[DeTomaso] What Do You Tell People??

[Charles Engles]

Dear Lash,


           Here in Oklahoma and Texas, there are a *few* informed citizens.

           Then, there are those that approach you at the gas station:"Oh,
yeah.  My brother-in-law had one of them.   They all came with Oldsmobile
engines."    In those cases, I assess that the situation is *hopeless* and
try to extricate myself as quickly and politely as possible.  Sigh.

          Education and enlightenment are good, but are infrequently
attained with our Panteras and the general public.


                           Warmest regards, Chuck Engles


                        


-----Original Message-----
From: detomaso-bounces at poca.com [mailto:detomaso-bounces at poca.com] On Behalf
Of LS
Sent: Wednesday, March 13, 2013 7:56 PM
To: detomaso at poca.com
Subject: [DeTomaso] What Do You Tell People??

This is related to some recent discussion on another exotic car forum.

The topic was the history,heritage, and perception of Detomaso cars.

One interesting subject brought up was the level of knowledge of Detomaso
owners and how/if any of that was being shared with spectators or onlookers.

Case in point...I pulled into a local weekend Cars and Coffee. As some
people looked at the car, one commented with something to the effect of
..."cool, it's an American Countach..."

It just so happened that I had known this person for many years and because
of that I gave him a 30 minute lecture.

Although I am *FAR* from an expert on any car history, I took the
opportunity to explain the background of the company and the car.

This conversation triggered more discussion with other people in the crowd
who had no idea and thought it was something it clearly wasn't.

I've also recently met Detomaso owners who do not know much about their car.

Everyone enjoys their car in different ways. Maybe some don't really care
what it is or who made it. 

I accept that. My dad had a car that he drove three times in 15 yrs yet told
me he enjoyed just looking at it.

Out of pure curiosity...when someone walks up and looks at your Pantera with
a comment similar to  "cool, it's an American Countach..."

What do you respond with?

LS






 



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________________________________
 From: Tom Shinrock <tmshinro at aol.com>
To: detomaso at poca.com 
Sent: Wednesday, February 27, 2013 12:44 PM
Subject: Re: [DeTomaso] Pantera Appearance in Hunter TV Series
 

I found all the Hunters episodes are on Hulu.com.   There are seven seasons
of episodes, so it's a matter of finding the right one.  I took an educated
guess and am watching episode 7 from season 2 based on the IMCD database
showing episode 2.07.   It's a two part episode and I'm halfway through the
first one.  Nothing yet.  

If anyone can zero in on the correct episode, the whole clip can be seen.

Tom
5186





-----Original Message-----
From: LS <lashdeep at yahoo.com>
To: LS <lashdeep at yahoo.com>; Detomaso List <detomaso at poca.com>
Sent: Wed, Feb 27, 2013 11:03 am
Subject: Re: [DeTomaso] Pantera Appearance in Hunter TV Series


Not one hidden Youtube clip of the white GT5 on Hunter anywhere??






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wines-spirits   est 1934


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washington, dc 20004

centralwines.com


facebook.com/CentralLiquors 


202-737-2800




________________________________
From: LS <lashdeep at yahoo.com>
To: Detomaso List <detomaso at poca.com> 
Sent: Friday, February 22, 2013 9:52 PM
Subject: [DeTomaso] Pantera Appearance in Hunter TV Series

Anyone find this online anywhere?

http://www.imcdb.org/vehicle_315135-De-Tomaso-Pantera-GT5.html


I would love to see the full clip.

LS






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wines-spirits   est 1934


625 e street nw

washington, dc 20004

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