[DeTomaso] Kjell Qvale

[MikeLDrew at aol.com]

In a message dated 11/4/13 12 35 31, gow2 at rc-tech.net writes:


> http://www.sportscardigest.com/remembering-kjell-qvale-1919-2013/
> 

>>>He was truly a remarkable guy.   I got to interview him many years ago 
when the De Tomaso Mangusta project was first launched (which quickly turned 
into the Qvale Mangusta, and just as quickly slipped beneath the waves).   I 
was struck not only by how friendly he was, but how passionate he was about 
cars, and how frank he was about some of the stupid decisions he had made 
over the years, being blinded by this passion.   Although he was talking 
about the Jensen years at the time, I couldn't help but think at the time that 
his De Tomaso project was very much in the same vein.

Everybody here owns a tremendous debt to him, for he, more than anybody 
most likely, really brought sports cars into the limelight in the USA, and 
helped make the entire notion of a sports car (not to mention an import cars 
such as a VW) much more mainstream.

He lived to be 94 years old, and was still going to work, although perhaps 
not every day.   He was sharp as a tack, too.   A great role model for all 
of us....

Mike
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