[DeTomaso] NPC - Ultimate Rail Rider

michael@michaelshortt.com michaelsavga at gmail.com
Wed Mar 21 10:55:55 EDT 2012


How cool would these be to play with in Alaska!

Michael



On Wed, Mar 21, 2012 at 10:51 AM, Bill Lewis <lotus0005 at hotmail.com> wrote:

>
> 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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