[DeTomaso] Le Mans Classic tour photos

[Charles McCall]

Great minds think alike - for those who can't get enough of Le Mans Classic
photos, or of the tour before the event, I've loaded *my* pictures to the
POCA website. They are more or less in chronological order, with a little
description of what you are seeing in each photo. 

Pictures start here: http://www.poca.com/index.php/gallery/?g2_itemId=23796

And I've got 108 photos uploaded... I began writing up some of the trip on a
long flight I had last week - I'll send it when I complete it. We had a
FANTASTIC time. The weather cooperated, we had no mechanical issues
(although the Deauville had to be abandoned in Paris on the way home) the
hotels were really neat, we ate very well, and had a fantastic group of
people. What more could you ask for? 

Already looking forward to doing something similar in 2012!

Charles McCall
1985 DeTomaso Pantera GT5-S #9375
"Raising Pantera Awareness Across Europe"
http://www.poca.com/index.php/gallery/?g2_itemId=2323

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De: detomaso-bounces at realbig.com [mailto:detomaso-bounces at realbig.com] En
nombre de MikeLDrew at aol.com
Enviado el: domingo, 18 de julio de 2010 10:28
Para: detomaso at realbig.com
Asunto: [DeTomaso] Le Mans Classic tour photos

Hi guys,

I uploaded a ton of photos from Charlie McCall's Le Mans Classic tour to my 
Photobucket album, using their bulk uploader feature (I wish the POCA album 
had that feature....)

The photos were loaded by order of file name, then a few got shuffled 
around as I rotated them etc.   I was also using two cameras, which confuses

things even further.

There are 18 total pages of photos; the tour actually starts on Page 12 
(photos of Stephane Bergeron's red pushbutton Pantera on a trailer), and 
continues through Page 15.   The last photo from the tour is of George 
Gordon-Smith's green MGB.

The action then picks up starting on page 1, with mostly action shots on 
the track.   You'll note that I got some excellent photos and a lot of
really 
bad ones; I haven't bothered to weed the turkeys out yet.   Then the trip 
continues showing the campsite etc. starting on page 15, and then the UK
club 
dinner after Le Mans.   Then I went to Claude Dubois' house in Provance and 
spent a day riding motorcycles on the tiny back roads.   Now I'm back in 
Paris, and heading for home tomorrow.

Hats off to Charlie and Amaya for organizing an OUTSTANDING tour (really, 
the planning and execution were both brilliant), and to Michelle Bergeron
for 
organizing the De Tomaso display at Le Mans.

The display was quite noteworthy, having at least one example of every De 
Tomaso road car except for a Vallelunga.   Roel Pollen's Deauville was 
terrific, as was Roland Jackel's Longchamp GTS (the original factory
prototype for 
the GTS model, with flares in steel instead of fiberglass).   Most 
significant was the Pantera Si Targa, owned by a reclusive Englishman
(unknown to 
anybody in the English club until now) but based in Belgium.   One of only 
four made, this was the last example.

Enjoy!

Mike



http://s692.photobucket.com/albums/vv288/576103/Le%20Mans%20Classic%20Tour%2
02010/
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