[DeTomaso] Our upcoming drive to Italy...

[John Taphorn]

Mike

Great news about Geoff feeling well enough to participate.  Please continue 
to send us daily updates so we can live vicariously through your experience.

JT
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Brian Hill" <mazdastuff at yahoo.com>
To: <MikeLDrew at aol.com>
Cc: <detomaso at realbig.com>
Sent: Sunday, May 17, 2009 7:13 PM
Subject: Re: [DeTomaso] Our upcoming drive to Italy...


> Sorry to hear you guys are having to rough it.   8-)
> Have fun and don't end up on a Youtube episode.
>
> Brian Hill
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> From: "MikeLDrew at aol.com" <MikeLDrew at aol.com>
> To: detomaso at realbig.com
> Sent: Sunday, May 17, 2009 5:25:55 PM
> Subject: [DeTomaso] Our upcoming drive to Italy...
>
> Hi guys,
>
> Gray Gregory and I are now established at Geoff Peters' house just outside
> London.   A few weeks ago, Geoff kindly bought a second car for us to 
> drive
> to the International De Tomaso meeting--a 2006 Lamborghini Gallardo 
> Spyder!
>
> However, a few days ago Geoff broke his back (!), so there was 
> considerable
> doubt as to whether he'd be able to make the trip.   But he has
> demonstrated that he can get into and out of the Lambo if the top is down, 
> and the
> seats are more comfortable, so Gray and I will probably wind up driving 
> his
> Pantera and he'll take the Lamborghini, although we may trade off from 
> time to
> time.
>
> Geoff reports that the Lamborghini is a nice car and plenty fast, but that
> his Pantera will absolutely destroy it.   It's got a 550 hp all-aluminum
> stroker Windsor, and thanks to extensive use of carbon fiber, lightening 
> holes
> drilled everywhere etc. it only weighs about 2600 lbs.
>
> Here's a photo of it taken at Brookands a few days ago:
>
> http://www.flickr.com/photos/furlined/3523190912/
>
> I shall do my best to keep the thing in between the guardrails!!!!
>
> Tomorrow we replace the all-out Michelin TB5 race tires with new Yokohama
> 285/40 fronts and Pirelli PZero 345/35 rears, give the car a bit of a
> spiff-up, and then Johnny Woods arrives in his Pantera, and his friend 
> Lewis Evans
> in a Maserati 4200.   Then Tuesday morning we cross the channel, passing
> through the old Reims Grand Prix circuit:
>
> http://www.flickr.com/photos/79267312@N00/sets/72157606227438141/
>
> before continuing on to an overnight stop in Strasbourg.   The next day
> it's a gentle drive to Ellmau, Austria, where we'll link up with all the 
> other
> Eurodudes for the start of the event, and from there we head down to 
> Modena.
>
> Tonight we had dinner with Phil Stebbings, the founder/president of the UK
> De Tomaso club.   His old smoker is a very nice 1980 Rolls Royce, and we 
> all
> went to the Royal Auto Club clubhouse (basically an automotive country
> club) for a fine meal.
>
> Phil told us that he has arranged private tours on Friday afternoon for
> just a handful of us of the Pagani factory, and the Lamborghini factory, 
> so
> that should be a lot of fun too. :>)
>
> Mike
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