[DeTomaso] [Fwd: Hall Pantera and the slave line

[Mad Dog Antenucci]

I too have bought from all of the vendors and glad we have so many to chose 
from. 

Back in '85 when i bought my Pantera...there was only one Pantera supplier...or 
so I was told! ;-)   I handed my brother the keys to my Pantera as I was leaving 
the country and said,

 "Here's a HALL catalog, this is the only guy I know who makes aftermarket parts 
for a Pantera...so call him with what you need and send me the bill"......

So about a month later my brother calls and screams at me, "Hey I ordered some 
stuff from Gary Hall and I called him because the front spoiler he sent for YOUR 
Pantera doesn't fit and he Gary says all the Panteras were built by hand and the 
problem is YOUR Pantera not his parts..." 

Gary was a hellva promoter. I like them all and all of them have helped me one 
time or another. 



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: Will Demelo <wdemelo at cogeco.ca>
To: Tony DiGiovanna <tonydigi at optonline.net>; detomaso at realbig.com
Sent: Wed, July 14, 2010 4:11:34 AM
Subject: Re: [DeTomaso] [Fwd: Hall Pantera and the slave line

I had a number of parts shipped and there was a chassis brace missing. Tara 
sent me another.
I've had some problems with some Wilkinson's parts but then he cuts me a 
deal when I order other stuff. That's good business and people remember 
things like that. Well, I do, anyway.
Byers, on the other hand, doesn't like any negative feedback and I think I'm 
on his "blacklist". He won't reply to my emails. Too bad for him though, 
because I'm spending my kids inheritance on my car ;)
Will
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Tony DiGiovanna" <tonydigi at optonline.net>
To: <detomaso at realbig.com>
Sent: Tuesday, July 13, 2010 8:51 PM
Subject: Re: [DeTomaso] [Fwd: Hall Pantera and the slave line


>I have been doing this for 15 years now.  I've done business with every
> vendor.  Most of the experiences have been positive.  There has been at
> least one disappointment, frustration, or other dissatisfaction with every
> one of them.  Most of them are mildly annoying or even comical in
> retrospect.  A few have soured me off for ever.  The bottom line is these
> small businesses can't operate 6-sigma repeatable processes like Ford,
> American Airlines, Google, especially for a car that has little 
> consistency.
> So you're going to have to adjust your expectations a bit and be happy 
> that
> there is any support whatsoever for the puny qty of 5000 cars that exist.
> Also be prepared to make stuff fit on your own, or pay someone to make it
> so, or pay a few bucks to fill the gap, or be prepared to foot the 
> shipping
> cost to return product.  Then, be happy anyway.
>
> It is what it is.
>
> My favorite vendor experience:  Being told the part is "a bolt-in
> replacement" for the stock part, only to find out upon receipt it doesn't
> fit without making an adapter.  The response to the follow-up call was, 
> "but
> then it bolts in."  Not everybody is necessarily well versed in the field 
> of
> their employment.
>
>
>
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