[DeTomaso] Not Your Average Pantera, Meet BKPNTR

[Rob DOrazio]

Guys, I have to weigh in on this.  Two weeks ago I was at the "Best of France and Italy" car show in Van Nuys and a guy pulled in with a burgundy mid 60s Ferrari he had rebuilt from a rescued body.  He had aftermarket wheels, an Art Morrison tube chassis and a 500hp Small Block Chevy.  I should also mention that he was running without a hood. He couldn't get grouped with the Ferraris but instead was placed in the "other cars" row.   I was talking to him and appreciating the workmanship of his car when he told me that a Ferrari club guy with a mock turtleneck sporting the horse came over and told him the car was an "abomination". The Chevy/Ferrari owner replied "So is coming to a car show in women's clothing".  The frustrated Ferrari club member slinked away.  The Ferrari Club guy should have appreciated that at least this derelict old Ferrari was resurrected creatively and back on the road.

Let's not become the Ferrari club.

Incidentally, I saw the GT40 Pantera in San Diego and it is "bitchin".

Rob D'Orazio
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   Guys, I have to weigh in on this.  Two weeks ago I was at the "Best of
   France and Italy" car show in Van Nuys and a guy pulled in with a
   burgundy mid 60s Ferrari he had rebuilt from a rescued body.  He had
   aftermarket wheels, an Art Morrison tube chassis and a 500hp Small
   Block Chevy.  I should also mention that he was running without a hood.
   He couldn't get grouped with the Ferraris but instead was placed in the
   "other cars" row.   I was talking to him and appreciating the
   workmanship of his car when he told me that a Ferrari club guy with a
   mock turtleneck sporting the horse came over and told him the car was
   an "abomination". The Chevy/Ferrari owner replied "So is coming to a
   car show in women's clothing".  The frustrated Ferrari club member
   slinked away.  The Ferrari Club guy should have appreciated that at
   least this derelict old Ferrari was resurrected creatively and back on
   the road.
   Let's not become the Ferrari club.
   Incidentally, I saw the GT40 Pantera in San Diego and it is "bitchin".
   Rob D'Orazio