[DeTomaso] BG PESO and BIG PESO
detomasoregistry at gmail.com
detomasoregistry at gmail.com
Mon Feb 21 22:35:41 EST 2011
The PESO is/was the monetary unit of Mexico. and some other Latin countries.
So think BIG BUCKS.
Chuck
What was the significance of the "Peso" in the names?
> From: detomasoregistry at gmail.com
> To: MikeLDrew at aol.com; detomaso at realbig.com
> Date: Mon, 21 Feb 2011 14:43:55 -0800
> Subject: Re: [DeTomaso] BG PESO and BIG PESO
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> Mike,
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> Here are some pics I now have of the white car:
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> http://www.provamo.com/Members/Registry/RegistryImages/Unknown188/Unknown188.asp
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> The photos are from 1997. Note those huge front flares! Maybe the camera angle amplifies
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> or not.
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> Chuck
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> From: MikeLDrew at aol.com [mailto:MikeLDrew at aol.com]
> Sent: Sunday, February 20, 2011 11:08 AM
> To: detomasoregistry at gmail.com; detomaso at realbig.com
> Subject: Re: [DeTomaso] BG PESO and BIG PESO
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> In a message dated 2/20/11 10 44 49, detomasoregistry at gmail.com writes:
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> One had a license/registration plate of BG PESO (Red)
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> while the other plate was BIG PESO (White)
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> Who knows either of these two cars?
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> I'm intimately familiar with both of them. They were both based in Sacramento.
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> BG PESO, the red car, was featured in the second POCA Profiles issue I produced, Fall
1995
> issue, and was owned by Joe Lobue. It was an absolute cream-puff, no-go showboat, loaded
> with chrome and looking beautiful, but with a weak engine. He didn't care. Joe would
> polish the hell out of it, drive it slowly to a car show, win first place and drive back
> home.
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> Joe is the only one in history to polish his ZF *in* the car! He spent untold hours
> crouched over it, polishing it slowly one section at a time, by hand!
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> His health started to fail, and he had the car converted to hand controls so he could
> continue to drive it. Eventually it became too much for him, and he sold it. It is now
> owned by a sometime-list-lurker in Norway (or is it Sweden?).
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> BIG PESO was Joe's other car; it is an early car that he had converted to GT5 spec. He
> sold it to John McNamee when he bought the red one, and John still owns it.
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> It recently underwent a radical transformation; the GT5 kit was junked and steel Gr4
> flares were welded on, a fixed-headlight conversion was made, and it was painted
> Lamborghini orange. It appears on the front page of the Capitol Panteras website:
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> http://www.capitolpanteras.org/
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> Here's a couple of close-ups of the car:
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> http://www.capitolpanteras.org/photos/IMG_3765.JPG
> http://www.capitolpanteras.org/photos/IMG_3762.JPG
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> It is shown in its earlier white configuration on the 'members cars' page:
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> http://www.capitolpanteras.org/images/John_McNamees_White-Pantera2.jpg
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> The former Joe Lobue BG PESO is also shown there, in one of the most beautiful Pantera
> photos I've ever seen....
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> http://www.capitolpanteras.org/images/pantera-lobue.jpg
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> The original photo was shot on a professional 3x4 negative, and is just stunning. This
> web shot is a very low-res, poor reproduction. If you have the Fall '95 Profiles, check
> out the centerfold to gain an appreciation for really great photography (by John
Worseley,
> Capitol Panteras red-headed-stepchild member since he owns a Bricklin and not a
Pantera).
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> Mike
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