[DeTomaso] MythBusters

[Dick Koch]

There is no doubt that their are different strokes for different folks. 

What's great about the Pantera platform is that it lends itself well to 
accommodating a wide variety of automobile enthusiasts, from folks that 
like to just drive the car to extreme gear heads that like to recreate 
it in their own "image".

 From the time I drove my Pantera off of the Cherner/Lincoln Mercury 
lot, in Fairfax, Virginia, December 15, 1974, I have viewed the car as a 
work in progress.  For me, there is always going to be something else 
upon which to improve, update, add on, maintain, or document.

I believe most (or a large number) of Pantera owners view their car the 
same way.

While I will not make the mistake again to take on too much at one time 
(my disassembly and rebuild from 1997 to 2004), I have plans for more 
projects on the car than I have years left on this planet to complete.

Some of the items I "plan" to do (many with parts in hand) and not 
necessarily in priority sequence are:

Install Fire Control system
Upgrade/replace AC system
New seats
New seat belts and bracket
Wheel well liners
Upgrade brakes (again)
TV rear view mirror system
Third brake light
Cruise control system
New springs
LED light upgrade
Fuse panel upgrade
Engine Management System upgrade (TEC 2 to TEC 3)

This doesn't include ongoing maintenance and repair activities that need 
to be done, the most notable fixing the leaking exhaust header gasket.

The other "to do" item that I need to do (which is most always the 
forgotten item) is continue to update the documentation and organization 
of all the changes I have made to the car.  I need to do this not just 
for myself for maintenance and upgrade purposes, but for the person down 
the road that will end up with the car when I am gone.

Dick Koch - Atlanta

Kirby Schrader wrote:
> Goran,
>
> Agreed. The only caveat I'd have to your philosophy is the lack of garage space!
> :-)
>
> The other problem I have personally had is that 'non-car' people have
> a real problem with me working on a car all the time. 'It was working
> OK last week! Why do you have it apart again?'
> Because I'm making it better, that's why!
> Blank looks and sounds of disgust result...
> :-))))
>
> Kirby
>
>
> 2009/9/4 Göran Malmberg <hemipanter at hemipanter.se>:
>   
>> Let me give my views on the car builder.
>> It's "the way" that is important, and the meaning of life.
>> But when the car is ready, so you may start with a Deuville,
>> to get a "new way" to compliment their lives. In my eyes it
>> seems like a "road ends" must be a dead end. I think many
>> car builder, after all, is focused on a "target" at least in
>> the mind.
>> The restoration of my Pantera was only the beginning of a
>> work that continues to grow. Having repaired the car was like
>> having produced a seed that now has the opportunity to grow
>> and flower print. But if we strive towards a goal, then the
>> work is seen as complete when it reaches the "dead end" of
>> the road.
>> Goran
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>     
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