[DeTomaso] Fwd: Re: Road & Track online
Dave
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Wed Mar 5 14:11:34 EST 2014
How could you forget the Sunbeam Tiger?
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From: michael at michaelshortt.com [mailto:michael at michaelshortt.com]
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To: Julian Kift; detomaso at poca.com
Subject: [DeTomaso] Fwd: Re: Road & Track online
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From: "michael at michaelshortt.com" <michael at michaelshortt.com>
Date: Mar 4, 2014 3:37 PM
Subject: Re: [DeTomaso] Road & Track online
To: "boyd casey" <boyd411 at gmail.com>
Cc:
I was referring to the phrase "Redneck Supercar".
Only people who say stuff like that are just jealous or ignorant.
What is a GT40, Cobra, Bizarinni, Iso Griffo, Jensen Interceptor, Rover 3500, TR8, Range Rover, ...all cars with European styling and American Horsepower.
On Mar 4, 2014 3:10 PM, "Boyd Casey" <boyd411 at gmail.com> wrote:
> I'm am certainly not a "hater" , I just don't see the point in
> consolidating these particular 50 cars into the group they are in. I
> certainly agree that the Pantera is on of the 51 coolest cars of the
> last
> 50 years but as far as some of the others on the list go I would
> strongly disagree. I have always liked the early 60's continental
> convertible but I don't think it's among the 50 coolest, nor the
> Miata. The Citroen SM had many advanced features but I never thought of it as particularly "cool".
> What happened to The Lamborghini Muria, the F-40, the NSX those 3
> should certainly be in any list of coo cars of the last 50 years. In
> my opinion the article was a mish mosh of cars. Some unique some quite
> common and a few Like our favorite very cool. But as far as a
> comprehensive list of the
> 51 coolest cars of the last 50 years I for one think the author missed
> the mark.
>
>
> On Tue, Mar 4, 2014 at 2:44 PM, michael at michaelshortt.com <
> michael at michaelshortt.com> wrote:
>
>> Julian,
>>
>> The comment of the topic wasn't the car, it was the reference of our
>> car being called a "Redneck Supercar"
>>
>> In regard to the list, I'd need a 10,000 sq. ft warehouse and 25 4
>> post lifts, I'd like them all. Proud to be in that company.
>>
>> Michael
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> On Tue, Mar 4, 2014 at 2:38 PM, Julian Kift <julian_kift at hotmail.com>wrote:
>>
>>> Well what a bunch of haters this list appears to have become; people
>>> who cannot understand when Pantera's aren't flavor of the month and
>>> then also not happy when they get press or sales prices rise.
>>>
>>> As the title of the article said it is "51 coolest cars of the past
>>> 50 years", which appears to be a list of cars that were each a
>>> milestone in motoring history. Yes it's down to a writer's personal
>>> opinion, but in all honesty there's some damn good and iconic
>>> company in that list, many of which I'd own if I could long before I
>>> dropped my money on a Pantera. I think the fact that the Pantera
>>> made this list at all is testament to Tom Tjaarda for penning an
>>> iconic design and as someone said in an earlier post today the sight
>>> and sound of a Pantera rumbling down the street still turns heads 50 years later, that is what the article is all about.
>>>
>>> Julian
>>>
>>> Date: Tue, 4 Mar 2014 13:07:09 -0500
>>> From: boyd411 at gmail.com
>>> To: LEVITT1946 at aol.com
>>> CC: detomaso at poca.com; michael at michaelshortt.com
>>> Subject: Re: [DeTomaso] Road & Track online
>>>
>>>
>>> What's the point os a list of cars that includes open wheel race
>>> cars with mazda Miatas and ford broncos. I for one don't get it. As
>>> usual of bunch of crap that is meaningless written by a bunch of guys that drive desks.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> On Tue, Mar 4, 2014 at 12:51 PM, <LEVITT1946 at aol.com> wrote:
>>>
>>> > SUPERCAR....SEX....TIMELESS BEAUTY.....BEST
>>> > VALUE......QUALITY.....ENGINEERED HANDBUILT PERFECTION
>>> > .....HANDLES
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> > LIKE A DREAM AND WILL OUT HANDLE ANYTHING ON THE ROAD TODAY .
>>> >
>>> >
>>> >
>>> > In a message dated 3/4/2014 12:41:31 P.M. Eastern Standard Time,
>>> > terry.himes at jpl.nasa.gov writes:
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> >
>>> > Redneck Supercar? Really? Please.
>>> > Terry W. Himes
>>> > JPL Jet Propulsion Laboratory
>>> > Deep Impact Sequence Team Lead
>>> > Deep Impact Spacecraft Engineer & Activity Lead
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>>> > Phone: (818) 393-6261
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>>> > Fax: (818) 393-3147
>>> > thimes at jpl.nasa.gov<mailto:thimes at jpl.nasa.gov>
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>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> > From: "michael at michaelshortt.com<mailto:michael at michaelshortt.com>"
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>>> > <michael at michaelshortt.com<mailto:michael at michaelshortt.com>>
>>> > Date: Tuesday, March 4, 2014 9:04 AM
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>>> > To: "detomaso at poca.com<mailto:detomaso at poca.com>"
>>> > <detomaso at poca.com<mailto:detomaso at poca.com>>
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>>> > Subject: [DeTomaso] Road & Track online
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>>> > http://www.roadandtrack.com/51coolest/51-coolest-cars-of-the-last-
>>> > 50
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>>> > -years#slide-18
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>>> > Redneck Supercar? Really? Please.
>>> > Terry W. Himes
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>>> > From: "[2]michael at michaelshortt.com"
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>>> > Date: Tuesday, March 4, 2014 9:04 AM
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>>> > Subject: [DeTomaso] Road & Track online
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>>> > [6]http://www.roadandtrack.com/51coolest/51-coolest-cars-of-the-la
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