[DeTomaso] What Do You Tell People??

Wed Mar 13 23:09:49 EDT 2013

I do the same thing that you did, kudos for not letting it slide.

Michael Shortt
On Mar 13, 2013 8:56 PM, "LS" <lashdeep at yahoo.com> wrote:

> This is related to some recent discussion on another exotic car forum.
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> The topic was the history,heritage, and perception of Detomaso cars.
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> 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.
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> 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..."
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> It just so happened that I had known this person for many years and
> because of that I gave him a 30 minute lecture.
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> 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.
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> This conversation triggered more discussion with other people in the crowd
> who had no idea and thought it was something it clearly wasn't.
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> I've also recently met Detomaso owners who do not know much about their
> car.
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> Everyone enjoys their car in different ways. Maybe some don't really care
> what it is or who made it.
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> 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.
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> Out of pure curiosity...when someone walks up and looks at your Pantera
> with a comment similar to  "cool, it's an American Countach..."
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> What do you respond with?
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> LS
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> central
> wines-spirits   est 1934
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> 625 e street nw
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> washington, dc 20004
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> centralwines.com
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> facebook.com/CentralLiquors
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> 202-737-2800
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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
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> 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.
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> If anyone can zero in on the correct episode, the whole clip can be seen.
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> Tom
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> -----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
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> Not one hidden Youtube clip of the white GT5 on Hunter anywhere??
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> central
> wines-spirits   est 1934
>
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> 625 e street nw
>
> washington, dc 20004
>
> centralwines.com
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> facebook.com/CentralLiquors
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> 202-737-2800
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> ________________________________
> 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
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> Anyone find this online anywhere?
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> http://www.imcdb.org/vehicle_315135-De-Tomaso-Pantera-GT5.html
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> I would love to see the full clip.
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> LS
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> central
> wines-spirits   est 1934
>
>
> 625 e street nw
>
> washington, dc 20004
>
> centralwines.com
>
>
> facebook.com/CentralLiquors
>
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> 202-737-2800
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