[DeTomaso] PI Pantera

[Sean Korb]

I remember those light mods.  Very tasteful but I don't think far enough
from the original to pique interest.  It's strange, when I was a kid I
liked the wings and flares and even now box flares on a car give me a good
giggle.  But now I've drifted pretty solidly back to the original shape.
The same thing is happening to my taste in Mustangs, where I used to adore
the scoops and stripes on the '67 Shelby and now I prefer a clean Bullett
look.  I don't know if I'm just getting old and conservative or if
simplicity is an aesthetic I never appreciated before... or both.  Maybe my
eyes just want to rest on a shape rather than dart around from feature to
feature.

sean


On Thu, May 16, 2013 at 4:51 AM, <MikeLDrew at aol.com> wrote:

>
> In a message dated 5/15/13 9 07 13, lashdeep at yahoo.com writes:
>
>
> > Has anyone asked Tjaarda what he thinks of his shape being modified?
> >
>
> >>>I have.   He is extremely polite and very diplomatic.   He told me he
> appreciates the passion that the Pantera inspires in its owners, and the
> pride
> that they take in their cars, to include the modifications that they
> perform.   He's not a fan of the wings and flares though.
>
> Note that he has a reasonably catholic view of his design, as evidenced by
> the fact that a few years ago he bought an orange '73 Pantera and designed
> a
> new nose and tail piece for it, in the hopes of perhaps putting those
> pieces into production.   They failed to meet with much favor, and only
> the one
> example was ever built; it was offered at auction several times before
> finally being purchased by a fellow in the Seattle area.
>
> Mike
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Sean Korb spkorb at spkorb.org http://www.spkorb.org
'65,'68 Mustangs,'68 Cougar,'78 R100/7,'60 Metro,'59 A35,'71 Pantera #1382
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