[DeTomaso] Another Registry Milestone

[Bill Lewis]

I am one of the "non-registered" ones.  I do not know how to send the pictures - sigh!-------------------Also, I hope that whoever finds a "barn find" either buys it, or passes the information on so that someone who cares can buy it and get it on the road to...to...what is the word I am searching for here?       -----Bill



> From: MikeLDrew at aol.com
> Date: Wed, 14 Sep 2011 20:20:56 -0400
> To: cengles at cox.net; detomasoregistry at gmail.com; detomaso at realbig.com
> Subject: Re: [DeTomaso] Another Registry Milestone
> 
> 
> In a message dated 9/14/11 17 14 20, cengles at cox.net writes:
> 
> 
> >                 Well deserved congratulations on this significant 
> > milestone.
> > Egad, I have opined that there were no more than about 3,000 Panteras that
> > had not turned into rust or scrap and I appear to be wrong. 
> > 
> >>>Well, don't forget that the registry incorporates all De Tomaso cars, so 
> 4000 entries doesn't mean 4000 Panteras.   But the number of Mangustas, 
> Longchamps etc. is very small so we're still getting pretty close to 4000 
> Panteras.
> 
> The sad thing is, there are still lots and lots of Panteras that are 
> rotting away in garages or barns, neglected and unknown.   And there are others 
> that are on the road, but their owners are sort of anti-social, and thus don't 
> belong to any clubs, forums, and certainly don't participate in the 
> registry.   So as significant as the 4000 number is, I would hazard a guess that it 
> represents far less than 80% of the total number of cars that are still 
> surviving.   That's just a guess of course, but just in the past few weeks I 
> have learned of two barn-find Panteras that have been rotting away in garages 
> (one in northern California, one down south) for more than 20 years.
> 
> They're out there....
> 
> > >  Well done,
> > sir.
> > 
> >>>Indeed!   It's an often thankless job, but everyone who owns a De Tomaso 
> car of any kind should be grateful that there is somebody willing to devote 
> the time and energy to document them thusly.
> 
> Mike
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