[DeTomaso] Octane magazine and DeTomaso Pantera Buying Guide

[MikeLDrew at aol.com]

In a message dated 2/24/12 7 11 20, cengles at cox.net writes:


> 
> Dear Forum: My apologies. The darn link doesn't work. Sigh. Chuck Engles
> 

I was given an advance preview of the article.   It's generally pretty good 
(and very ironic that Octane chose to feature a RHD burgundy-colored 
Pantera in their monthly Buyers Guide feature only two months after Classic & 
Sports Car featured a different RHD burgundy-colored Pantera in their monthly 
Buyers Guide feature!!???)

The article is decent, although the editors amazingly chose to speak to not 
one single UK De Tomaso expert, and instead consulted with a guy we've 
never heard of named Andy Heywood, who recently purchased Bill McGrath Maserati, 
the UK's leading Maserati restoration/service expert business.   They do 
list Roger Brotton, who is the UK's only De Tomaso specialist, among the list 
of contacts, so why didn't they bother to contact him???

(Maybe because a wealthy client has recently turned two Maserati Boras over 
to Roger for him to restore, instead of Andy!????)

Anyway, it will hit these shores soon, and I'll be reprinting it.

Mike