[DeTomaso] Mike Drew on Jay Leno's Garage?????
Bjoern Flesland
bflesland at gmail.com
Tue Jun 24 16:50:01 EDT 2014
Great job there Mike.
I really liked it when you mentioned that it took 3 hrs to replace the
clutch in the parking lot.
And thanks Perry for giving us the youtube link.
Cheers Bjoern
On Tue, Jun 24, 2014 at 10:39 PM, Mikael <mikael_hass at mail.tele.dk> wrote:
> Amazing, Jay Leno on the Mike Drew show ;-)
>
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> Original Message
> From: Jerry Knotts
> Sent: mandag den 23. juni 2014 21.57
> To: detomaso at poca.com
> Subject: Re: [DeTomaso] Mike Drew on Jay Leno's Garage?????
>
> 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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Great job there Mike.A
I really liked it when you mentioned that it took 3 hrs to replace the
clutch in the parking lot.
And thanks Perry for giving us the youtube link.
Cheers Bjoern
On Tue, Jun 24, 2014 at 10:39 PM, Mikael <[1]mikael_hass at mail.tele.dk>
wrote:
Amazing, Jay Leno on the Mike Drew show ;-)
Sent from my BlackBerry Q10
A Original Message A
From: Jerry Knotts
Sent: mandag den 23. juni 2014 21.57
To: [2]detomaso at poca.com
Subject: Re: [DeTomaso] Mike Drew on Jay Leno's Garage?????
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, [3]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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