[DeTomaso] 1974 DeTomaso Pantera GTS | Mecum Auctions

[Tom Shinrock]

 I bought a lot of parts from Mike Staskie when I was restoring my car in the mid 80s.  I remember that I was fighting overheating problems so I decided to buy another temp gauge to see if my gauge was the real problem.   I have a Euro GTS so I asked Mike if he had any Euro gauges.  He said he had a whole set so I bought the temp gauge but he really put the hard sell on me to buy all the gauges because he said they would be hard to sell in the US.

One of the things the brings back memories of buying parts from Mike is that he would hand write a description of each part that was being shipped on an IBM computer punch card, which served as a packing slip.  I still have his punch cards in my stack of receipts.

Mike was a good guy and a great source for used parts.

Tom
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From: Mike Scardina via DeTomaso <detomaso at poca.com>
To: detomaso <detomaso at poca.com>
Sent: Wed, Feb 4, 2015 12:12 pm
Subject: [DeTomaso] 1974 DeTomaso Pantera GTS | Mecum Auctions


I went and read about this car on the registry. It was interesting that
   it came from Orland Park, IL. I remember that in the early 80's Mike
   Staskie lived in that general area and he had a wrecked GTS, that he
   had bought,  in his garage for years which had the same livery. I used
   to buy Pantera parts from Mike, but he never would sell any parts from
   the GTS because he insisted that one day someone would buy it to
   restore.  The photos on the registry show rear end damage which
   although significant was nothing compared to the carnage on Mike's GTS.
    Mike's car had been rolled over by a truck.  It's not likely that this
   is the same car, but it also wouldn't surprise me that Mike's old GTS
   had been later reborn. I think Mike's GTS had less than 100 miles on it
   at the time. I know Mike's name comes up from time to time on this
   site, but I don't think anyone ever posted information on what happened
   to him.  He used to be a constant advertiser of Pantera parts in
   Hemmings, well before any of us were using the internet.  He had a nice
   house in the south suburbs of Chicago and every room was just loaded
   with parts from dismantled Panteras.

 
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   I bought a lot of parts from Mike Staskie when I was restoring my car
   in the mid 80s.  I remember that I was fighting overheating problems so
   I decided to buy another temp gauge to see if my gauge was the real
   problem.   I have a Euro GTS so I asked Mike if he had any Euro
   gauges.  He said he had a whole set so I bought the temp gauge but he
   really put the hard sell on me to buy all the gauges because he said
   they would be hard to sell in the US.
   One of the things the brings back memories of buying parts from Mike is
   that he would hand write a description of each part that was being
   shipped on an IBM computer punch card, which served as a packing slip.
   I still have his punch cards in my stack of receipts.
   Mike was a good guy and a great source for used parts.
   Tom
   5186

   -----Original Message-----
   From: Mike Scardina via DeTomaso <detomaso at poca.com>
   To: detomaso <detomaso at poca.com>
   Sent: Wed, Feb 4, 2015 12:12 pm
   Subject: [DeTomaso] 1974 DeTomaso Pantera GTS | Mecum Auctions
I went and read about this car on the registry. It was interesting that
   it came from Orland Park, IL. I remember that in the early 80's Mike
   Staskie lived in that general area and he had a wrecked GTS, that he
   had bought,  in his garage for years which had the same livery. I used
   to buy Pantera parts from Mike, but he never would sell any parts from
   the GTS because he insisted that one day someone would buy it to
   restore.  The photos on the registry show rear end damage which
   although significant was nothing compared to the carnage on Mike's GTS.
    Mike's car had been rolled over by a truck.  It's not likely that this
   is the same car, but it also wouldn't surprise me that Mike's old GTS
   had been later reborn. I think Mike's GTS had less than 100 miles on it
   at the time. I know Mike's name comes up from time to time on this
   site, but I don't think anyone ever posted information on what happened
   to him.  He used to be a constant advertiser of Pantera parts in
   Hemmings, well before any of us were using the internet.  He had a nice
   house in the south suburbs of Chicago and every room was just loaded
   with parts from dismantled Panteras.

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