[DeTomaso] sacrificial Panteras

[Mad Dog Antenucci]

"...and it stayed in the bottom of the canyon for years..."

That would have never happen in Mexico....a gaggle of Mexicans with burrio's, wrenches and cutting tools would be on it in minutes.
When I ran the La Bufadora Hill Climb and the LaCarrera road race the Mexicans would wait like vultures for someone to run off the road. If the driver and navigator didn't stay with the car until support crew arrived Alpha dog locals would pick the car clean...beta dogs and others would pick wot was left.

 
Mad Dawg Antenucci 
Team Pantera Racing 
The 1st & still the only vintage race team in open road racing 
www.teampanteraracing.com




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From: "MikeLDrew at aol.com" <MikeLDrew at aol.com>
To: teampantera at yahoo.com; seanmundy at hotmail.com; detomaso at realbig.com
Sent: Fri, April 9, 2010 7:49:03 PM
Subject: Re: [DeTomaso] sacrificial Panteras


In a message dated 4/9/10 15 20 57, teampantera at yahoo.com writes:



Not likely....I owned a '69 Jag E-type before I bought the Pantera....it was 'the' car that I had wanted since it was first introduced in 1961....but by the early 70's guys were throwing SB chevy engines in them and the ultimate insult was watching the original 'Vanishing Point' where they crashed one....It was pretty clear it was not a Jag that had been restored but it was painful to watch it crash....when I bought the Pantera in '85 I was thinking "oh what a great idea...Italian styling and Ford power" LOL 
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...and don't forget "The Italian Job".   Not the stupid Marky Mark remake, but the original.   In the opening scenes, they crash a Lamborghini Miura.

It was actually a show car, with no drivetrain, but still...it was pushed over the side of the cliff, and it actually stayed in the bottom of the canyon for years.

Mike