[DeTomaso] Pantera fall down go boom :<(

[Will Kooiman]

Only a car guy gets it.

Sometimes it's more fun to break down.

It still stinks, but that's the hobby.

BTW, that's why I don't like roller cams.  I know, flat tappets have issues
too, but ~I've~ never had issues with a flat tappet cam.  Until I do, I'll
probably stay away from rollers.

-----Original Message-----
From: detomaso-bounces at realbig.com [mailto:detomaso-bounces at realbig.com] On
Behalf Of MikeLDrew at aol.com
Sent: Sunday, June 19, 2011 11:32 PM
To: asajay at asajay.com; detomaso at realbig.com
Subject: Re: [DeTomaso] Pantera fall down go boom :<(


In a message dated 6/19/11 21 20 59, asajay at asajay.com writes:


> OH, and yea... sorry to hear you had a break down, it's never fun when
> that happens.  Thank you for sharing so we can all learn from these 
> things.
> 

I have to admit, it was actually kinda fun. :>)

That is, it added a level of interest to an otherwise fun but ordinary 
track day.   Once the car came back to the paddock, people came out of the 
woodwork to offer help and advice, and the further we dug down, the more the

fix-it theories changed, until it became apparent that I was dead in the
water.  
 But until that point, people were volunteering to race into Reno (30 miles 
away) to go to the Summit website for me, offering up 'pet' machine shops 
to do a quickie distributor gear change, etc. etc.

There was a palpable, shared feeling of disappointment when it became 
obvious that I was dead for the weekend.   People were really rooting for
the car 
to be running again by the end of the day.   So that was a lot of fun to be 
a part of. 

I have to admit, for me it would have been rather more fun if it was 
somebody ELSE's car that we were working on, but still...:>)

Mike
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