[DeTomaso] Mangusta For Sale

[Bill Lewis]

Another point about these thoughts:

In the past week I have been reading about all the Panteras that are being "parted out," and I thought, why are they doing that!!  I, personally don't like that.  That is a Pantera.  Somebody, somewhere can patch it up and make it as good as new.  

Some folks take their Panteras and saw then, cut them, weld then, re-build them with Hemi's, Chevy's, etc., and add wings, scoops, spoilers; anything that they want to, and others try to find a bone-stock one.  And, we all say, "Yep, that's cool."

I watch all the high-end auto auctions, and think, man that would be a great car to own, but if I owned a $15M Bugatti, I don't know that I would drive it very often, either.  And, some astute dudes have made a lot of money buying and selling high-end, trailer queens, and muscle cars.

I've got a $25.00  figure of Michael Jordan, that I really like.  It's in a bookcase.  I don't let the grandboys play with it.

So, the bottom line is, "ain't life great!"  I'm glad we have the working dude in his shop, tearing down and re-building, and we have the super-rich dude who can make sure everything doesn't end up in the junk heap, and keep it in great shape.

I'm glad Bill Gates is building a multi-million dollar place.  We are building an apartment in a barn, and can hardly wait to get into it.

Different strokes....

---Bill Lewis







> From: MikeLDrew at aol.com
> Date: Sat, 27 Jun 2009 09:39:06 -0400
> To: boyd411 at gmail.com; Pantera007 at provamo.com
> CC: detomaso at realbig.com
> Subject: Re: [DeTomaso] Mangusta For Sale
> 
> 
> In a message dated 6/27/09 3 03 39, boyd411 at gmail.com writes:
> 
> 
> > I don't think you will find a nicer looking  Mangusta. I  will never
> > understand how someone could have had a car this old with under 2000 miles
> > on it.I  guess some people just like to own things ,like a work of art.Or
> > have so much money that they can have a big enough car collection to never
> > drive any one car very much.
> > 
> 
> The real tragedy is that the original owner never drove the car--he stored 
> it in a damp climate, and it literally rusted to shreds without ever being 
> properly enjoyed.   The current owner bought it with under 1000 miles, sight 
> unseen, and when he got it, discovered that it needed $100K worth of work. :<
> (
> 
> Mike
> 
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