[DeTomaso] Slackeritis (was Convention ideas)

[B Hower]

That is great Kirby, I would like to have had mine long enough to drive it that much.
Bud 3400

--- On Sat, 8/21/10, Kirby Schrader <kirby.schrader at gmail.com> wrote:


From: Kirby Schrader <kirby.schrader at gmail.com>
Subject: Re: [DeTomaso] Slackeritis (was Convention ideas)
To: "DeTomaso Forum" <detomaso at realbig.com>
Date: Saturday, August 21, 2010, 1:34 AM



You guys....  :-)

I drove my car for many miles over the years. It has 61,600+ on it since I had it restored back in 1985. It had 48,000 on it before that.

It's been from Colorado to New Jersey and back to Kansas.
Then back to Colorado, Kansas, Iowa, Oklahoma, Texas, from Houston to Topeka and back, etc. etc.

I drove it as an every day driver to work and back (rain or shine... it was my only car!)  in Houston from 1994 until 2001.
It's been on the track many times during all that.

OK, I just got it back last December after some rust repair and a 5 year hiatus in Brunei, but I still drive it to work every week or so and wouldn't hesitate to drive it anywhere. Sometimes, the GT40 gets the honor.

A Pantera can be very reliable, but hey... mine will be 40 years old next February. You _do_ have to drive them to find out where the weak points are and fix them. Then, they are just like any other car. Maintenance and drive.

I'll go back to my corner now....
Kirby




On 20 Aug 2010, at 19:24 PM, Mike Thomas wrote:

> OK Larry, that was pretty good, but I drove 6328 604 miles from Eureka, CA
> to Covington, WA on the only dry day that JANUARY to get her to her to new
> home.  I was so amped up that morning when we left the previous owner's
> place I didn't bother to check the tire pressure, and drove all the way home
> with only 20-25 pounds in the front tires.   . . . I thought that front end
> felt a little mushy . . . 
> 
> Been to Vegas and Reno since.
> 
> Mike Thomas
> Yellow 74 L #6328
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: detomaso-bounces at realbig.com [mailto:detomaso-bounces at realbig.com] On
> Behalf Of Jim Gray
> Sent: Friday, August 20, 2010 7:21 AM
> To: fresnofinches at aol.com; detomaso at realbig.com
> Subject: Re: [DeTomaso] Convention ideas
> 
> Well said, Larry.  If can get mine back together soon I plan to drive it a
> lot this fall.
> 
> I'm always amazed by people who say they can't (or wont) drive their Pantera
> more than a hundred miles.  When I bought mine I drove it 1,200 miles the
> next day; from Chicago to Oklahoma City!  And that was on the original
> Arriva tires, no spare and a non-functioning gas gauge.  What's the
> problem?  If you have a cell phone and a credit card you should be able to
> drive the thing anywhere.
> 
> Just my humble .02
> 
> Thanks,
> Jim Gray
> 
> 
> 
> 
> ________________________________
> From: "fresnofinches at aol.com" <fresnofinches at aol.com>
> To: detomaso at realbig.com
> Sent: Fri, August 20, 2010 12:40:15 AM
> 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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