[DeTomaso] Fast and Loud TV Show

Tue Sep 3 17:00:26 EDT 2013

I looked up the main players.
The friend Dennis is worth 20 million, he owns a jeep deslership and
collecct healys, something of a Gumball Racer as well.
Richard is worth 8 million, all apparently from car and land deals, he is
also  Gumball Racer. Aaron is worth 1.5 million and he is a real mechanic.
25k per episode is standard, if ratings climb, they could get 75-100 per
show easily.
The thing that you have to do unlike Kate plus 8 chick and others, don't
believe your own BS, save all your money and unlike the Tuttles from Orange
County Chopper, don't build a monstrous building that you can't afford when
the show ends and Tshirt and diecast sales start to tank.
All shows end.
Except Jeopardy!

Michael Shortt
On Sep 3, 2013 4:44 PM, "Jeff Detrich" <jjdetrich at gmail.com> wrote:

> I heard they get paid $25k per episode so they need to make stuff up to
> keep it interesting. I saw the blue Pantera, nothing special at best. They
> think they are a pretty hot property here in Dallas. I'd never do business
> with them.
>
> Jeff
> 6559
>
>
> On Tue, Sep 3, 2013 at 2:14 PM, Boyd Casey <boyd411 at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > When the car first arrived at the gas monkey garage Richard (the
> principal)
> > was excited and said "Ive had a few Panteras come through here (the shop)
> > and I've always wanted to own one" So he apparently likes them he added
> > that "the early ones were very fast doing 0-60 in 5.6 seconds. He went on
> > to say that the owner of this Pantera  sent him the car (unsolicited) and
> > said he would come down to work out a deal. He represented the car to be
> a
> > two owner (with him being the second owner ) that he had owned for 30
> > years, he went on to say he had only driven it 28 miles and the rest of
> the
> > time it sat in his heated garage. When he showed up he told Richard he
> > wanted $25K for it. Richard who does not seem to be very astute as far as
> > mechanical issues goes did not appear tp inspect the car thoroughly
> himself
> > (at least not on camera) and appeared to delegate the fat assed mechanic
> to
> > inspect the car only after he purchased it. After the owner accepted the
> > $17k offer he said he had almost accepted $10 k for the car when it had
> > been offered to him by *Pantera International. *This only got Richard
> more
> > pissed off. Although it didn't show Panteras in a good light I think it
> was
> > due more to the fact that Richard felt the car's condition had been
> grossly
> > misstated. The thing that pissed me off was that the ignorant narrator
> kept
> > calling it a "Ford Pantera". Some of the Texas Pantera crew should go by
> > the Gas Monkey shop in Dallas and show them what a nice Pantera with
> > updated power can do!
> > I also question how much of the show is really spontaneous and how much
> is
> > scripted B.S. I remember back when someone posted that the people from
> > "Pawn Stars" contacted  the owner of a Pantera that was for sale and
> asked
> > him if he wanted to bring the car down. They said "they didn't really
> want
> > to buy it they just wanted content for the show" Also the story line that
> > Dale Earnhardt Jr. was repeatedly calling and was unable to get through
> is
> > complete B.S. Diet Mountain Dew (one of his biggest sponsors) is also the
> > sponsor of "Fast and loud", So tell me that the whole Dale Jr. story
> isn't
> > a bunch of crap. I also looked on Hemmings for restored  Nomads when
> > Richard purchased the sweet 56 Nomad for $25K, they were averaging around
> > 50 to 60K there was one barn find in need of a complete restoration for
> > $25K. So I think that this "reality "show like most of the others uses
> the
> > term "Reality" with extreme poetic license. None the less I sill find it
> > allot more entertaining then much of the alternative fare TV has to offer
> > (have you ever watched Porter Ridge?) talk about unmitigated manure!
> > Boyd
> >
> >
> > On Tue, Sep 3, 2013 at 1:43 PM, Sean Korb <spkorb at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > > I'm not going to count on it... but I saw a scene in the season
> clip-show
> > > of a blue Pantera doing a big nasty burnout in their parking lot.  So
> > this
> > > one might have been saved, or someone brought another one in for
> revenge,
> > > or... the show is purposelyy made dramatic with unneeded plot twists.
> >  The
> > > next episode could pull this out or... not.
> > >
> > > Crap.  This is not good publicity.
> > >
> > > On Tue, Sep 3, 2013 at 1:32 PM, Christopher Kimball
> > > <chrisvkimball at msn.com>wrote:
> > >
> > > > How utterly annoying!
> > > > Chris
> > > >
> > > > > Date: Tue, 3 Sep 2013 10:27:19 -0700
> > > > > From: jefude at yahoo.com
> > > > > To: detomaso at poca.com
> > > > > Subject: [DeTomaso] Fast and Loud TV Show
> > > >  >
> > > > > Last night on “Fast and Loud” (Gas Monkey Garage Dallas TX) a not
> > very
> > > > flattering Pantera segment. It started out favorably with a short
> > Pantera
> > > > retrospective. But went downhill from there.
> > > > > They purchased a 2 owner 74 L ( non-running) with mid-teens miles
> > that
> > > > had  been sitting for over 30 years. The owner wanted $25 K and they
> > > > settled at $17K. The owner later said he had almost sold it to PI for
> > > $10K.
> > > > > The car was missing the carb and had some damage under the front
> > > > radiator support. It was filthy nasty looking but based on the
> limited
> > > > views seemed like an all there survivor down to the original
> Arrivas. A
> > > > seemingly good purchase for the $17K.
> > > > > Next segment shows a fat arssed mechanic trying to crawl under the
> > rear
> > > > end hitting his head. Also after getting in and out of the car he
> > bitches
> > > > about hating it. He said the clutch was bad but we all know it could
> > have
> > > > just as easily been the master or slave. They then show rust in the
> > > intake
> > > > manifold and holes in the inner rear fender arch.
> > > > > The mechanic basically does not want to screw with the car at all
> and
> > > > tells Richard that he should just sell the car. Last segment shows
> them
> > > out
> > > > scribbling on the windshield  “ 4 SALE”  and a disgusted Richard
> > mumbling
> > > > it as “POS” .
> > > > >  They never show or say the car sold so not sure where it is now.
> >  But
> > > > the Pantera is definitely not shown in a favorable light.
> > > > > If you want to catch a rerun of this episode it will be the one
> > > > highlighted by a Nomad build for Dale Jr.
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