[DeTomaso] Road & Track online
Forest Goodhart
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Fri Mar 21 20:48:45 EDT 2014
Ah, but it does fit.
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From: dave londry <davel at emspace.com>
To: detomaso at poca.com
Sent: Friday, March 21, 2014 4:13 PM
Subject: Re: [DeTomaso] Road & Track online
Darn - the 429 is pretty wide to fit into the Pantera.
On 21/03/2014 4:05 PM, Will Kooiman wrote:
> Wait. I'm good at word problems like this.
>
> UmmmmmŠ.. The station wagon?
>
> On 3/21/14 7:01 PM, "John Taphorn" <jtaphorn at kingwoodcable.com> wrote:
>
>> I grew up in upstate NY. While I was only about 11 or 12, my
>> recollection was that everyone wanted a Pantera. I don't recall the
>> mixed reviews dampening the ambitions of many people to own one. It
>> was a hot car.
>> Rather, it was the outrageous price of 11K which was almost twice the
>> price of a big block Vette or a fully loaded Colony Park station wagon
>> with a 429, that limited the buyers.
>> Guess which car was in our driveway. :^(
>> JT
>>
>> On 3/21/2014 10:51 AM, Jeff Detrich wrote:
>>
>> On Tue, Mar 4, 2014 at 2:57 PM, Julian Kift
>> [1]<[1]julian_kift at hotmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> but by their
>> nature they are regarded as somewhat anti-establishment
>>
>> In the early days, a lot of people bought new Panteras because they
>> were a step up from the sports cars they were already driving. Others
>> bought because it was stylish. You had to be somewhat
>> anti-establishment because the car mags hade trashed the car so you
>> bought it because it was good performance and good value compared to
>> the other cars out there - 911s, Ferraris, E-types, Corvettes, etc. By
>> the late 70s, it was going downhill, the stylish, gold chain crowd, but
>> there were still owners who valued the performance. Unfortunately this
>> is when most of the cars started to be poorly maintained. The 90s
>> started to bring back the buyer who was looking for performance and
>> style but the car was still an outlier. The 2000s started to see the
>> car making a comeback for what it was. People started to do better
>> restos and maintenance. And that continues today. But you still have to
>> be somewhat of an anti-establishment type, ie, you buy the car for what
>> it is, not for what it's perceived to be. And unlike a lot of more
>> traditional car folks, most of us have modified the car in some way or
>> another to make it a better, safer, more dependable driver.
>> So call us "Rednecks." It may not be the word I'd use but we value the
>> car for what it is, perceptions be damned.
>> Just my opinion.
>> Jeff
>> 6559
>>
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Ah, but it does fit.
From: dave londry <davel at emspace.com>
To: detomaso at poca.com
Sent: Friday, March 21, 2014 4:13 PM
Subject: Re: [DeTomaso] Road & Track online
Darn - the 429 is pretty wide to fit into the Pantera.
On 21/03/2014 4:05 PM, Will Kooiman wrote:
> Wait. I'm good at word problems like this.
>
> UmmmmmAA .. The station wagon?
>
> On 3/21/14 7:01 PM, "John Taphorn" <[1]jtaphorn at kingwoodcable.com>
wrote:
>
>> I grew up in upstate NY. While I was only about 11 or 12, my
>> recollection was that everyone wanted a Pantera. I don't recall
the
>> mixed reviews dampening the ambitions of many people to own one.
It
>> was a hot car.
>> Rather, it was the outrageous price of 11K which was almost twice
the
>> price of a big block Vette or a fully loaded Colony Park station
wagon
>> with a 429, that limited the buyers.
>> Guess which car was in our driveway. :^(
>> JT
>>
>> On 3/21/2014 10:51 AM, Jeff Detrich wrote:
>>
>> On Tue, Mar 4, 2014 at 2:57 PM, Julian Kift
>> [1]<[1][2]julian_kift at hotmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> but by their
>> nature they are regarded as somewhat anti-establishment
>>
>> In the early days, a lot of people bought new Panteras because
they
>> were a step up from the sports cars they were already driving.
Others
>> bought because it was stylish. You had to be somewhat
>> anti-establishment because the car mags hade trashed the car so
you
>> bought it because it was good performance and good value compared
to
>> the other cars out there - 911s, Ferraris, E-types, Corvettes,
etc. By
>> the late 70s, it was going downhill, the stylish, gold chain
crowd, but
>> there were still owners who valued the performance. Unfortunately
this
>> is when most of the cars started to be poorly maintained. The 90s
>> started to bring back the buyer who was looking for performance
and
>> style but the car was still an outlier. The 2000s started to see
the
>> car making a comeback for what it was. People started to do
better
>> restos and maintenance. And that continues today. But you still
have to
>> be somewhat of an anti-establishment type, ie, you buy the car
for what
>> it is, not for what it's perceived to be. And unlike a lot of
more
>> traditional car folks, most of us have modified the car in some
way or
>> another to make it a better, safer, more dependable driver.
>> So call us "Rednecks." It may not be the word I'd use but we
value the
>> car for what it is, perceptions be damned.
>> Just my opinion.
>> Jeff
>> 6559
>>
>> References
>>
>> 1. [2]mailto:[3]julian_kift at hotmail.com
>>
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