[DeTomaso] How fast have you driven?

[Jerry R Knotts]

Matt,

I was walking in from the barn awhile ago and saw a snail up on the back of 
a turtle.  I got really close and heard the snail going WHEEEeeeeeeeee!!

All relative I guess,
jerry
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Matt" <matt at nwpantera.com>
To: "PanteraList" <detomaso at realbig.com>
Sent: Saturday, November 05, 2011 2:15 PM
Subject: Re: [DeTomaso] How fast have you driven?


> Now your talking Gary!Fast is subjective to what’s under yer butt at the 
> time vs. rapid onset of risk with increased speed. A few examples.
> 1964 Fiat 600D-60mph. This was on a decline on I-90 near North Bend,WA. It 
> was a big deal for me(16) and that car!The valves were floating and I was 
> flying,all 28 hp. in a tiny Italian shoebox.
> 1963 Pontiac Catalina-110mph. 389 2-barrel that my Dad bought for $100 off 
> a lot. Everything was bad on this car.Everything.But that didn’t stop 
> me(16) from trying to go faster in a car vs. it’s purchase price! Think 
> about it.
> 1972 Pre-L  DeTomaso Pantera-155mph. Actually I(42) was a passenger at the 
> time on the way down to the Vegas FR in 2000.As we were taking turns 
> driving my co-pilot Phil who happens to be a Drag racer and had gone WAY 
> faster than I ,that I trusted, suggested we see what she’ll do.We happened 
> to be on a straight road in the desert with nobody around,so I said go for 
> it.I took pictures of the speedo and monitored the Valentine1 and the road 
> ahead for expected surprises. I thought the pics probably would have 
> verified the approximate speed at the time of the incident,had there been 
> one.I figure the camera would have survived better than humans as it was 
> picked out of the crumpled mess and later downloaded.The car did pretty 
> good ,felt surprisingly planted the faster we went and would have had we 
> not caught up to traffic.
> Every example was a thrill for me that for some stupid reason I’m glad I’ve 
> done once.And that’s fast enough for me.
> Matt Wells3584
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> When is was ...young...very young.....110mph....a bit more because the 
> spedo was buried.....No big deal you say........1971 $500 4-door Chevy 
> Biscane with no shocks, bald tires with wires hanging out of the tread. 
> Front end was floating up....alot..., car swaying back and forth in the 
> lane every time the front came back down....Yea that beats a 180mph in a 
> Pantera!
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