlink.net; kmaguire at landrovermiramar.com; Pantera List Serve <detomaso at realbig.com>
Sent: Friday, July 10, 2009 7:23:57 PM
Subject: Re: [DeTomaso] The thrashed Pandora is back home.

I speak for all in the Panteras Northwest community and the POCA community
at large in heaving the collective sigh of relief that your Pantera is home
safely and eager to be put back to rights.

First order of business here, and I take personal responsibility for this,
is to officially decommission the name "Pandora" from our vocabulary.  Seems
that was an terribly unlucky moniker which I gave her while she was having
some frame work done: it isn't enough that the car is green (if you
prescribe to those superstitions).  So whatever we call her from now on,
that old name is DEAD!

Long live Chris' Craft!  (hey, the Corvette was named after a boat . . .)

Mike Thomas
Pres, Panteras Northwest

-----Original Message-----
From: detomaso-bounces at realbig.com [mailto:detomaso-bounces at realbig.com] On
Behalf Of Christopher Kimball
Sent: Thursday, July 09, 2009 10:44 PM
To: wkooiman at earthlink.net; kmaguire at landrovermiramar.com; Pantera List
Serve
Subject: [DeTomaso] The thrashed Pandora is back home.

Well, I just got back from picking up my car from the mechanics shop.  Vince
and Don, a couple of great guys, brought Don's truck and flatbed trailer to
the shop and we loaded it up.

The good news is the Pantera drove on to the trailer under it's own power.
The bad news is, somehow the mechanic totally jammed the rear deck down on
something, bending the top of the deck (where it meets the roof), causing
dimples along that same portion, where the hinges attach, chipping the paint
all along the leading edge and the corresponding roof line, and rippling the
roof a little, too, where the deck lid was forced against it.

The deck hinges are tweaked out of alignment, the license-plate light is
sitting in the passenger foot-well, along with the frozen rear deck lid lock
and some other miscellaneous bolts.  The rear deck lid shocks are laying in
the engine bay, unconnected to the deck lid, the shifter needs adjusting,
the air filter and cover are sitting next to the other parts on the floor,
and there are numerous paint chips along the back edge of the engine bay,
just about the "Pantera" script.

Who knows what else I'll find upon closer inspection.

The mechanic said he had talked to Dale (the engine builder) about the
situation, and that things would be "taken care of."  He said he already had
a body shop friend of his come by and give him an estimate of what he thinks
it will cost to repair the damage, although, he said he figured "I'd
probably want to use someone I knew and had used before."  At this point,
would that even be a question???  I'm afraid to think of what the difference
will be between what his friend thinks the repairs will cost and what the
actual cost will be.

I don't think either of them have any idea what this is really going to cost
to repair.  Un-warping that deck lid will probably cost $1000 or more, let
alone all the paintwork that will be necessary, not to mention un-springing
the hinges.

Tomorrow morning I'm going to drive it to a nearby body shop where the guys
have worked on my cars before, including Pandora.  They are really good--not
cheap--but really good.

I'll let you all know what the final bill turns out to be.

Once again, thanks to all of you who offered help and support, it means a
lot.

Sincerely,

Chris
"Afflicted, but not crushed, confused, but not despairing" #3846

> Date: Thu, 9 Jul 2009 23:13:43 -0500
> From: wkooiman at earthlink.net
> To: kmaguire at landrovermiramar.com; detomaso at realbig.com
> Subject: Re: [DeTomaso] pandora
> 
> I agree.  We've all aged on this one.
> 
> Chris - you don't need a lawyer.  You need your car home, and then a beer,
and then another, and then a good mechanic/body-man to make it right.  The
more time you spend on this guy, the angrier you'll get.
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> >From: Kerry Maguire <kmaguire at landrovermiramar.com>
> >Sent: Jul 9, 2009 10:56 PM
> >To: detomaso at realbig.com
> >Subject: [DeTomaso]  pandora
> >
> >I wish you the best of luck Chris. I cannot wait for this movie to end.
> > 
> >Regards,
> > 
> >Kerry M. Maguire
> > 
> >Funny you should ask.  I got the same inquiry from Mike, our PNW
President just a few minutes ago, and at that same moment I also got an
interesting phone call romthe mechanic..  
> >
> > 
> >
> >Here's the note I just sent to some of my fellow PNW members:
> >
> > 
> >
> > 
> >
> > 
> >
> >I just got a call from the mechanic.  He said he's "done" with my car.
But "done" doesn't mean finished back to the way it should be.  It means he
isn't going to work on it anymore and wants me to come and get it.
> > 
> >He said he ran it for a couple of hours and he says he's confident I can
drive it home.  However:
> > 
> >1) he couldn't get the rear deck to line up and he has chipped the paint.
> > 
> >2) he couldn't get the rear deck shocks to mount correctly, so they are
laying in a box with a bunch of other parts.
> > 
> >3) the rear deck lock is still messed up and not even mounted to the rear
deck.  For the trip home the rear deck will be held down with a bungee cord.
> > 
> >And who knows how many other things are screwed up.
> > 
> >I told him I'd come and get it tonight or tomorrow afternoon.
> > 
> >Is there anyone who might be available to help me go get it and be a
witness to this mess? (and who has a good camera)  I'll be on the road for
the next couple of hours, then in a meeting from 3:30 to 4:30, then
available again on my cell: 253-232-2321.  If the cell battery dies, call my
home at 253-566-5903.  Any help would be greatly appreciated, I know it's a
sacrifice on a weeknight.
> > 
> >I see a lawyer in my future.
> > 
> >Sincerely,
> > 
> > 
> >Chris
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