[DeTomaso] GT5S poster - Still looking for this poster/ any info of company origin/ or bigger picture

[Mike Drew]

Fwiw that car was just purchased and the new owner is in San Jose CA. He STOLE it for half what it's worth!

Mike

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On Jul 28, 2014, at 19:33, Thomas Tornblom <thomas at hax.se> wrote:

> What poster is that?
> 
> I assume it is not this one, as it appears readily available, and I'm looking at one right now on my wall:
> 
> http://www.ebay.com/itm/Pantera-GT5-POSTER-NEW-RARE-/251599147638?pt=Motors_Manuals_Literature&hash=item3a947a5276&vxp=mtr
> 
> Cheers,
> Thomas
> 
> 
> 2014-07-29 03:53, michael at michaelshortt.com skrev:
>>    If anybody has one and wants to offer it for scanning, I'd be happy to
>>    large format scan it at high res and offer
>>    a third party source for ordering prints ( paper, canvas, whatever ). I
>>    can't imagine that the copyright
>>    holder cares at this point, if so, nevermind.
>>    Michael Shortt
>> 
>>    On Mon, Jul 28, 2014 at 9:44 PM, Jerry Knotts <[1]knottsj at galstar.com>
>>    wrote:
>> 
>>      A  A Thanks Mike - - I am always amazed that obscure facts are never
>>      A  A forgotten by major parts of the collective.
>>      A  A Thanks again,
>>      A  A jerry
>>      A  A On 7/28/2014 7:52 PM, [1][2]MikeLDrew at aol.com wrote:
>> 
>>    A  A  A In a message dated 7/28/14 12 05 10, [2][3]knottsj at galstar.com
>>    writes:
>>    A  A  A Am trying to find a copy of this poster from the 80's. A It was
>>    A  A  A mentioned
>>    A  A  A that it was printed for a company that was to bring in the GT5S
>>    A  A  A cars.
>>    A  A  A Apparently the company folded early on.
>>    A  A  A >>>It's from the December 1984 issue of Motor Trend magazine.
>>    A It's
>>    A  A  A a GT5, not a GT5-S--it predates the entire notion of the GT5-S.
>>    A And
>>    A  A  A the company in question is Stauffer Classics, run by George
>>    A  A  A Stauffer, in Blue Mounds, WI, which is still doing great
>>    business in
>>    A  A  A exactly the same place it was back then. A George imported the
>>    GT5 to
>>    A  A  A North America, with help from Kirk Evans. A Kirk then became
>>    the
>>    A  A  A distributor for the GT5-S and George bowed out.
>>    A  A  A Contact George and he can probably help you.
>>    A  A  A Cheers!
>>    A  A  A Mike
>> 
>>      References
>>      A  A 1. mailto:[4]MikeLDrew at aol.com
>>      A  A 2. mailto:[5]knottsj at galstar.com
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