[DeTomaso] cars.tv and Concorso Italiano
Sean Korb
spkorb at gmail.com
Sun Oct 30 09:45:43 EDT 2011
That's it!
Wow, that is an awesome car!
On Sun, Oct 30, 2011 at 3:07 AM, Garth Rodericks
<garth_rodericks at yahoo.com> wrote:
> That sounds like Darryl Johnson's 542 cu.in. big block Pantera
> http://www.tunerplayground.com/featured_car_photos/11/photos/IMG_9842.jpg
> http://www.tunerplayground.com/cars/detomaso-pantera
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> -- Original Message --
>
> About 6 minutes into their Concorso Italiano report on Cars.TV, the
> talking head talks about how complex modern electrical systems are and
> how hard they are to work on and they pull back from a Pantera engine
> in its polished compartment: crossbraces, aluminum heads, polished ZF,
> polished single carb intake, red paint, red painted air cleaner looks
> like dual inlet for elephant ears but it's not far enough out to tell.
> I think it has CV joints too and an extra U brace that looks like it
> ties a lower arm together. Almost 4 lingering seconds. ANd ironic in
> context. The next lines are about children.
>
> Otherwise, no mention of or pictures of DeTomasos. I feel shunned.
> I'm not sure why the cars.tv guys hate cars, but it's clear that they
> do with their fast cuts and meaningless cinematographic composition.
>
> sean
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Sean Korb spkorb at spkorb.org http://www.spkorb.org
'65,'68 Mustangs,'68 Cougar,'78 R100/7,'60 Metro,'59 A35,'71 Pantera #1382
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