[DeTomaso] Bullfrog Blues

[Will Kooiman]

The reason I pulled you over is because you were going so fast that pieces
of your car were falling off.

I think you should call yourself lucky, and attach some of these to the
frog:

http://www.thespacestore.com/nasa-pins/nasa-pin-sets/exclusive-limited-edit
ion-columbia-space-shuttle-thermal-tile


On 8/16/15, 10:18 PM, "DeTomaso on behalf of Tom Shinrock via DeTomaso"
<detomaso-bounces at poca.com on behalf of detomaso at poca.com> wrote:

>   I've had those mirrors on my car for 28 years, during which I did many
>   a track event (and even a trip or two to Phoenix at well over the
>   speeds you encountered) and never experience any problems with the
>   mirrors.
>
>   Tom
>
>   5186
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>   From: John Taphorn <jtaphorn at kingwoodcable.com>
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>   Sent: Sun, Aug 16, 2015 6:02 pm
>   Subject: [DeTomaso] Bullfrog Blues
>My son and I took the Bullfrog , my green Pantera, for a drive to Texas
>World
>Speedway today.  Rob Pink was running his 240z at the track and we
>thought we
>would spectate.  About 1 mile from the track, the highway
>narrows and I
>thought it unlikely the local gendarmes would be on this
>section as the
>shoulders are narrow with no safe place to pull over or
>park with a radar
>gun.
>
>The speed limit is 75 so I hammered the throttle. I not absolutely
>
>certain of the velocity, and it may be foolish to disclose on a public
>
>forum, however, it was well into triple digits and fast enough to blow
>off
>my drivers side Vitaloni mirror.  Out of the corner of my eye, I saw
>it twist.
>I quickly released the throttle, yet too late as it separated
>from the
>Pantera.  Fortunately, it did not smack up against the car.
>
>I assumed that I
>had carelessly allowed the set screw to loosen that
>holds the assembly to the
>bracket attached to the car.  Those personal
>errors make me upset.  When we
>arrived at the track I had an opportunity
>to better inspect the problem. To my
>surprise, the mounting pieces were
>all still in place and tight.  Rather, the
>aluminum casting surrendered
>to the air onslaught.  This is rather bazaar.
>See the attached pics to
>compare with the passenger side mirror.
>
>I did not
>recover the actual mirror.  I could not pull over for over a
>.5 mile down the
>road and it was not a safe section of highway to walk.
>I can't imagine that
>there was much left of the mirror tumbling down the
>pavement at that speed.  I
>had a lot of time spent prepping that piece
>for paint - oh well.  Perhaps, I
>had the bad draw of a poor casting.
>Has anyone else suffered this fate with
>the Vitaloni.
>
>Now, I need to find another matching mirror and convince myself
>that I
>had a bad aluminum casting.  Maybe I just need to slow down.  I was
>
>channeling Art Stephens.
>
>Dave Hall, what mirror do you have on Limezotica?
>Those were awesome.
>
>JT
>
>
>
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