[DeTomaso] Postcard from Belgium....
Torbjørn Harlem
torbharl at online.no
Mon May 30 17:37:13 EDT 2011
Hi. Now we packing our bags and are ready for the Spa tour ,starting
tomorrow.
can`t wait too meet up with the "crowd"
see you all soon.
Torbjorn
----- Original Message -----
From: <MikeLDrew at aol.com>
To: <detomaso at realbig.com>
Sent: Monday, May 30, 2011 11:31 PM
Subject: [DeTomaso] Postcard from Belgium....
> Charlie wrote:
>
> "Pictures will be sure to follow..."
>
> Of course!
>
> Great first day on Charlie McCall's bourgois backroads tour! We had a
> mellow day, with a very relaxed getup, a short drive to Ypres to tour the
> Flanders Field museum (Ypres was the site of the principal front in WWI),
> then a
> nice lunch in an outdoor cafe (and some shopping in the chocolate shops).
>
> After that we drove to the town of Tournai and viewed the huge cathedral
> (undergoing restoration) and just sort of ambled around a bit, then
> eventually
> another short drive to our final destination for the night, where we were
> joined by another Pantera from England.
>
> The most radical car in the group is a super-wild Mangusta fitted with a
> twin-turbocharged 351C! Apparently it puts out a fair bit of heat--the
> passenger had a backpack in the luggage compartment alongside the engine,
> and the
> exhaust heat was so extreme that it melted the backpack and the contents
> within!
>
> The day wrapped up with a little nap followed by a typically epic dinner.
> :>
> )
>
> Here's photos of three of the cars on the tour; Charlie and Amaya in their
> GT5-S, Andy and Dawn from the UK in their RHD GT5-S (bone-stock, all
> original, just purchased six months ago), and Roland and his son-in-law
> Rusty from
> Germany, in the Mangusta.
>
> http://www.poca.com/index.php/gallery/?g2_itemId=31258
>
> Weather forecast is for light rain tomorrow, then super-duper sunshine
> weather for the rest of the week and the weekend. :>)
>
> Mike
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