[DeTomaso] NPC - Valentino Balboni - the public face of Lamborghini

[Dick Koch]

For all my DeTomaso Pantera brethren, the following may be of interest 
to you.

In a prior post I mentioned that Bob Winchell, a friend of mine on a car 
guy tour in Italy, visited the Tom Tjaarda museum, and provided a link 
to the pictures he took while there.  On a further leg of his tour, Bob 
also met with Valentino Balboni and sent me this video of a ride taken 
in a Lambo Murciélago LP640 with Valentino Balboni at the wheel. Bob had 
dinner with Valentino last week and described him as "a real deal 
character !!!!"

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RW7Cok5T2iE&feature=em-share_video_user

Bob's tour guide sent the following message to the folks on the tour 
that included a response from Valentino in which Valentino referenced a 
video titled, "The Reunion: 1973-2013."  It is a fascinating video 
describing the reunion of a Muira SV with it's original owner, 
Gianfranco Innocenti, with Valentino describing his first test drive in 
the Muira, and the deliver of the same Muira to Gianfranco 40 years later.

The link to that video is at the end of Valentino's email to Frank 
Mandarano, the tour guide, which follows:

From: Frank Mandarano <frank at carguytour.com>
To: Tour Participants
Sent: Thursday, September 19, 2013 3:04 PM
Subject: A great video

Hi Guys,
I miss all of you already.  Thank you all for making the 2013 Tour very 
unforgettable.
I received this nice note from Valentino along with a link to very 
beautiful  video.
 From Innsbruck Austria on my way to ZF tomorrow.
Ciao,
Frank Mandarano
Italian Mobile +39 331 932 3004

Begin forwarded message:

 > From: Valentino Balboni <valentino.balboni at tin.it>
 > Subject: Kidston - Movie Detail
 > Date: September 19, 2013 6:48:24 PM GMT+02:00
 > To: "frank at carguytour.com" <frank at carguytour.com>
 >
 > Ciao Frank,
 > always great to see you.
 > Thanks a lot for your invitation last night in Modena.
 > It is pleasant to see how you entertain your guests.
 > Am now back to the States, stay on touch.
 > Enjoy the video!!
 >
 >  http://www.kidston.com/view_movie.php?id=43

Dick Koch - Atlanta