[DeTomaso] Speaking of Car Books (was Lunch with Mr. Q)

[Myron Zadony]

The world of automobiles (an illustrated encyclopedia of the motor car) by Columbia house/New York.  V#1 Aa/Aus;  Orbis Publishing Limited, London 1974 has a picture of a white european pantera with his lights up.  I tried to get the rest of the volumes to no avail---out of publish was the excuse.  Does anybody out there have at least the volume with the pantera featured ?  Or at least a copy that they would like to part with ?  Myron the other guy in Cleveland, thanks.











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From: detomaso-bounces at realbig.com [detomaso-bounces at realbig.com] On Behalf Of gow2 at rc-tech.net [gow2 at rc-tech.net]
Sent: Friday, November 30, 2012 11:27 AM
To: Bill Lewis
Cc: detomaso at realbig.com
Subject: Re: [DeTomaso] Speaking of Car Books (was Lunch with Mr. Q)

A while back we had a lame company Christmas party. We did the stupid
present steal gift thing. I ended up with a broke am/fm radio. The side of
the box said "broke". I did not want to trade with anyone and the person
in charge kept asking if I wanted to trade for something better; I said
no.

Turned out since it was a turd they stuffed $20 in it but that wasn't even
the best part. The radio was an am/fm with light operated from batteries
but also had a generator crank. Being interested in that sort of junk i
thought it would be fun to take it apart and see if the generator had any
use.

I took it apart and one of the circuit boards had flexed and lost power
across a contact. I soldered in a jumper wire and the thing has worked
like new ever since.



>
> Mike & Mike, down here we have a charity-type organization called Goodwill
> Industries, you can take old stuff you no longer need (that old weird
> painting with the melting watches, e.g.) and donate it, or you can go buy
> stuff that is good for White-Elephant gifts, etc.  I think that I need to
> start trolling for old, "useless" books.  Thanks for the idea.  ---Bill
> (every little bit helps when you receive Social Security) Lewis
>
>> From: mbefthomas at comcast.net
>> To: MikeLDrew at aol.com; detomaso at realbig.com
>> Date: Fri, 30 Nov 2012 05:52:37 -0800
>> Subject: Re: [DeTomaso] Speaking of Car Books (was Lunch with Mr. Q)
>>
>> Mike
>>
>> Interesting story.  I just bought Kjell's book from your link to Amazon,
>> thanks by the way.  While I was out there, I recalled a book I picked up
>> at
>> a rummage sale a number of years back for a $1, never read, and gave
>> away as
>> a white elephant gift at a Panteras Northwest Christmas Party a couple
>> of
>> years ago: Carol Shelby's The Cobra Story.  I thought, gee, I'll pick up
>> another one from Amazon . . .
>>
>> $140 !!!
>>
>> Oh well . . .
>>
>> Mike Thomas
>>
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: detomaso-bounces at realbig.com [mailto:detomaso-bounces at realbig.com]
>> On
>> Behalf Of MikeLDrew at aol.com
>> Sent: Thursday, November 29, 2012 11:48 AM
>> To: msm at portata.com; detomaso at realbig.com
>> Subject: Re: [DeTomaso] Lunches with Mr. Q  - Saturday December 8
>> Burbank
>>
>>
>> In a message dated 11/29/12 11 35 49, msm at portata.com writes:
>>
>>
>> > Lunches With Mr. Q is a story about automobiles and so much more. It
>> > is the funny, poignant, always compelling story of a series of
>> > lunchtime conversations and adventures between Kjell Qvale, a 92-year
>> > multimillionaire automobile entrepreneur and pioneer, and the author.
>> >
>>
>> Kjell Qvale was the De Tomaso importer in the 1960s and brought all of
>> the
>> 250 Mangustas to the USA; he later was in the joint venture with De
>> Tomaso
>> for the aborted 'new' Mangusta project.
>>
>> He's 92 years old and still sharp as a tack.   He still goes to work
>> every
>> day at his dealership (British Motor Cars in San Francisco).   Among
>> other
>> things, he was on the small team that designed Laguna Seca.   He's truly
>> a
>> legend, and I look forward to reading this book.
>>
>> Here it is on Amazon:
>>
>> http://www.amazon.com/Lunches-With-Mr-Kevin-Nelson/dp/0978634055/
>>
>> Mike (just bought it!)
>>
>> Mike
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