[DeTomaso] Postcard from Belgium....

[Julian Kift]

That is one cool looking Mangusta with the widebody kit, I for one would love to see more photos of it when you get a chance.
 
Have fun,
Julian
 
> From: MikeLDrew at aol.com
> Date: Mon, 30 May 2011 17:31:22 -0400
> To: detomaso at realbig.com
> 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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