[DeTomaso] Pix from last weekend's event

[John Taphorn]

Charlie, Thanks for sharing your adventure.  I agree, stunning picture 
of the car.  Have a poster made of it!

JT
On 6/7/2013 3:05 PM, Charles McCall wrote:
> Hi all
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> As mentioned a few days ago, last weekend we participated in a Supercar
> event in Northern Spain. Pix may be found here:
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> http://www.poca.com/index.php/gallery/?g2_itemId=40326
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> The first picture in the album is the best photo I have ever seen of my car,
> taken by a young photographer named Diego. The original of this picture
> looks like a poster!
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> The weather was so-so, but there were some really nice people and some
> fantastic cars in attendance. Interestingly enough, there are at least two
> companies in Spain trying to launch a supercar - the GTA Spano and the
> Tauro. The Spano is further along as far as development goes and is
> blindingly fast. He passed us once - we were all cruising along the highway
> at about 130 k/hr when he changed lanes and simply nailed the throttle - the
> acceleration of this car was simply mind-boggling.
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> For part of the tour I had the Guardia Civil (sort of State Police)
> following me with their lights on and all. I'd forget about them for a
> second and the flashing lights would catch my eye and my heart would skip a
> beat. I'd remember that all this was ok and relax again, and 3 minutes later
> by heart would skip another beat as the lights caught my eye. It isn't
> something that I could get used to easily.
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> Last year the organization had all the streets of the city of Santander
> blocked off and we were invited to basically blast through the city at full
> throttle while the crowds cheered us on. This year we got a late start and
> traffic wasn't completely blocked for us, so it was a little more
> restrained. Too bad - literally racing through the center of a city was the
> closest to Monaco that I'll ever come!
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> Charles McCall
> Raising Pantera Awareness Across Europe
> 1985 DeTomaso Pantera #9375
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