[DeTomaso] Minor Pantera News

[michael@michaelshortt.com]

Phil is a personal friend of mine, my only local Pantera playmate.  Michael
Shortt.
On Dec 11, 2010 10:57 AM, "Charles Engles" <cengles at cox.net> wrote:
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> This comes from the December 6, 2010 AUTOWEEK article on
> page 39: A Bimmer to Beam About------now be patient and read along.
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> Excerpts: "On April 26, 1972, Phil Capossela's 200 hp 3.0 CSi
> was born. But it wouldn't become his for another 26 years.
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> Capossela, a "certified car guy since birth," spent most of his career
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> BMW. ...he retired to Hilton Head, S.C., where he has been chairman of
> the Hilton Head Island concours for the last two years."
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> "Resprayed in its original Atlantik Blau, the car is correct down to its
> complete tool kit. It shares Capossela's garage with his equally correct
> 1971 DeTomaso Pantera, 1960 Triumph TR3A, 1936 Ford cabriolet and 2007 BMW
> Z4 M coupe."
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> It is nice to know that such a well placed gearhead favors the
> Pantera. It is nice to know that someone values original condition
> Panteras. Perhaps the peripatetic Profiles editor might put Mr. Capossela
> on his list of Pantera personalities to interview. Perhaps the Atlanta
> gang of Mike Dailey know this fellow.
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> FWIW, Chuck Engles
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