[DeTomaso] Laurie Ferrari, Drewsastered! :>)

[P. Rimov]

Jezzz, I thought every one had been inoculated against the Drew Flu by this 
time.

Paul
----- Original Message ----- 
From: <MikeLDrew at aol.com>
To: <detomaso at realbig.com>
Sent: Wednesday, January 19, 2011 5:03 PM
Subject: Re: [DeTomaso] Laurie Ferrari, Drewsastered! :>)


> Hi guys, (disregard earlier post; AOL just 'sent' it all of sudden, while 
> I
> was still writing it....)
>
> Long-time forum and club members will know that I have a particularly 
> acute
> reputation for causing virtually any Pantera within my reach to
> spontaneously fall apart.   Not by any direct action on my part, mind you; 
> when I work
> on a Pantera, the thing I work on is always fine.   But just my presence
> seems to inspire Panteras to find new and inventive ways to achieve a 
> 'failure
> to progress'.
>
> This weekend I was down in So-Cal attending Grant Stockwell's memorial (a
> wonderful event, by the way).   While I was down there, I inspired Laurie
> Ferrari to get her beautiful GT5 out for a drive.   We drove it about nine
> miles, parked it in an open lot, and I took a handful of photos.   I asked 
> her
> to turn it slightly to face the sun from a different angle.   She got in,
> started up, drove a few feet, and this was the result!
>
> http://www.poca.com/index.php/gallery/?g2_itemId=28617
>
> It turns out that it had been so long (years????) since Laurie checked her
> tire pressure, that her tire had virtually no air in it, and was reliant
> solely on the strength of the 40-series sidewall to keep it in place.
> Reviewing the photos shows no indication of this whatsoever, by the way. 
> But when
> she turned full lock to turn the car around, the severe scrub radius of 
> the
> GT5 suspension geometry caused the bead to break and the tire completely
> deflated!
>
> Fortunately this happened at sub-walking speed, and she only drove a few
> feet before stopping.
>
> And here was the inevitable rest of that story:
>
> http://www.poca.com/index.php/gallery/?g2_itemId=28613
>
> It wound up taking an hour and a half for the tow truck to arrive.
>
> On the way back home, we passed a red Pantera just parked in the driveway
> of a repair shop. Once we got the car home, we took her Corvette and went
> back to take some photos; #4476 is now added to the Provamo registry. :>)
>
> We then went to visit Mike Mayberry (who I'd amazingly never met) at his
> small but famous (in Pantera circles anyway) dealership in North 
> Hollywood,
> just a few miles from Laurie's house.   He was kind enough to loan Laurie 
> a
> new space-saver spare from a Lincoln so she could roll her Pantera around
> while the wheel/tire situation was being sorted out.
>
> http://www.poca.com/index.php/gallery/?g2_itemId=28620
>
> Mike was just a super guy; not only did he loan Laurie a wheel and tire,
> but he offered to fix her Pantera tire for her.   And on top of that, he 
> gave
> me a bunch of Pantera notepads so I could take them home and duplicate 
> them
> for the POCA store.
>
> All and all, an interesting and productive day, even though it didn't turn
> out as planned!
>
> Mike
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