[DeTomaso] Tail Light Modification

[MikeLDrew at aol.com]

In a message dated 4/4/11 22 22 33, thomas at hax.se writes:


> This is actually a french Pantera, and I believe the tail lights are
> from a Ferrari.
> 
> Mike can probably tell everything about this car.
> 
>>>I'm afraid so, yes! :>)
> 
> >I saw the car for the first time during the LMC trip in 2006, and it was
> not running at the time. Last year I saw it again at LMC, and it was
> then under own power.
> 
> The owner is a french wine merchant.
> 
>>>Christophe Mathieu is his name; he's actually a champagne grape broker.  
 He is the go-between for the grape farmers and the champagne wineries.   
He works really hard about three months out of the year and then coasts the 
rest of the time--that's my kind of work!

He lives in an airplane hanger on a small aircraft airport in the town of 
Epernay.   Remember the old TV show "VEGAS!" where Robert Ulrich was a 
detective who drove a '57 T-bird and used to drive it right into his house?   
That's how he lives!   He built a small apartment inside the hangar, just big 
enough to sustain life, and the rest of the hangar is filled with cars!   He's 
got two Panteras, a couple of BMW M-3s, a Ferrari 400I, a Venturi, and a 
small airplane he built himself.

His GT5-S is #9611 and can be seen in the registry.   Like Art, Christophe 
wasn't happy with the stock taillight situation, and he elected to use 
Ferrari 360 lights.   He did a very professional job of incorporating them into 
the body.   He also wasn't happy with the brakes, so he sprung for a full 
Brembo setup for something like $12-13K!   He has a killer motor with a custom 
fuel injection system by Mike Trusty.

Super-nice guy!

Mike