[DeTomaso] Mike Drew on Jay Leno's Garage?????

[Jerry Knotts]

Mike.

That's neat - great adventure personally and superior stage presence and 
presentation for the Pantera community and POCA.

jerry

On 6/23/2014 2:06 PM, Mike Drew via DeTomaso wrote:
>     In a message dated 6/23/14 7 48 13, michael at michaelshortt.com writes:
>     Great job Mike, so now tell us all what happens next, did you get a
>     private tour of the place, did Jay let you sit in any of his toys?
>     >>>It was a fantastic day.  I'd been there before; he gave Lori and me
>     a private 2.5 hour tour of his collection back in December.
>     On the day of the shoot (last month, on the way to the Fun Rally) I got
>     there early and he was a bit late, so I got to spend another hour or so
>     wandering around the shop by myself.  The shoot took about two hours,
>     but then he invited me to stay and play cars some more.  He did two
>     more shoots with other people, so I just sort of wandered around and
>     watched the process.  After they left, the crew, mechanics, Jay and I
>     had lunch in the shop, and then he took me for a ride in his 1925 Doble
>     steam car.
>     That turned into an adventure and a half over the space of the next
>     several hours.  I had already Drewsastered his Pantera during the shoot
>     (A/C system let go), and then when we were many miles from the shop in
>     the Doble, it conked out due to a mega water leak.  We were able to
>     fill the tank at a convenient fire station (!) and then limped slowly
>     back towards the shop, stopping again in the barrio at a used tire
>     store for more water.  Once back in the shop I helped them get it up on
>     the lift to evaluate the problem.
>     A water transfer pump that sends water from the storage tank to the
>     boiler had let go, and water was cascading out of it.  While they were
>     under the car checking it out, I backed away to take in the whole
>     scene.  My next words were, "Fire fire no shit this car is on fire!"
>     It was completely ablaze under the hood!  After a mad scramble, Jay got
>     an air hose, a mechanic got a blow gun for it, the car was lowered
>     (still burning), I popped the hood and they got after it with the air
>     hose, literally blowing the fire out (a process that took longer than
>     you'd expect).
>     Surprisingly it did no damage; it was apparently caused by gasoline
>     fumes spontaneously combusting due to contact with the hot boiler.
>     With steam cars, things like this happen apparently (he told me he has
>     several videos on Youtube of him blowing himself up with steam cars).
>     Eventually we got cleaned up and called it a day--I was there at the
>     shop for about ten hours.
>     One of the best days of my life, and even though he set a record for
>     the first-ever TRIPLE Drewsaster, Jay invited me to come back sometime,
>     as I had mentioned to him that my late father loved Duesenbergs, so he
>     wants to take me for a ride in his SJ as a tribute to him.
>     What a terrific guy!  He loves his Pantera, too.  If you're in So Cal
>     at a car show, you may well see him with it.  He told me yesterday that
>     he bumped into Leon Rower this weekend (whose immaculate, bone-stock
>     blue Pantera wowed the crowd at the Fun Rally at the Saturday car show)
>     and really was impressed with his Pantera too!
>     Oh, and the Doble problem was caused by the water pump failing and
>     hydro-locking.  Doble water pumps don't grow on trees (they only made
>     46 cars and no two were the same) but fortunately he has so much
>     machining capability within his shop that he was able to have a new one
>     made from scratch, and the car is back on the road alreadya|.
>     Mike
>
>
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   Mike.
   That's neat - great adventure personally and superior stage presence
   and presentation for the Pantera community and POCA.
   jerry
   On 6/23/2014 2:06 PM, Mike Drew via DeTomaso wrote:

   In a message dated 6/23/14 7 48 13, [1]michael at michaelshortt.com writes:
   Great job Mike, so now tell us all what happens next, did you get a
   private tour of the place, did Jay let you sit in any of his toys?
   >>>It was a fantastic day.  I'd been there before; he gave Lori and me
   a private 2.5 hour tour of his collection back in December.
   On the day of the shoot (last month, on the way to the Fun Rally) I got
   there early and he was a bit late, so I got to spend another hour or so
   wandering around the shop by myself.  The shoot took about two hours,
   but then he invited me to stay and play cars some more.  He did two
   more shoots with other people, so I just sort of wandered around and
   watched the process.  After they left, the crew, mechanics, Jay and I
   had lunch in the shop, and then he took me for a ride in his 1925 Doble
   steam car.
   That turned into an adventure and a half over the space of the next
   several hours.  I had already Drewsastered his Pantera during the shoot
   (A/C system let go), and then when we were many miles from the shop in
   the Doble, it conked out due to a mega water leak.  We were able to
   fill the tank at a convenient fire station (!) and then limped slowly
   back towards the shop, stopping again in the barrio at a used tire
   store for more water.  Once back in the shop I helped them get it up on
   the lift to evaluate the problem.
   A water transfer pump that sends water from the storage tank to the
   boiler had let go, and water was cascading out of it.  While they were
   under the car checking it out, I backed away to take in the whole
   scene.  My next words were, "Fire fire no shit this car is on fire!"
   It was completely ablaze under the hood!  After a mad scramble, Jay got
   an air hose, a mechanic got a blow gun for it, the car was lowered
   (still burning), I popped the hood and they got after it with the air
   hose, literally blowing the fire out (a process that took longer than
   you'd expect).
   Surprisingly it did no damage; it was apparently caused by gasoline
   fumes spontaneously combusting due to contact with the hot boiler.
   With steam cars, things like this happen apparently (he told me he has
   several videos on Youtube of him blowing himself up with steam cars).
   Eventually we got cleaned up and called it a day--I was there at the
   shop for about ten hours.
   One of the best days of my life, and even though he set a record for
   the first-ever TRIPLE Drewsaster, Jay invited me to come back sometime,
   as I had mentioned to him that my late father loved Duesenbergs, so he
   wants to take me for a ride in his SJ as a tribute to him.
   What a terrific guy!  He loves his Pantera, too.  If you're in So Cal
   at a car show, you may well see him with it.  He told me yesterday that
   he bumped into Leon Rower this weekend (whose immaculate, bone-stock
   blue Pantera wowed the crowd at the Fun Rally at the Saturday car show)
   and really was impressed with his Pantera too!
   Oh, and the Doble problem was caused by the water pump failing and
   hydro-locking.  Doble water pumps don't grow on trees (they only made
   46 cars and no two were the same) but fortunately he has so much
   machining capability within his shop that he was able to have a new one
   made from scratch, and the car is back on the road alreadya|.
   Mike


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