[DeTomaso] A cautionary tale...

[boyd casey]

I hope he had insurance!
Boyd

On Wed, May 16, 2012 at 2:40 PM, Jim Gray <grayjim at att.net> wrote:

> My '66 Coupe with the 425 HP 427 was my favorite to date.  I may yet buy
> a C6 or
> C7 at some time.
>
> Jim Gray
>
>
>
>
> ________________________________
> From: Curt Hall <cuvee at sbcglobal.net>
> To: Christopher Kimball <chrisvkimball at msn.com>; Mike Drew <
> mikeldrew at aol.com>;
> Pantera List Serve <detomaso at realbig.com>; Jim Gray <grayjim at att.net>
> Sent: Wed, May 16, 2012 1:15:59 PM
>  Subject: Re: [DeTomaso] A cautionary tale...
>
>
> I've had a number of Corvettes, my favorites were my 70,85 66 in that
> order!
> They were all pretty fast, ran well and didn't leak when it rained! I'll
> have to
> say the quality of the build on 70 compared to my 73 Pantera was much
> better!
> And yes, my Pantera leaks if I drive it in the rain! Yes, the 74-79
> Corvettes
> were under powered, that's one of the reasons I never bought one! Over all
> they
> are nice Cars! OH, and the AIR worked great unlike the air in my Pantera!
> LOL
>
> I'm sorry to hear about the fire, hopefully no one was hurt? Oh, engine
> fires
> don't just happen to the other guy! I had a engine bay fire in my Pantera
> about
> two years ago! YES, it sucks!
>
> --- On Wed, 5/16/12, Jim Gray <grayjim at att.net> wrote:
>
>
> >From: Jim Gray <grayjim at att.net>
> >Subject: Re: [DeTomaso] A cautionary tale...
> >To: "Christopher Kimball" <chrisvkimball at msn.com>, "Mike Drew"
> ><mikeldrew at aol.com>, "Pantera List Serve" <detomaso at realbig.com>
> >Date: Wednesday, May 16, 2012, 9:52 AM
> >
> >
> >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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