[DeTomaso] World’s first aftermarket Cleveland engine in production

Boyd Casey boyd411 at gmail.com
Tue Jul 2 12:50:49 EDT 2013


Sounds like Todd should have hired Ken Green ( list member and Patent
Attorney) to protect his design mods.
He might still have grounds for legal action, he would have to consult a
patent attorney.
Boyd


On Tue, Jul 2, 2013 at 12:28 PM, Julian Kift <julian_kift at hotmail.com>wrote:

> As I understand Todd has a loyal following (I have my deposit with him
> still), but has been plagued with unforeseen hurdles, not all to do with
> the block manufacturing. Even so he has produced blocks resulting in fully
> built engines, so I don't think MME can claim to be first aftermarket
> Cleveland.
> Todd was sending his first blocks to MME for finish machine work and low
> and behold now MME has their own block with all the design mods that Todd
> incorporated, I'd say he had his feet pulled out from under him.
> Julian
>
> > From: MikeLDrew at aol.com
> > Date: Tue, 2 Jul 2013 10:39:07 -0400
> > To: cengles at cox.net; jjdetrich at gmail.com
> > CC: don.thomas.ieee at gmail.com; arkoch at earthlink.net;
> timepiecepr2 at yahoo.com; detomaso at poca.com
> > Subject: Re: [DeTomaso] World’s first aftermarket Cleveland engine in
> production
> >
> >
> > In a message dated 7/2/13 7 35 9, cengles at cox.net writes:
> >
> >
> > > If so, then it
> > > would be a new golden age of Cleveland blocks with two new improved
> > > blocks in either iron or aluminum to choose from, albeit to the tune of
> > > $3000 and up.
> > >
> >
> > >>>I'm afraid that Todd may wind up a day late and a dollar short.   He
> has
> > been dragging his feet on this project for years, and now MME has gone
> into
> > full production.   I'm afraid Buttermore's project may now sink beneath
> the
> > waves...:<(
> >
> > Mike
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