[DeTomaso] Beautiful Euro Pantera front bumper photo
MikeLDrew at aol.com
MikeLDrew at aol.com
Wed Apr 23 13:22:19 EDT 2014
In a message dated 4/23/14 8 53 1, mghibli7 at hotmail.com writes:
> Two points about the car.
>
> First, it looks like it has 17" Campy replicas that have been painted,
> which in my opinion is the way they should be. The polished bling wheels have
> never done it for me, I know it is personal preference but I like the
> original look.
>
>>>Me too. This particular car has 16-inch in front which I think looks
much better. They look to be the same size; with 17 inch on both ends, the
fronts wind up looking larger than the rears, because the face of the wheel
is closer to the edge and it creates an illusion.
>
> >Second, absolutely love the color. It is very similar to the color on my
> US GTS. My only criticism would be that I don't see the lower rocker pain
> ted black. In my opinion the black down below breaks it up and somehow makes
> it look more squat.
>
>>>Yes, failing to paint the rockers, and the bottom of the nose and tail
of the car in satin black creates another illusion, making the car look at
least a foot shorter in length, and six inches taller in height.
>
> >That aside, it looks beautiful.
>
>>>It drives wonderfully as well. I have driven and ridden in this car
and have a photo of the speedo pegged at 150 mph on a two-lane road on the way
to Le Mans one year (I was the passenger at that point!). I also got
pulled over by the French cops for conducting a burnout in this car in exactly
the location where this photo is taken. A little fast-talking in broken
French got me out of a ticket. :>)
Mike
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In a message dated 4/23/14 8 53 1, mghibli7 at hotmail.com writes:
Two points about the car.
First, it looks like it has 17" Campy replicas that have been
painted, which in my opinion is the way they should be. The polished
bling wheels have never done it for me, I know it is personal
preference but I like the original look.
>>>Me too. This particular car has 16-inch in front which I think
looks much better. They look to be the same size; with 17 inch on both
ends, the fronts wind up looking larger than the rears, because the
face of the wheel is closer to the edge and it creates an illusion.
>Second, absolutely love the color. It is very similar to the color
on my US GTS. My only criticism would be that I don't see the lower
rocker painted black. In my opinion the black down below breaks it
up and somehow makes it look more squat.
>>>Yes, failing to paint the rockers, and the bottom of the nose and
tail of the car in satin black creates another illusion, making the car
look at least a foot shorter in length, and six inches taller in
height.
>That aside, it looks beautiful.
>>>It drives wonderfully as well. I have driven and ridden in this car
and have a photo of the speedo pegged at 150 mph on a two-lane road on
the way to Le Mans one year (I was the passenger at that point!). I
also got pulled over by the French cops for conducting a burnout in
this car in exactly the location where this photo is taken. A little
fast-talking in broken French got me out of a ticket. :>)
Mike
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