[DeTomaso] GT40/Pantera

Charles McCall charlesmccall at gmail.com
Sat Jul 18 03:42:54 EDT 2015 

That Mangusta looks a lot like Roland Bohner's Goose, but a different color.
It resembles his so much that at first I thought it was his. So there are at
least 2 out there...

Roland Bohner started 30 years ago with basically the firewall of a
completely wrecked Mangusta and little else. Al Gore hadn't invented the
Internet yet, so he used a couple of photos from old magazines as reference,
and hand-built his car. He filled in the gaps in the photos with creativity.
I wasn't so sure about the car when I saw photos, but in person it is
amazing. The interior is as wild and fascinating as the exterior

The fact that it is powered by a twin-turbo 351C instead of a 289 or 302 is
also rather interesting. The stock Mangusta is one of the most beautiful
designs to ever see the light of day. The "Group 4" Mangustas aren't
"pretty" cars, they are aggressive, impressive cars that never fail to draw
a reaction. 

-----Original Message-----
From: DeTomaso [mailto:detomaso-bounces at poca.com] On Behalf Of Ed Mendez
Sent: sábado, 18 de julio de 2015 6:43
To: Will Kooiman
Cc: detomaso at poca.com; Mikael
Subject: Re: [DeTomaso] GT40/Pantera

Here is something, if anyone has a problem with Tony’s car, how about what
someone did to this Mangusta!

They flared the back only and not the front. It looks bad ass, sort of, but
OMG what did they do to a Goose!!!!????




> On Jul 17, 2015, at 19:15, Will Kooiman <will.kooiman at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> 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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