[DeTomaso] Fwd: Re: Road & Track online

Dave dave at damardirect.com
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] 
Sent: Tuesday, March 04, 2014 3:42 PM
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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>>> >      Fax:     (818) 393-3147
>>> >      thimes at jpl.nasa.gov<mailto:thimes at jpl.nasa.gov>
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>>>
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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
>>> >      
>>> > http://www.roadandtrack.com/51coolest/51-coolest-cars-of-the-last-
>>> > 50
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>>>
>>> >      -years#slide-18
>>> >      Michael Shortt
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>>> >      Michael L. Shortt
>>> >      Savannah, Georgia
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>>> >         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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>>> >         Fax:     (818) 393-3147
>>> >         [1]thimes at jpl.nasa.gov
>>> >         From: "[2]michael at michaelshortt.com"
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>>> >      <[3]michael at michaelshortt.com>
>>> >         Date: Tuesday, March 4, 2014 9:04 AM
>>> >         To: "[4]detomaso at poca.com" <[5]detomaso at poca.com>
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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
>>> > st
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>>> >      -50
>>> >         -years#slide-18
>>> >         Michael Shortt
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