[DeTomaso] *NPC* Trabant 601 Interceptor
pantera928
pantera928 at bellsouth.net
Thu Jan 12 16:18:06 EST 2012
You should at least talk about how to put a Cleveland and a ZF in it to go with the flame thrower or how to put flame throwers on our Panteras.
--- On Thu, 1/12/12, cengles at cox.net <cengles at cox.net> wrote:
> From: cengles at cox.net <cengles at cox.net>
> Subject: Re: [DeTomaso] *NPC* Trabant 601 Interceptor
> To: "pantera928" <pantera928 at bellsouth.net>
> Cc: detomaso at realbig.com
> Date: Thursday, January 12, 2012, 2:21 PM
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> Dear 928,
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> Ack. My fault. I unintentionally hijacked the
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> I was hoping the satire and humor would have been
> more obvious.
> (...."and now for something completely
> different........" )
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> Warmest regards, Chuck Engles
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> ---- pantera928 <pantera928 at bellsouth.net>
> wrote:
> > I can't
> believe that you guys are actually discussing a
> piece of Cr%p like a
> Traby on this forum. That being said, I can't
> believe that I actually
> wrote this email about a Traby. I thought they all
> disappeared when
> the "wall" went down.
> >
> > --- On Thu, 1/12/12,
> Konrad Szwab <kszwab at gmail.com> wrote:
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> > > From:
> Konrad Szwab <kszwab at gmail.com>
> > > Subject: Re: [DeTomaso]
> Trabant 601 Interceptor
> > > To: cengles at cox.net
> > > Cc:
> detomaso at realbig.com
> > > Date: Thursday, January 12, 2012, 12:13 PM
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> > Hehehe. I was born in Romania and
> > > those fine vehicles were
> part of daily
> > > traffic. I rode in one at about 60 MPH once and
> nothing
> > > ever came to the
> > > level of excitement of
> that day (including driving a
> > > Maserati Biturbo while
> >
> > on fire). I do not know what was trembling
> more, the
> > >
> unbalanced wheels of
> > > the Trabant or my knees when I got out.
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> > > Once I arrived in the US I used to have a great
> neighbor
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> > that every
> > > Saturday at 6 AM sharp used to run his edger
> against the
> > > curb with great
> > > skill. The sparks and
> bullet sounds would ensure I had a
> > > great start on
> > >
> Saturdays.
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> > > As a return favor in kind, I used every
> Sunday at 6 AM to
> > > back out of the
> > > garage the
> Pantera and my 3 cylinder 2 stroke boat and let
> > > them run for an
> >
> > hour or so. That activity ensured that we had
> a great
> > >
> relationship going
> > > for a number of years.
> > >
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> > Listening to my boat sputtering and billowing
> the clouds of
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> > blue smoke, I
> > > had a vision that a Trabant would be an
> excellent addition
> > > to the show. The
> > > Trabant would
> behave the same way, PLUS it would be mobile
> > > so more than one
> >
> > neighbor could enjoy the operation of such a
> fine
> > >
> automobile.
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> > > Although I moved to a different
> location so I could park my
> > > 20 cars, my
> > > dream of
> owning another Trabant lives on.
> > >
> > > On Thu, Jan 12,
> 2012 at 9:53 AM, <cengles at cox.net>
> > > wrote:
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> > > Dear Konrad,
> > > >
> > > > As
> a recent convert, I am very impressed by your
> > > experience and
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> > > expertise with these annoying rare
> performance Q-ships
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> > of the automotive
> > > > world. I am distressed to learn that
> practical use of
> > > the flame thrower is
> > > > not
> advised. Darn. It had so much potential and bricks
> > > are so, well,
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> > > primitive.
> > > >
> > > > How did you come to
> appreciate such an
> > > under-the-radar performance
> > > >
> vehicle?
> > > >
> > > > Tongue firmly in cheek, Chuck
> Engles
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> > > >
> > > > ---- Konrad Szwab
> <kszwab at gmail.com>
> > > wrote:
> > > > > I tried to
> import a Trabant to Texas from
> > > Romania. It fell apart before
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> > > I could start the wonderful activity but
> I am always
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> hoping that I will
> > > > have some money to waste at some point to
> get one from
> > > the US so I can
> > > > annoy my neighbors
> in style.
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> > > > The proud "Interceptor" badge
> would have been very
> > > popular with cops stuck
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> behind it at a stoplight in Houston.
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> > > > The
> flame thrower option would be ill advised given
> > > the Duraplast
> car
> > > > body, I believe throwing bricks out of the
> window
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> > would be a lot safer for
> > > > this class of vehicle.
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> > > > On Thu, Jan 12, 2012 at 9:10 AM,
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> <cengles at cox.net<http://do/mail/message/mailto?to=cengles%40cox.net>
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> > > > wrote:
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> > > >>
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> >> Dear Konrad,
> > > >>
> > > >> Clearly an
> inspired and unexpected choice. I
> > > didn't know that these came
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> > >> with *flame throwers* that are
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> stealthy in contrast to their
> > > >> very unassuming styling. See
> link below.
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> > > >> Warmest regards, Chuck
> Engles
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> > > >>
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> http://email.usedcarsplus.com/classic-cars/05-use/170707206261.html
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> > >> ded
> > > >>
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