[DeTomaso] BG PESO and BIG PESO

Tue Feb 22 11:32:32 EST 2011

While talking of Peso coins, the last time I was in Acapulco I tried to give a 
kid a handful of coins I had left over as I was leaving.  He just threw them 
down in the dirt they were so worthless.  Surprised me.

Jim Gray

----- Original Message ----
From: Bill Lewis <lotus0005 at hotmail.com>
To: bflesland at gmail.com; detomaso at realbig.com
Sent: Tue, February 22, 2011 10:02:29 AM
Subject: Re: [DeTomaso] BG PESO and BIG PESO

Bjoern, I assume that you are from ( country ending in ...land?).  I am in 
Texas, which borders on Mexico, along with New Mexico, Arizona, and California.  
Maybe I'm wrong, but you'll might lump all of us in one big pot - but, for 
instance, Mexican restaurant food in the 4 states varies - sometimes a lot.  In 
Texas, we have Tex-Mex:  all meals come with refried beans and rice, and 
tortilla chips and dips.  The other states are different.  

Anyway, we all know the word Peso - the Mexican coin.  I just didn't know how 
the owner of the license plate wanted it read.  And, "Big Money" works for me.
And, just for fun:  San Antonio, Texas is in Bexar County.  Guess how Bexar is 
pronounced!!  (Bear - like in Oso.)  There's a little bitty town in town in 
Texas, called Marquez - they say "Mar-Kay."  Another little town is Mexia - yep 
call it "Muh-Hay-Uh."  German names are fun, also:  Kukyendahl - you better find 
an "R" in there, and say "Kirk-N-Dahl."  We have lots of Vietnamese in Houston, 
and that's a whole new bowl of noodles.  Lastly, I think that in England, they 
may pronounce my hometown as "How-stun."  --Billy (As in William) Lewis

> Subject: Re: [DeTomaso] BG PESO and BIG PESO
> CC: lotus0005 at hotmail.com; detomaso at realbig.com
> From: bflesland at gmail.com
> Date: Tue, 22 Feb 2011 05:55:46 +0000
> To: detomasoregistry at gmail.com
> 
> I do not think that was the expected answer to the question...
> More of what kind of money and upgrades that were spent on these two vehicles?
> 
> Correct me if I am wrong.
> Cheers Bjoern
> 
> 
> 
> Den 22. feb. 2011 kl. 03:35 skrev detomasoregistry at gmail.com:
> 
> > 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
> >> 
> >> Mike,
> >> 
> >> 
> >> 
> >> Here are some pics I now have of the white car:
> >> 
> >> 
> >> 
> >> 
>http://www.provamo.com/Members/Registry/RegistryImages/Unknown188/Unknown188.asp
> >> 
> >> 
> >> 
> >> The photos are from 1997. Note those huge front flares! Maybe the camera 
>angle amplifies
> >> the features,
> >> 
> >> or not.
> >> 
> >> 
> >> 
> >> Chuck
> >> 
> >> 
> >> 
> >> _____ 
> >> 
> >> 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
> >> 
> >> 
> >> 
> >> 
> >> In a message dated 2/20/11 10 44 49, detomasoregistry at gmail.com writes:
> >> 
> >> 
> >> 
> >> 
> >> 
> >> One had a license/registration plate of BG PESO (Red)
> >> 
> >> while the other plate was BIG PESO (White)
> >> 
> >> 
> >> 
> >> Who knows either of these two cars?
> >> 
> >> 
> >> 
> >> I'm intimately familiar with both of them. They were both based in 
>Sacramento.
> >> 
> >> 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.
> >> 
> >> 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!
> >> 
> >> 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?).
> >> 
> >> 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. 

> >> 
> >> 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:
> >> 
> >> http://www.capitolpanteras.org/
> >> 
> >> Here's a couple of close-ups of the car:
> >> 
> >> http://www.capitolpanteras.org/photos/IMG_3765.JPG
> >> http://www.capitolpanteras.org/photos/IMG_3762.JPG
> >> 
> >> It is shown in its earlier white configuration on the 'members cars' page:
> >> 
> >> http://www.capitolpanteras.org/images/John_McNamees_White-Pantera2.jpg
> >> 
> >> The former Joe Lobue BG PESO is also shown there, in one of the most 
>beautiful Pantera
> >> photos I've ever seen....
> >> 
> >> http://www.capitolpanteras.org/images/pantera-lobue.jpg
> >> 
> >> 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).
> >> 
> >> Mike
> >> 
> >> _______________________________________________
> >> 
> >> Detomaso Forum Managed by POCA
> >> 
> >> Archive Search Engine Now Available at http://www.realbig.com/detomaso/
> >> 
> >> DeTomaso mailing list
> >> DeTomaso at list.realbig.com
> >> http://list.realbig.com/mailman/listinfo/detomaso
> > 
> > _______________________________________________
> > 
> > Detomaso Forum Managed by POCA
> > 
> > Archive Search Engine Now Available at http://www.realbig.com/detomaso/
> > 
> > DeTomaso mailing list
> > DeTomaso at list.realbig.com
> > http://list.realbig.com/mailman/listinfo/detomaso
> 

_______________________________________________

Detomaso Forum Managed by POCA

Archive Search Engine Now Available at http://www.realbig.com/detomaso/

DeTomaso mailing list
DeTomaso at list.realbig.com
http://list.realbig.com/mailman/listinfo/detomaso