[DeTomaso] FW: Bitchin' Pantera!
Ed Mendez
edducati at mac.com
Wed May 20 15:10:02 EDT 2015
Great insight and story thanks for sharing! :-)
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> On May 20, 2015, at 07:53, Richard Greenblum <Richard at richardgreenblum.com> wrote:
>
> From: Richard Greenblum <[1]richard at richardgreenblum.com>
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> Date: Wednesday, May 20, 2015 at 9:52 AM
> To: Cullen McCann <[2]cmccann1972 at gmail.com>
> Subject: Re: [DeTomaso] Bitchin' Pantera!
>
> I asked Tom Tjaarda what he thought about others taking creative
> license with his design and he basically said it depended on what they
> did. We walked over to that car in the hospitality suite and looked it
> over. He liked the front end and hood, including the hidden cowl (he
> loved the interior). On the other hand, he hated the treatment of the
> grills/gills. Tom said they are the single focal point of the car.
> The haunches are set up by the grilles and are an expression of what
> the Pantera is--a car with a big engine mounted in the middle. He
> wanted the body to tell everyone where the power was coming from. He
> said that was the problem he had with the Ferrari 246 design. You
> really couldn't tell where the engine was located. Not so with the
> Pantera--there was no doubt.
> Richard
> Austin, TX
> From: Cullen McCann <[3]cmccann1972 at gmail.com>
> Date: Wednesday, May 20, 2015 at 9:35 AM
> To: Ed Mendez <[4]edducati at mac.com>
> Cc: deTomaso List <[5]detomaso at poca.com>
> Subject: Re: [DeTomaso] Bitchin' Pantera!
> The hood profile at the cowl isn't original design. there are no
> defroster vents and the back of the hood extends all the way to the
> base of the glass. Interesting. Love it or hate it, somebody put
> some
> serious work into the sheet metal. That's impressive.
> On Tue, May 19, 2015 at 8:19 PM, Ed Mendez <[1][6]edducati at mac.com>
> wrote:
> Whoas is this? That hood is Wicked!
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