[DeTomaso] GT40/Pantera

Fri Jul 17 22:15:44 EDT 2015

I don¹t have any issue with it being a POCA centerfold.

It isn¹t me, but it is well done.  It makes the owner happy, and most
people that see the car say, ³Wow!²

I saw the car in Houston.  I haven¹t seen it yet in Profiles.

On 7/17/15, 9:50 PM, "DeTomaso on behalf of fastgrandma via DeTomaso"
<detomaso-bounces at poca.com on behalf of detomaso at poca.com> wrote:

>   Well said, Bill. Not everyone's cup of tea but no reason for the
>   article not to be in Profiles. I think we're all happier to see a
>   Profiles with a 'not our cup of tea' than no Profiles at all. Driving
>   and enjoying our cars are the main thing. After all, we've all seen
>   cars that could be said to be ugly just due to the color.  :)
>
>   A fact is that we recently had an old member renew his POCA membership
>   now that he can expect a Profiles on a regular basis. Woo-hoo!!!!
>
>   Judy
>
>   -----Original Message-----
>   From: Bill Moore <bill at incendium.com>
>   To: Mikael <mikael_hass at mail.tele.dk>; detomaso <detomaso at poca.com>
>   Sent: Fri, Jul 17, 2015 3:01 pm
>   Subject: Re: [DeTomaso] GT40/Pantera
>Truth be told , not my cup of tea. Trailer queens are.....
>
>   I much prefer
>to drive it drive it drive it. I have over 5000 miles so
>   far this calendar
>year, and planning on doing the PNW fall cruise.
>
>   not afraid to get rained
>on, or snow.
>
>   Cheers,
>   Bill Moore
>   Incendium Supply
>   Calgary
>
>
>-------- Original message --------
>   From: Mikael <[1]mikael_hass at mail.tele.dk>
>
>Date: 2015-07-17 1:22 PM (GMT-07:00)
>   To: [2]detomaso at poca.com
>   Subject:
>[DeTomaso] GT40/Pantera
>   If you guys haven't received your copy of Profiles
>yet, maybe look in
>   your
>   dustbin again. The envelope with what you
>thought was a GT40 magazine
>   sent
>   to you by mistake was in fact the
>Profiles, with the black Pantera with
>   GT40
>   front and rear etc. that
>Profiles had the IMO poor taste to put on the
>   cover
>   and rear and
>centerfold.
>   I of course quickly turned to the build-text, because I wanted
>to try
>   to
>   understand WHY? Was there a Pantera with smashed front and
>rear and a
>   GT40
>   parked on railway tracks so only front and rear was
>saved? No, the
>   author
>   states "for some crazy reason". Indeed.
>   I saw
>this car at POCA in Arizona a few years ago, where it was parked
>   in
>   the
>"look-at-me" spot right in front of the doors, so you had to walk
>   around
>
>it. After refusing the first couple of times, I did take the time to
>   look
>it
>   over. And the craftsmanship was excellent including mirror like pint.
>
>Sometimes when you see "menacingly modified" (quote from Profiles) cars
>
>like
>   this, but well done, you can state "I don't like it, but I'm
>impressed
>   with
>   the craftsmanship". Well not here, not this one. Even
>though the
>   craftsmanship is good, you do not build your car to look like
>another
>   brand.
>   As simple as that.
>   I hope the skillful builder gets
>the GT40 he really wants and leaves
>   our
>   Panteras alone. And I hope
>Profiles editor has better judgment going
>   forward. In the same envelope was
>the Membership Renewal Notice. Brave!
>   Whether I renew or not depends on the
>reaction to this mail. Am I alone
>   here?
>   Mikael
>      If you guys
>haven't received your copy of Profiles yet, maybe look
>   in
>      your
>dustbin again. The envelope with what you thought was a GT40
>      magazine
>sent to you by mistake was in fact the Profiles, with the
>      black Pantera
>with GT40 front and rear etc. that Profiles had the
>   IMO
>      poor taste to
>put on the cover and rear and centerfold.
>      I of course quickly turned to
>the build-text, because I wanted to
>   try
>      to understand WHY? Was there
>a Pantera with smashed front and rear
>   and
>      a GT40 parked on railway
>tracks so only front and rear was saved?
>   No,
>      the author states "for
>some crazy reason". Indeed.
>      I saw this car at POCA in Arizona a few years
>ago, where it was
>   parked
>      in the "look-at-me" spot right in front of
>the doors, so you had to
>      walk around it. After refusing the first couple
>of times, I did take
>      the time to look it over. And the craftsmanship was
>excellent
>   including
>      mirror like pint. Sometimes when you see
>"menacingly modified"
>   (quote
>      from Profiles) cars like this, but well
>done, you can state "I don't
>      like it, but I'm impressed with the
>craftsmanship". Well not here,
>   not
>      this one. Even though the
>craftsmanship is good, you do not build
>   your
>      car to look like another
>brand. As simple as that.
>      I hope the skillful builder gets the GT40 he
>really wants and leaves
>      our Panteras alone. And I hope Profiles editor
>has better judgment
>      going forward. In the same envelope was the
>Membership Renewal
>   Notice.
>      Brave! Whether I renew or not depends on
>the reaction to this mail.
>   Am
>      I alone here?
>      Mikael
>
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