[DeTomaso] Photo session
Jeff Cobb
jeffcobb1 at me.com
Fri Jun 26 19:21:08 EDT 2015
Charles,
Thank you for your letter, it was refreshing.
Yes, it is our lucky obligation to provide present day happiness, future car dreams, true information and goal setting to the younger set. We are very lucky to be able to babysit the beauties during our life.
In late Dec of 71, the manager of the Modena, Italy distributor of Ferrari allowed me, a 16 year old coon-ass hillbilly to sit in
some of the new cars, a 365GTC, Dino and a Daytona in a not so clean storage warehouse where the new cars were held for prep prior to going to customers and dealers. Of course no pictures were allowed.
I almost lost my mind when I looked through a doorway and saw 3 Ferrari formula cars on trailers.
The next morning, mom took me to Maserati Factory five or so blocks away. We waited at the guard gate for the cool and elegant export boss, he enjoyed my mother's beauty, poise and intelligence and of course my over excited car DNA aura, he knew he had to go out of his way and help/please/educate us. He did!
Even though it was the Wednesday halfway between Christmas and New Years, some workers were there pouring
aluminum castings for all the Ghiblis and Boras into lost wax sand process molds.
Looked like a happy Dante's Inferno!
We went from the casting pour section to possible the third Bora, blue ?, being test driven out the back door.
We listened to Bora's redlining exhaust bellow until third gear midrange through the morning fog.
We then walked the six or so blocks back to the pensione hotel and I heard car and wrench noises.
I looked through a crack in some large wooded beat up double doors and saw strange low cars with workers beating and shaping metal for the bodies.
I now think I was looking at the famous Italian car builders shop, Medardo Fantuzzi. Who built the deTomaso P70 designed
by Peter Brock and other cars for Bizzarrini and others.
Who knows what I was looking at, IT DID NOT MATTER.
I WAS BIT AND HARD! HEAVEN COULD ONLY BE SO NICE.
That was all the drug a 16 yr old male needed to have. All my 1971 friends were busy smoking dope and looking for a
Stairway to Heaven while I thought I was already there.
The drug has not worn off in 43 years and if anything is now getting stronger. Talk about delayed response medication.
Last Sunday, I showed my Mangusta at EyesOnDesign in Grosse Point Park, MI.
A 10 yr old boy went nuts over the car while dad and mom were shooting pictures left and right.
I asked them if they wanted the door open so he could stand inward, duh?, then I decided just to tell him top get into the car and I fired it up. Parents went happy crazy and luckily the boy did not pee on my seat with his Home Alone Eye ball look.
His happiness was better than anything I had seen in a while. It jumpstarted my spirits to a new level.
So cool that it fired up my own memories.
I then gave the parents and boy my card so they could call me for whatever I can help them with on his perpetual car journey.
Nice way to live.
Take care guys, see ya'll at Concorso.
Jeff Cobb
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On Jun 25, 2015, at 2:15 PM, Charles McCall <charlesmccall at gmail.com> wrote:
> Had a photo session this weekend.. a young guy, absolute car nut who
> asked timidly if he would be able to take some pictures of my car. I
> had nothing planned for this weekend, so I told him to stop on by on
> Sunday afternoon.
>
> He drove for 3 hours each way just to reach my house and see the car...
> we spent a couple of hours taking pictures in various places, and ended
> with an, erm, spirited ride through the country that left him
> speechless. I received gushing thanks where he b...abbled on and on
> about the experience. I've literally heard people speak less
> enthusiastically about the birth of their children Emoticono smile
>
> There's a lesson here I think - those of us lucky enough to have owned
> these fantastic cars for a certain time perhaps forget the enthusiasm
> we felt the first day we bought them or drove them. We love the cars as
> much as ever, and I'll keep mine until the end of time. But it is
> refreshing to share these cars with someone who hasn't been
> up-close-and-personal with them before and see the sheer joy in their
> eyes and relive the experience.
>
> I really enjoyed setting aside a few hours this past weekend doing just
> that..
