[DeTomaso] What Do You Tell People??

[Christopher Kimball]

I may have already shared this story with the forum, but with I can't resist telling it again:  At a car show a couple of years ago, a couple of older women were walking by my '72 and looked into the front trunk.  In my front trunk, I have two large stereo amplifiers mounted, one of which has a clear, plexiglass top so you can see all of its circuits.  Upon seeing all the electronics, one of the ladies said to the other, "Look; it's one of those electric cars!"
Chris

> To: knottsj at galstar.com; detomaso at poca.com
> From: fastgrandma at aol.com
> Date: Tue, 19 Mar 2013 02:33:15 -0400
> Subject: Re: [DeTomaso] What Do You Tell People??
> 
> At a club display at a shopping center many years ago our cars made a 
> great impression on the shoppers; this was actually a moneymaker for 
> the club.  At one point we overheard one lady telling another that 
> those were 'jet engines' in the back!  Yep, the owner was running 
> nitrous.
> 
> I think my favorite was the gal who asked where the dealership was that 
> was selling them!  As was often the case she thought it was a new model.
> 
> Been fun hearing all the comments on the car altho another favorite 
> while autocrossing my Z28 was when I walked back to the car there were 
> a couple boys probably around 8; the one was saying 'look, it will go 
> 200 mph'!
> 
> Judy
> 
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Jerry Knotts <knottsj at galstar.com>
> To: detomaso <detomaso at poca.com>
> Sent: Mon, Mar 18, 2013 6:05 pm
> Subject: Re: [DeTomaso] What Do You Tell People??
> 
> I still remember the mystic moment a female car show attendee had after
> I explained a bit about the my 72.  When her buddy walked up in a few
> moments and asked her what kind of car that was.  She replied 
> "Everybody
> knows that is a De Mataso Ponderosa".   She had had a few pops, but 
> still?
> 
> Always in wonderment with my Fiero prototype without the big block 
> option,
> jerry knotts
> 
> On 3/18/2013 7:20 PM, Jeff Cobb wrote:
> > Very well said Steve and as we tell those who ask us about our cars, 
> we need to know if are they truly interested in hearing our answer or 
> just tire kickers.
> > Most people can and will never be excited about our cars as we are. 
> Now when that excitable person comes along we are treated to a cool 
> event. We teach and they learn and we both walk away better people. I 
> love it when I see something so rare and fine and the owner gets 
> excited telling me about it as I do listening.
> > It is not the parts nationality that they give a care about but the 
> mystic moment that our car provides them and how it fulfills some 
> unique part of their psyhce, basically we are selling the sizzle not 
> the steak concept.
> >
> > Jeff Cobb
> >
> >
> > On Mar 18, 2013, at 5:41 PM, steven.liebenow at att.net wrote:
> >
> >> I tell them it is a "1969 DeTomaso Mangusta"
> >>
> >> pause....   "Huh???"
> >>
> >> I continue...
> >>
> >> "a DeTomaso Mangusta"....   "an Italian designed/built body with an 
> American
> >> Ford V8, and a German transaxle"
> >>
> >>
> >> I stop there with the Heinz 57 list of ingredients....worse than a 
> Pantera.....
> >>
> >> Usually gives them enough to chew on for a while!!!
> >>
> >> Ciao!
> >> Steve
> >>
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