[DeTomaso] Home at last

[Jim Gray]

Ditto, Kirby.  I bought the Pantera in Chicago and drove it back to OK on a 
Saturday even though the owner told me he had never drive it over 75 mi.  Oh, 
and I was on the original Arriva tires and the gas gauge didn't work.

I had a cell phone and a credit card.  What else would one need?

Ignorance knows no limits.

Jim Gray



----- Original Message ----
From: Kirby Schrader <kirby.schrader at gmail.com>
To: detomaso at poca.com
Sent: Thu, May 2, 2013 5:43:18 AM
Subject: Re: [DeTomaso] Home at last


The opposite of that is when we bought the Longchamp in South Carolina.
The guy was really surprised when I said we were going to drive it back.

It made it all the way to Houston without a problem.

FWIW,
Kirby

On May 2, 2013, at 12:18 AM, JDeRyke at aol.com wrote:

> In a message dated 5/1/13 6:26:29 PM, lotus0005 at hotmail.com writes:
> 
>> By happenstance, in the past 5 years I have bought two cars (a 1963 and a 
>> 1947), one in Illinois and the other in Wisconsin.  I asked each seller if 
>> I would be able to drive the cars back to Texas, and both kinda hemmed and 
>> hawed, and finally said, "Hmmm!"  I was sorta serious, being a novice, but 
>> common sense prevailed and I trailered them both home. Whew!! 
>> 
> Absolutely agree, Bill. One POCA member bought a '67 'Vette and a '64 GTO 
> at the Phoenix auction a while back, and spent the next 24 hours trying to 
> get a tow hitch for the Pontiac so he could drive it and tow the 'Vette 1000 
> miles home. Finally he saw the light & shipped them both. On arrival, the GTO 
> ran great for about an hour, then the distributor malfunctioned. The 'Vette 
> was taken out on a Saturday run with the Pantera club and separated a tire 
> tread 50 miles into it. Did I mention this guy was not a mechanic? By all 
> means if you buy your dream somewhere more than a day's drive away, SHIP IT & 
> debug the thing close to home! 
> My 2¢- J DeRyke
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