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Charles,
Thank you for your letter, it was refreshing.
Yes, it is our lucky obligation to provide present day happiness,
future car dreams, true information and goal setting to the younger
set. We are very lucky to be able to babysit the beauties during our
life.
In late Dec of 71, the manager of the Modena, Italy distributor of
Ferrari allowed me, a 16 year old coon-ass hillbilly to sit in
some of the new cars, a 365GTC, Dino and a Daytona in a not so clean
storage warehouse where the new cars were held for prep prior to going
to customers and dealers. Of course no pictures were allowed.
I almost lost my mind when I looked through a doorway and saw 3 Ferrari
formula cars on trailers.
The next morning, mom took me to Maserati Factory five or so blocks
away. We waited at the guard gate for the cool and elegant export boss,
he enjoyed my mother's beauty, poise and intelligence and of course my
over excited car DNA aura, he knew he had to go out of his way and
help/please/educate us. He did!
Even though it was the Wednesday halfway between Christmas and New
Years, some workers were there pouring
aluminum castings for all the Ghiblis and Boras into lost wax sand
process molds.
Looked like a happy Dante's Inferno!
We went from the casting pour section to possible the third Bora, blue
?, being test driven out the back door.
We listened to Bora's redlining exhaust bellow until third gear
midrange through the morning fog.
We then walked the six or so blocks back to the pensione hotel and I
heard car and wrench noises.
I looked through a crack in some large wooded beat up double doors and
saw strange low cars with workers beating and shaping metal for the
bodies.
I now think I was looking at the famous Italian car builders
shop, Medardo Fantuzzi. Who built the deTomaso P70 designed
by Peter Brock and other cars for Bizzarrini and others.
Who knows what I was looking at, IT DID NOT MATTER.
I WAS BIT AND HARD! HEAVEN COULD ONLY BE SO NICE.
That was all the drug a 16 yr old male needed to have. All my 1971
friends were busy smoking dope and looking for a
Stairway to Heaven while I thought I was already there.
The drug has not worn off in 43 years and if anything is now getting
stronger. Talk about delayed response medication.
Last Sunday, I showed my Mangusta at EyesOnDesign in Grosse Point Park,
MI.
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A 10 yr old boy went nuts over the car while dad and mom were shooting
pictures left and right.
I asked them if they wanted the door open so he could stand inward,
duh?, then I decided just to tell him top get into the car and I fired
it up. Parents went happy crazy and luckily the boy did not pee on my
seat with his Home Alone Eye ball look.
His happiness was better than anything I had seen in a while. It
jumpstarted my spirits to a new level.
So cool that it fired up my own memories.
I then gave the parents and boy my card so they could call me for
whatever I can help them with on his perpetual car journey.
Nice way to live.
Take care guys, see ya'll at Concorso.
Jeff Cobb
----------------
On Jun 25, 2015, at 2:15 PM, Charles McCall
<[1]charlesmccall at gmail.com> wrote:
Had a photo session this weekend.. a young guy, absolute car nut
who
asked timidly if he would be able to take some pictures of my car.
I
had nothing planned for this weekend, so I told him to stop on by
on
Sunday afternoon.
He drove for 3 hours each way just to reach my house and see the
car...
we spent a couple of hours taking pictures in various places, and
ended
with an, erm, spirited ride through the country that left him
speechless. I received gushing thanks where he b...abbled on and
on
about the experience. I've literally heard people speak less
enthusiastically about the birth of their children Emoticono smile
There's a lesson here I think - those of us lucky enough to have
owned
these fantastic cars for a certain time perhaps forget the
enthusiasm
we felt the first day we bought them or drove them. We love the
cars as
much as ever, and I'll keep mine until the end of time. But it is
refreshing to share these cars with someone who hasn't been
up-close-and-personal with them before and see the sheer joy in
their
eyes and relive the experience.
I really enjoyed setting aside a few hours this past weekend doing
just
that..
References
1. mailto:charlesmccall at gmail.com
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