[DeTomaso] sacrificial Panteras - :-(

[Christopher Kimball]

This kind of thing makes me sick.  I remember several years ago they were filming a movie outside my (then) office in downtown Tacoma.  The scene called for an old beater car to come racing down the street just as a brand-new, bright yellow Camaro Z-28 was backing out of a parking space, so that the beater T-boned the Camaro.  Even though it was just a Camaro, it was pretty gruesome.

 

What's worse, and I remember watching this on TV at 10 years old as if it were yesterday, a bunch of racing car drivers got together to raise money for charity.  They took brand-new Rolls Royces, Cadillacs and Lincolns, removed all the glass, and then proceeded to engage in a destruction derby, ramming the cars into each other.

 

Even though I was just a kid, I literally felt sick and had to turn off the TV.

 

Whenever I see beautiful cars getting smashed on TV or in the movies I get that same feeling.  I think for any kid who always dreamed of having a nice car but didn't have two nickels to rub together, seeing this sort of thing is devastating.  It's like standing in front of a starving man and making him watch as you flush a prime rib steak down the toilet.

 

I had the same reaction to the cash for clunkers program as well.

 

Sincerely,

 

Chris

#3846

PNW Pres.

 


 
> To: detomaso at realbig.com
> Date: Fri, 9 Apr 2010 17:24:38 -0400
> From: fresnofinches at aol.com
> Subject: [DeTomaso] sacrificial Panteras - :-(
> 
> 
> All,
> 
> Dave Adler does not post on this forum, but does show up on the P.I. forum now and then.
> 
> Back on March 25, he posted the following:
> 
> 
> PI Motorsports, Inc. needs 3 Panteras within 72 hours. Cars must berunning and complete or nearly complete.
> Paint and rust condition notimportant. Cash buyer ready. To be used in a movie production. 
> Carsmust be in Southern California.
> --------------------------------------------------------------
> Upon reading this, other forum members and myself feared these cars (condition not of major concern) were
> destined for crash scenes.
> 
> Today Dave posted this:
> 
> The Panteras have been acquired and are slated to be crashed in thenext Fast & Furious production. 
> The movie producer wanted Panteras.For good or bad, they will be on the silver screen in a majorproduction. 
> 
> The Pantera will be getting another 15 minutes.....
> --------------------------------------------------------------------------
> One of the P.I. forum members in Denmark replied:
> 
> And the sellers will get their 30 silver coins? I feel sick...
> ----------------------------------
> My thoughts exactly.
> 
> Larry - a moment of silence for our departed friends, please.
> 
> 
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