[DeTomaso] Fwd: Re: The Pantera "On the Mend" Quartet

[dave londry]

Missed copying this to the forum.
dave


Wait Dick.
With the vast amount of wrenching experience you've accumulated
  I'm sure you could drop a header, scrape both surfaces and place a
gasket in a day.

Unless you don't have a view from below???
That would mean having to take take a lot of stuff off.
dave

  On 20/10/2013 2:26 PM, Dick Koch wrote:
> The Pantera "On the Mend" Quartet
>
> When it comes to a love of cars, the Detomaso Pantera owners share a
> very common affinity - they love to talk about their favorite car with
> other Pantera owners around the world, regardless if they are running
> or not.
>
> While there are many other local Pantera friends with Panteras "on the
> mend," four of us got together to share a few stories during the 2013
> final run of the ALMS race. This unique gathering of a quartet of
> Panteras "On the Mend" owners typified the wide geographic and
> personal background of the Pantera community.
>
> The members of this not so elite quartet can be seen at these open
> Facebook links:
> https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=651241634915839&l=a115b26c2b
> https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=651241624915840&l=4e75b99816
>
> Dave Kanahele, while not local and from Cypress, California, decided
> to make a dog leg while on a business trip and take up my invitation
> to visit with us at the race. Dave is the Director of Systems
> Architecture at a left coast firm.  Many of you will remember the link
> to the pictures of his unique Pantera he is rebuilding.
>
> Jesper Sahlberg is a Danish citizen working in the USA for a Danish
> firm that sells unique corporate software. Jesper is also the proud,
> yet foot bound, owner of a his late model supercharged Pantera that is
> being repaired, but tied up in a running battle with his insurance
> company. Jesper is also an avid racer who is now building his second
> race car, a Lotus Europa, and is planning to have it ready for the
> spring NASA race season.
>
> Ed Zabinski, an accomplished race driver and the Level 5 Motorsports'
> driving coach and backup driver who lives in a south Atlanta suburb,
> has just "reclaimed" his Pantera from a fabrication shop that was
> delinquent (to say the least) in getting his his rear engine bay area
> rebuilt, and has moved it to another shop. Ed is hoping to get it
> completed in 6 months.
>
> Most of my Pantera friends and brethren know my story. After
> completely rebuilding my 1974 Pantera and running it for several
> years, I blew an exhaust header gasket. Since I will not let anyone
> else work on my car and with other projects taking my time, such as
> the Shadrach Mustang program and the Barret Cuda charity build, I put
> fixing my Pantera on the back burner. Given I don't have any other
> major projects pending, I need to put it at the top of my car project
> "to-do" list and get it road worthy again.
>
> Dick Koch - Atlanta
>
>
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