[DeTomaso] Dear Boyd - was Rookie needs help

[boyd casey]

Mike, I don't want this to be an endless exercise of you said this and I
said that but I never said I was in favor of shoddy workman ship, and
unsafe repairs. there are plenty of panteras that I have seen that I don't
personaly care for. I hated that Gold plated monstrosity. But I still defend
the right of the owner to make that choice. If will defend your right to
keep your vehicle "Stock looking" you are missing the whole point of my
post. You aparently don't realize it but the comments you make from time to
time to express your views about a particular choice someone has made often
include dispariging remarks that are insulting and hurtful to the person who
made the purchase or modification. This is not my opinion. This is what
people have written to me since I wrote the first post complaining about
your veiled insults. I made reccomendations to the newbie and in the
following post with out naming me you made reference to the exact things i
suggested and instaed of just saying you didn't agree with my opinions you
took cheap shots. I didn't say  the list has some   egotistical, know it
all, big mouths who think all panteras should remain stock looking ( which
would have certainly seemed like it was directed at you if I posted it right
after you gave Peter your advice. But that's in essence what you did to me.
You said the fuse box was perfectly fine(not a verbatim quote) but you went
on to say you had replaced yours along with your harness, you had modified
your fan circuitry and added relays, and you had added an extra fuse box ?
How does all that equate with the stock fuse box being fine or adequate?
Would you fly your aircraft with a Pantera style Fuse box? You might but the
air force would never let you! In spite of the fact that I don't agree with
your personal opinions on pantera taste I don't insult you because your
views differ with mine. All I am suggesting is that you do what Jack Webb
used to say on the old Dragnet show "The facts just the facts" Save the
insults for you private messages.
Thanks,
Boyd

On Tue, Aug 24, 2010 at 9:30 PM, <MikeLDrew at aol.com> wrote:

>
> In a message dated 8/24/10 9 56 27, fresnofinches at aol.com writes:
>
>
> > Agreed, Mike is a bit biased to the more stock looking car. His choice.
> > And mine.
> >
> >>>In my column however, you'll see that while I note that
> Ferrari/Porsche/etc. purists look down on modified Panteras, I specifically
> said that *I*
> don't, and in fact I appreciate the breadth and depth of the Pantera; it's
> what makes it completely unique.
>
> My criticisms about certain Panteras don't involve aesthetic
> considerations, but rather low-class "There, I fixed it" mechanical
> hackery.   For
> instance, when I bought my car, it was rusted to shreds on the right side
> wheelhouse.  You know the little hole where the parking brake cable passes
> through
> the sheetmetal between the inside of the car, and the caliper?   My
> wheelhouse
> had a crack completely through it, that started at that hole and ran all
> the way up to the turn signal bucket!   The car was literally splitting
> apart
> there.   So Jethro 'fixed' it by getting a piece of sheetmetal about the
> size of the playing card, drilling four holes in it, then bolting it on
> either
> side of the crack about halfway up!
>
> The wheelhouse tubes were completely gone for the bottom two inches or so;
> Jethro 'fixed' it by getting a piece of steel strap, about 2 inches wide,
> drilling a couple of holes, and running it between the upper A-arm mounting
> bolt and the lower A-arm mounting bolt!
>
> The radiator fans were evidently acting up on him, so he 'fixed' it by
> bypassing the relays, and wiring each fan directly to its own 1-amp (!)
> switch
> mounted in the bottom opening on the instrument panel.   But hey, they were
> illuminated!   When I took it apart (the day after taking possession of the
> car), I found the wires burned and the switches melted.
>
> THIS is the kind of hackery that I object to.   Boyd, you can criticize me
> all you want for my stance on this particular topic, but I think most will
> agree that there are some lines, particularly mechanical lines, that
> shouldn't be crossed.
>
> Aesthetics are a much more subjective thing, but I would be hard-pressed to
> find anybody who believes that putting fake sidepipes from the front
> fenders, shag carpeting (to include the headliner), and an avocado green
> vinyl top
> on a Pantera is an appropriate thing to do.   Again, Boyd, if you choose to
> go that route, knock yourself out. :>)
> >
> > >But the gist of his column was, as usual, worthy of endorsement.
> >
> >>>I'm glad you agree.   I did receive numerous private e-mails from
> various people when that column first appeared, all of which said
> variations of
> "Amen brother!"   Boyd is the first person I know of who expresses a
> contrary
> view and defends those sorts of actions.   But it takes all kinds, I
> guess....
>
> Mke
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