[DeTomaso] NPC - Ultimate Rail Rider

[Bill Lewis]

The NARCOA.ORG website says that safety is paramount and the top speed is about 25mph.  Does Jerry's car run on rails? At what speeds?  Interesting!!!   ---Bill Lewis

> Date: Tue, 20 Mar 2012 20:44:49 -0400
> From: arkoch at earthlink.net
> To: detomaso at realbig.com
> Subject: [DeTomaso] NPC - Ultimate Rail Rider
> 
> 
>   On my trip back from the 24 Hours of LeMons a couple of weeks ago at 
> the Carolina Motor Park, I dropped in on my old friend Jerry Pentaleri 
> and his charming wife, Jackie, in Greenville, SC.
> 
> Many folks on this list know Jerry, who was the original owner of his 
> beautifully prepared 1974 Pantera up until a couple of years ago.  
> Jerry, who owns FW Tool, in Greenville, SC, is a man of many talents.  
> His passion for fast vehicles goes beyond the ones that run on the tarmac.
> 
> Before I left, Jerry took me over to his production facility to get an 
> update on the resurrection of his Rail Rider (RR), the fastest rail 
> rider in the world, the Ferrari of rail riders, built by Jerry some 30 
> years ago. The RR is being prepared to again roam some of the forsaken 
> and rarely used rail lines scattered around the US of A.
> 
> An overview of the RR can be seen at:
> https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.369674113072594.88632.100000900252005&type=1&l=47e7a47449
> 
> Before any skeptics sound off, and while not widely known, there is a 
> national organization that regularly rides the rails, called NARCOA. For 
> information on this very unique and well organized group of rail riders, 
> visit their site at:
> http://www.narcoa.org/
> 
> Jerry and I are now taking requests for riders for the first few 
> excursions, on a first come first serve basis.
> 
> Dick Koch - Atlanta
> 
> PS - As have many of my other car brethren friends have chided, Jerry 
> didn't fail to ask me when I was going to "resurrect" my Pantera.  
> "Someday", I said.
> 
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