[DeTomaso] A cautionary tale...

[Jim Gray]

Chris,

You must not have ever owned one!  I had three starting with a '71, a '74 and a 
'79. I have never had three such poorly built, underpowered cars.  The last one, 
the '79, had the L-82 engine but on a drive from OK to TN I could not keep up 
with the 18 wheelers on I-40.

If it ever rained all three leaked unbelievably around the t-tops.  The 
suspension creaked and groaned and interior pieces rattled. 


Other that that they were nice cars. 8~).

YMMV
Jim Gray



----- Original Message ----
From: Christopher Kimball <chrisvkimball at msn.com>
To: Mike Drew <mikeldrew at aol.com>; Pantera List Serve <detomaso at realbig.com>
Sent: Wed, May 16, 2012 11:41:32 AM
Subject: Re: [DeTomaso] A cautionary tale...


That is truly heartbreaking.  68-72 Corvettes are my second-favorite cars, after 
the Pantera.
Chris

> From: MikeLDrew at aol.com
> Date: Wed, 16 May 2012 12:18:19 -0400
> To: detomaso at realbig.com
> Subject: [DeTomaso] A cautionary tale...
> 
> Hi guys,
> 
> Got this from Stephane Bergeron in Paris, speaking about one of our mutual 
> friends:
> =====
> 
> So sad for Claude, remember?, and his 71 corvette (which was mine 
> previously) .
> 
> Yesterday he started the car after replacing his jets , but had a loose 
> connection on the intake gas line to the holley carb, and fuel fell on the hot 

> exhaust, et voilà ...  (he had an electric fuel pump )  :<(((
> 
> ====
> 
> http://s692.photobucket.com/albums/vv288/576103/Corvette%20engine%20fire/
> 
> ====
> 
> Yes, it can happen that fast, particularly with a plastic car.  Take 
> note....
> 
> Mike
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