[DeTomaso] NPC: Response from email

[Sean Korb]

That reminds me, my favorite rag Grassroots Motorsports had a junkyard
pick-and-pull feature a few years ago.  On the cover, they had some
nice young models in shorts doing generic cheesecake poses.  Inside
the article there were more pics of the women with junk cars, tool
boxes and dirty hands.  Honestly, it was the most good humored feature
I'd seen in some time.

Of course, it was offensive somehow.  Lots of angry letters but they
never did apologize.

You can't please everyone.  But be true to yourself above all else and
prepare to take heat for it.  The world is full of different people,
some are wonderful and some are jerks and some it depends what day
you're asking which one they are.

sean

On Wed, Jan 16, 2013 at 9:50 AM, michael at michaelshortt.com
<michaelsavga at gmail.com> wrote:
> I just want to express my sincere appreciation to all of you for the
> brotherhood, shared stories of triumph and tragedy,
> working parts and non-working parts and general advice.  We ( DeTomaso
> People ) are a special breed, I firmly believe that
> our cars ( in some freaky way beyond my ability to express ) draws the same
> personality type the world over.
> I have never met a meek, withdrawn Pantera owner, most in my experience
> have been outgoing fun loving, intelligent,
> adventurous  and dedicated people.
>
> Why express this now?
>
> I sent out a few emails yesterday announcing the www.motowear.us website to
> a few select car clubs around the country,
> I thought the site was innocuous enough, who doesn't like to see an
> attractive woman modeling anything, especially one
> that was if fact representative of all American women, Miss United States.
> She is wearing a bathing suit and one of my jackets,
> most who have visited my personal website have seen her, about as wholesome
> as a glass of milk IMHO.  Any Victoria's Secret
> ad or commercial shows more is is highly more suggestive.
>
> I received this response this morning.
>
> On Jan 16, 2013 8:18 AM, "Vicki May" <vickiandwayne at yahoo.com> wrote:
>
>> The photo presented on your website it offensive.
>> As president of our car club, I would never suggest our members visit your
>> site.
>> I'm glad to see your designs are USA, too bad you feel a scantily clothed
>> model is required to sell them.
>>
>>
>
>
> This was my response
>
>
> "That model was Miss United States,
> So sorry that God's' most beautiful design offends you, how grand it must
> be to be the morality police for your entire group.
>
> Have a nice day."
>
>
>
> I just wanted to share, because it again makes me so very grateful what
> what we have here, open minded people
>
> who don't seem to suffer from being prudish, how could we...driving the
> sexiest looking car ever made.
>
> I can also share that last night I received a telephone call in response to
> the same email from a car club in Anchorage,
>
> Alaska also in response, the guys LOVES Panteras.
>
>
>
> Michael Shortt
>
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>
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>
> Michael L. Shortt
> Savannah, Georgia
> www.michaelshortt.com
> michael at michaelshortt.com
> 912-232-9390
>
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Sean Korb spkorb at spkorb.org http://www.spkorb.org
'65,'68 Mustangs,'68 Cougar,'78 R100/7,'60 Metro,'59 A35,'71 Pantera #1382
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