[DeTomaso] PI Pantera

[LS]

Right up there with the Miura, 308GTB, and the early Esprit as one of the most perfect shapes ever penned by humans.

Seeing some of these Pantera based creations reminds me of putting a Baltimore Ravens hat onto Michelangelo's David and calling it "kick ass".

LS




 



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wines-spirits   est 1934


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 From: "michael at michaelshortt.com" <michaelsavga at gmail.com>
To: Charles Engles <cengles at cox.net> 
Cc: LS <lashdeep at yahoo.com>; Charles McCall <charlesmccall at gmail.com>; DeTomaso Forum <detomaso at realbig.com>; "detomaso at poca.com" <detomaso at poca.com> 
Sent: Wednesday, May 15, 2013 12:39 PM
Subject: Re: [DeTomaso] PI Pantera
 


I have read that he was never satisfied with the original wheels when the car came out originally.

Michael Shortt

To me and many of you, the car is one of the some of the most beautiful lines ever designed.



On Wed, May 15, 2013 at 12:27 PM, <cengles at cox.net> wrote:

Dear Lashdeep,
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>                     Well, no one has asked because it is a very
>personal question..........
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>                                     Tongue in cheek,  Chuck Engles
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>On Wed, May 15, 2013 at 11:06 AM, LS wrote:
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>> Has anyone asked Tjaarda what he thinks of his shape being modified?
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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: Rob Dumoulin <rob at dumoulins.net>
>> To: Charles McCall <charlesmccall at gmail.com> Cc: poca list
>> <detomaso at poca.com>; De Tomaso List <detomaso at realbig.com> Sent:
>> Wednesday, May 15, 2013 9:05 AM
>> Subject: Re: [DeTomaso] PI Pantera
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>> And what would  Giorgetto
>> Giugiaro<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Giorgetto_Giugiaro> think
>> of that! (he designed the Delorean).  Can we really afford to be
>> purists
>> given that most of us have personalized the Pantera to some degree and
>> can
>> easily rationalize it?  If there really is a point where such
>> modifications
>> pass some arbitrary line, we have to see that the line is just a
>> personal
>> one.....that is until somebody turns the 180 header idea into
>> smokestacks.
>> That would just be wrong.
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>> Rob
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>> On Wed, May 15, 2013 at 8:56 AM, Charles McCall
>> <charlesmccall at gmail.com>wrote:
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>>> I dunno.... maybe it's me but I kind of like that Delorean!
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>>> On Wed, May 15, 2013 at 2:50 PM, Rob Dumoulin <rob at dumoulins.net>
>>> wrote:
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>>>> It could be worse:
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>>>> http://www.audizine.com/forum/showthread.php/416983-Most-ugliest-outrageous-car-mods
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>>>> Rob
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