[DeTomaso] 40th anniversary....

[Will Kooiman]

Especially in a 40 year old car.

Our Honda Insight just rolled over 220,000 miles, which converts to
354,000 km.  If I had driven that far in a Pantera, I¹d have an
irremovable smile.

On 3/1/15, 2:18 PM, "Paul Timko" <thedrol at pobox.com> wrote:

>500,000km is AMAZING!  I've had the same daily driver for 14 years and
>in that time I've only put on about 353,000 km and my commute is pretty
>long.
>
>Paul
>#9270
>
>On 2/28/2015 8:15 PM, Mike Drew via DeTomaso wrote:
>>     Hi guys,
>>     Got an E-mail from Mats Gorski in Sweden the other day.  He's
>>     celebrating the 40th anniversary of the day that he picked up his
>>brand
>>     new Pantera from De Tomaso in Modena.  He has now put an astounding
>>     500,000 kilometers on his car (!!!!!), which is even more amazing
>>when
>>     you consider that the weather where he lives means his driving
>>season
>>     is barely six months out of the year, I'd guess.
>>     He recently fitted it with a 450 hp stroker Windsor.  He hasn't
>>slowed
>>     down a bit even though he's in his 80s I think; last time I saw him
>>he
>>     said that it was much easier to hit redline in 5th gear (!) with the
>>     new engine!
>>     Go Mats!!!
>>     Mike
>>
>>
>>
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