[DeTomaso] Convention ideas

Curt Hall cuvee at sbcglobal.net
Fri Aug 20 17:16:29 EDT 2010


It would be interesting to know what a trip like that would cost? In this economy I'm sure there are many of us that don't have or should not spend the funds for a trip like that! God bless you, some of us live vicariously though great stories like yours!

--- On Fri, 8/20/10, LEVITT1946 at aol.com <LEVITT1946 at aol.com> wrote:


From: LEVITT1946 at aol.com <LEVITT1946 at aol.com>
Subject: Re: [DeTomaso] Convention ideas
To: b.hower3400 at yahoo.com
Cc: detomaso at realbig.com
Date: Friday, August 20, 2010, 1:57 PM


Lets all meet in Dallas Tx for the Texas State Fair end of September or  
early October . East coast(nyc) is approximately 1547 miles and west  coast 
(LA) is approximately 1435 miles. The city has great food,great  hotels ....
Very large state fair where we could probably make arrangements to  show all 
of our cars and have fun at the fair and whatever else.  

My longest drive in my car has been from Los Angeles to Las Vegas to Sedona 
,Az to Santa Fe ,NM to Dallas ,Tx to Houston, Tx to New Orleans,To Orlando 
Fl  ....Had woman fall asleep at the wheel while i was driving 70 mph and 
she rear  ended us at about 90 to 100 mph. Repaired the car in two hours and 
drove to  Miami Beach ,Fl. and arrived before 135 other cars in the 
Gumball3000 Then drove  back to Sanford, Fl  and took the auto train to Lorton , Va. 
.Drove direct  to NYC and then finally to Long Island . Approximately 4000 
plus miles. We  averaged 90 to 100 mph across the USA and the car was 
absolutely flawless. 

Now the car is in restoration due to accident and I should have the car in  
2 weeks.  

Few problems on the drive ;

Hot as hell in the desert(130 degrees inside car ) Air conditioning was  
repaired by the Space City Houston Pantera Club. First time we had air  
conditioning . 

Headliner blew out somewhere in Louisiana

Headlights came up but did not light....Fixed by Ralph Granchelli in Sedona 
Az. You can see it on you tube under gumball3000 sedona   
_http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QRYPF5XUjaY_ (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QRYPF5XUjaY) 

Check out the links:
_http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SDg2EzokF60_ 
(http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SDg2EzokF60) 

_http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c5Xw_QzyNo4&NR=1_ 
(http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c5Xw_QzyNo4&NR=1) 

_http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=znAh1ZOanYU_ 
(http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=znAh1ZOanYU) 


Robert
Gumball3000 #56
Team Pantera Racing #3196     


In a message dated 8/20/2010 2:09:49 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time,  
b.hower3400 at yahoo.com writes:



--- On Fri, 8/20/10, fastgrandma at aol.com  <fastgrandma at aol.com> wrote:


From: fastgrandma at aol.com  <fastgrandma at aol.com>
Subject: Re: [DeTomaso] Convention ideas
To:  fresnofinches at aol.com, detomaso at realbig.com
Date: Friday, August 20, 2010,  5:15 PM


2511???????


Judy


My first drive in  2511 was 510 miles




Yes, it is too bad there isn't a large  club in the Midwest to host the FR 
event, as that would make it about the same  distance for all coasts to 
attend.

I just drove #3400 ( with  a very poorly working A/C ) 400 miles to SORC, 
ran three trips over the  SORC 55 mile route, then the 55 mile event and 
another 370 miles home. NO  trailer, no jack, just as mentioned by someone 
earlier, a credit card and  a phone. Had she been able to pull herself out of my 
shop at FR time, we  would have been in Reno.

Bud 3400



-----Original  Message-----
From: fresnofinches at aol.com
To:  detomaso at realbig.com
Sent: Thu, Aug 19, 2010 10:40 pm
Subject:  [DeTomaso] Convention ideas



I seem to see a recurring  theme:

It (fill in the blank) is too far from (fill in the blank).  

Would your local Starbucks be close enough?

Slackeritis is  alive and well in Pantera Land.

Tony Harvey must be rolling in his  grave.

My first drive in 2511 was 510 miles - Medford to Fresno - in  one day.
More than some of you guys have done in ten years.

DRIVE  IT!!...........or sell it to someone who will use it for what it was 

intended.

Rant over. Flame suit  on.

Larry







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