[DeTomaso] GT5S Brakes

GW gow2 at rc-tech.net
Sun Oct 18 10:49:10 EDT 2009


And this is why Detroit is vacant, and everything is made in China these 
days! Don't worry, more government will help!


JDeRyke at aol.com wrote:
> You'd have to sit down with Mr Evans for a couple of hours to learn of 
> all
> the things on his beloved GT5-S that needed changing to be "legally 
> compliant". At the time (early '80s), Kirk had to contend with a U.S bureaurcracy 
> gone totally nuts in terms of smog laws. Remember the Porsche 956 fiasco? Bill 
> Gates bought one brand new in Germany and a Federal team actually spent 
> months examining Microsoft shipping records and prowling around Seattle trying 
> to find where the car was hidden so they could confiscate and crush it as a 
> threat to humanity. 
> Most of Kirk's problems stemmed from trying to comply with ever-changing 
> rules while still trying to offer the GT5-S as a running sports GT. For 
> instance, there was the special bracket that holds the AC compressor, the 
> alternator and a smog pump that worked with two catalytic converters. The air 
> cleaner assembly and its vacuum valves was another. Nowadays, all this stuff is 
> available mail-order but back then, trying to buy catalytic converters in 
> quantity triggered federal investigations since the active ingedient- palladium- 
> was a 'strategic material'. 
> Kirk once mentioned that had he known what he was getting into, he never 
> would have started the project. He was making weekly trips from Ohio to 
> Washington D.C. while trying to run a very small not too profitable business. Note 
> that according to the Feds, DeTomaso was simply a parts supplier and 
> Amerisport was the manufacturer of record, responsible for everything- warranties, 
> insurance, the legally required stocking of spare parts- the works. Not my 
> idea of a fun project- J Deryke
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