[DeTomaso] My story

[bill gaino]

I was 17 years old and saw a Pantera in Asheville NC at a car show. The owner let me sit inside and I thought one day Ill have one, but Im just a skinny kid with no money. Had MGBs Mustangs and Corvettes and a Grand National. Paid off my home and in 2004 got the idea to look on ebay for the Pantera. Bid on several, but always lost the auctions. 1362 came up and I put in a 30g bid and went to the dragstrip. The next day I checked my email and I was a winner. The car was in WA state. I drew a big map on the shop wall and tracked the shipping for a week, it was a very long week too! When I went to the truck yard and sat inside one for the first time in 35 years. I thought......"I dont remember it being so small inside"  Guess I gained 30 pounds in 35 years. I lowered the floor and installed a smaller steering wheel. I fit fine. I took it to a show and a guy asked"how much"?  I said hell no it aint for sale. This is the car I wanted all my life, I got it and it ain't for sale! My story. Bill Gaino


-----Original Message-----
>From: David Skinner <skinnerdskinner at yahoo.com>
>Sent: Jul 30, 2013 2:46 AM
>To: detomaso at poca.com
>Subject: [DeTomaso] My story
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>In the spring of 1998, a few years out of college, after I had paid off my student loans, I set out to buy my dream car, a Ferrari 308.  I was in Los Angeles on business and I test drove a few of them that were for sale in the area.  They felt nothing like the posters I had on my wall as a kid.  They were quiet and they were slow.  By pure accident I came across an ad for a 1971 Pantera with 41,000 original miles.  I remembered as a teenager working at Car Quest and seeing one pull up in the parking lot and I remembered it being amazing.  I drove a few miles to check it out.  When I saw it in person everything I remembered came flooding back to me.  When the guy who owned it gave me the keys and I started it, it felt like hell was being unleashed all around me.  It was so loud, and when I drove it, it was so fast and so low and so tight that all I did after I drove it was pay him in cash the $25,000 dollars he was asking for it.  I have been a Pantera owner ever since then, and I always will be. I´ll never sell it.  I´m Pantera proud and I just wanted to share my story.
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>Cheers, david
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