[DeTomaso] Car that got away

[bill gaino]

When I was 17-17 I could not convince daddy to buy me a 70 Jag XKE for 2500$  He insisted that I save my own money and he would match what I saved. When we got to 700$ My first car was a 66 Mustang Convertable. It burned 7 quarts of oil driving across NC. Also the first motor I rebuilt!
Bill 1362

-----Original Message-----
>From: Garth Rodericks via DeTomaso <detomaso at poca.com>
>Sent: Jun 24, 2014 8:58 PM
>To: DeTomaso Mail List <detomaso at poca.com>
>Subject: [DeTomaso] Car that got away
>
>   Not a story of a cheap car now worth a mint, but fun none the less...
>
>   I was in my early 20's living in Santa Barbara and had been lusting
>   after a maroon 73 DeTomaso Pantera at local specialty dealer's lot. I
>   had stopped to look at it a few times, but couldn't quite afford it -
>   remember, I was in my early 20's (and saving to buy my first house).
>   It turned out that a business associate/customer of mine was a fellow
>   gearhead, and a partner in the dealership. He told me all about the
>   car, what they'd done to it, how long they'd had it, etc, and finally
>   after another couple months of it languishing on their lot made me a
>   lowball offer to sell it to me.  I almost pulled the trigger, but
>   decided I needed to buy a house with a garage first!  13 years later, I
>   got my Pantera!  And I like the one I have now better than the one I
>   passed on.
>
>
>   Now, here are a few of the one's I wish didn't get away...
>
>   68 Vette (L88) - $5000
>   T-tops, 427, 4 speed, silver, beautiful car. Shopping for my first car
>   and didn't have quite enough money; and my dad refused to help me "buy
>   a car that I'd kill myself in."
>
>   67 Austin Healey Mk. III - $5500
>   Beautifully restored and ran perfectly. Agreed to purchase terms, then
>   seller stalled me each time I tried to arrange pickup, and sold it out
>   from under me to another buyer for a few dollars more. Ironically, a
>   few years later I'm going to a new GF's house for the 4th of July and
>   as we pull in to the neighborhood where her parents lived I tell her
>   about this a$$hole who sold this car out from under me; turns out to be
>   her dad.
>
>   1960 Austin Healey Bugeye Sprite - $1500
>   Beautifully restored and correct, but just not enough driving
>   excitement. Almost bought it because it was so cheap. Unfortunately, I
>   bought a Porsche 924 instead. D'oh!
>
>   1964 Ferrari 330 GT - $12000
>   Wish I had this one.  The twin headlights are a polarizing feature and
>   it's admittedly not the best looking of the vintage, but still a cool
>   car!


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