[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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