[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>
> 
>   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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