[DeTomaso] SOBill Award

Bill Lewis lotus0005 at hotmail.com
Tue Oct 25 10:39:48 EDT 2011


As Mike, and many others of you have said over and over again, the Pantera community is - well if it were a church, I'd join up!   ---Bill (preaching to the choir) Lewis



> From: larry at ohiotimecorp.com
> To: adin at frontier.net; detomaso at realbig.com
> Date: Tue, 25 Oct 2011 09:43:12 -0400
> CC: tpr at teampanteraracing.com
> Subject: Re: [DeTomaso] SOBill Award
> 
> Bill is a man among men and a friend among friends.
> 
> We lov you Bill.
> 
> 
> 
> Larry - Cleveland
> 
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: detomaso-bounces at realbig.com [mailto:detomaso-bounces at realbig.com] On
> Behalf Of David in Durango
> Sent: Monday, October 24, 2011 8:53 PM
> To: panteras
> Cc: TPR List
> Subject: [DeTomaso] SOBill Award
> 
> Some years ago, I purchased my Pantera ( a miracle in itself).  After a year
> of chasing a corrected title (check than VIN closely) finally the day had
> come to take the car out of the VIN and safety inspection.  The only problem
> was . . . my turn signals (unknown to me, and scary as hell) didn't work
> properly.
> 
> A cry for help and then a private email from someone named Bill.  He
> explained it was my 4 way flasher switch, no they aren't available from
> anyone. (Think about it: a large investment and its now just a lump in the
> garage).  Bill says he'd like to look at it, please package and mail. In
> less than a week it was back, with intructions on correct hookup (not at all
> like it was hooked up before). And FIXED.
> 
> Short story, a man and his wife track me down at the track day in Vegas.
> The man introduced himself and asked if all was well, did the switch work
> perfectly?  I told Mrs. Bill that my car would have never been licensed and
> on the road with out his help, she replied: "That why we call him Sweet Old
> Bill."
> 
> I am sure there are countless other stories about SOBill.  He should be
> everyone's hero.
> 
> This is quite humbling, I feel I would have to climb two stepladders to give
> old Bill a kiss. For every moment of Pantera joy, I send Sweet Old Bill a
> kiss!
> http://images108.fotki.com/v191/photos/4/43175/1969865/award-vi.jpg
> 
> The difference here: I would help someone that asked for a hand, Bill would
> be there and have it fixed without hesitation.
> 
> There might be a few who deserve an honor like this more than I do (I'll be
> forwarding ideas today), but I sure will treasure this, forever!
> 
> Here's to SOBill, a fine hero.
> 
> David in Durango
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