[DeTomaso] Detomaso Pantera and Shadrach Mustang standouts at Georgia Tech event

[Dick Koch]

I was asked to provide a couple of cars for an event last weekend that 
my college alma mater puts on each year for the largest donors to the 
school for the past year.  The Georgia Tech President's Dinner hosts 
around 900 guests to a black tie event, and this year had 16 cars on 
display at the event.

I provided my Pantera 
<http://home.earthlink.net/%7Earkoch/images/GTevent/GT%20Pres%20Pantera.jpg> 
and one of our Shadrach Mustangs <http://www.shadrachmustang.com/> for 
the event.

My Pantera and the twin turbo charged Shadrach Mustang were positioned 
up front 
<http://home.earthlink.net/%7Earkoch/images/GTevent/GT%20Pres%20Shadarch%20and%20Pantera.jpg>, 
highlighted by overhead lighting and surrounded by the guest's dinner 
tables. 
<http://home.earthlink.net/%7Earkoch/images/GTevent/GT%20Pres%20Dinner.jpg>

Posters 
<http://home.earthlink.net/%7Earkoch/images/GTevent/GT%20Pres%20Pan%20Poster.jpg> 
were placed beside our cars that outlined the unique features and 
background of each car.  The poster overviews can be seen by clicking on 
Pantera Poster 
<http://home.earthlink.net/%7Earkoch/Documents/74Pansummary/> and 
Shadrach Poster 
<http://home.earthlink.net/%7Earkoch/Documents/Shadrachsummary/>.  
Credit for the introduction to the Pantera Poster writeup goes to Garth 
Roderick <http://www.banzairunnerpantera.com/index.htm>, who authored 
and hosts one of the best Pantera owner web sites.

My partner in the Shadrach Mustang project, Mike Langston, Hoyt and 
Garry Grimes, our engine builders, and me were caught standing beside 
the Shadrach Mustang 
<http://home.earthlink.net/%7Earkoch/images/GTevent/GT%20Pres%20Mike%20Grimes%20Koch.jpg> 
during the reception. 

Hoyt Grimes, who is 86, still works with his son Garry in their high 
performance engine building business.  They built my Pantera engine and 
build the engines for the Shadrach Mustang.

Hoyt is one of the original drag car racers from the late 40s and is a 
legend in his own time.  Many of his engine innovations are still in use 
today.  He is in the NHRA Dragster Hall of fame.  Hoyt worked with the 
original Georgia Tech auto club in 1950, helping them build the first GT 
rail dragster.  Hoyt donated the Cadillac engine they used in the car, 
as well as did the driving for them.

Both Hoyt and Garry have designed, and are now installing their new Boss 
429 clone Ford Hemi engine in the latest offering in the Shadrach 
Mustang corral, "The Boss" Shadrach Mustang 
<http://home.earthlink.net/%7Earkoch/images/Boss%20429/429%20Boss%20car%20assembly%20052209%20006%20%28Small%29.jpg>.  
The street version of the engine develops 807 hp on pump gas, and will 
feel comfortable running to the corner grocery store one day, and be 
competitive at the track the next.

Needless to say, the Pantera and the Shadrach Mustang were the standout 
cars at the event.

Dick Koch - Atlanta