[DeTomaso] Fwd: Re: Misc Literature in Parts Stash
Michael Shortt
michaelsavga at gmail.com
Sat Oct 3 19:44:14 EDT 2015
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From: "Michael Shortt" <michaelsavga at gmail.com>
Date: Oct 3, 2015 7:43 PM
Subject: Re: [DeTomaso] Misc Literature in Parts Stash
To: "Ed Mendez" <edducati at mac.com>
Cc:
I agree with all except keeping it private, member names and contact info,
sure.
But IMHO, the way to grow desirability, drive up femand, increase values
is to educate and inform.
If every guy who was interested in owning could access and learn, we'd have
a smarter, informed owner base over time.
I constantly preach that we are merely caretakers, just today I thought of
all the people who have owned and died ( everybody in these boxes is dead)
or simply those I have given rides to that have passed away.
Our cars still suffer from misinformation about overheating issues from one
Press test session 44 years ago because the stupid LM dealer didn't know
how to prep the cars.
IMHO, keeping it private hurts the effort.
They ain't gonna make any more, 5,244 were imported, my guess is,that at
least 1,500 are trashed and another few hundred went back across the pond
or to other locales.
If 2,500 of the remaining 3,500 are in running order, I'd be shocked silly.
As I understand it, POCA membership is way less than half of that, so if
I'm elected President, my goal would be to unify the owners and seriously
make an effort to reach out and locate every car and sign them up.
Michael
On Oct 3, 2015 6:47 PM, "Ed Mendez" <edducati at mac.com> wrote:
> Never heard of Panteramerica, but that led clock sounds cool. Can you take
> a picture of that or scan that page?
>
> POCA does not have any official database of documents as far as I know.
> Would be cool if we did.
>
> Jeff and I were woking on a new website for POCA that would have had
> technical documentation and past newsletters, profiles, etc. But it stalled
> as we lost the web developer.Anyone out there that knows Wordpress, could
> easily finish it up as I saved the backups.
>
> Be cool, if we can all scan all the documents and literature that we have
> collectively and post them on the website, for members only of course.
>
> Ed
>
>
> > On Oct 3, 2015, at 14:38, Michael Shortt <michaelsavga at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > None of this is for sale until Joni disposes of my things after I kick
> > the bucket.
> >
> > I have come across some cool Pantera literature , catalogs, ads,
> > clippings, etc.
> >
> > Anybody heard of
> > Panteramerica,A a specialty parts vendor?
> >
> > Peter Revson ( heir to Revlon Cosmetics and famed racer killed in 74
> > practice for South African F1 GP )
> >
> > Hall Pantera stuff in these really far out sales flyers.
> >
> > TSBs, Ads, tear sheets.
> >
> > And a yellowed newspaper clipping dated from 1981 that says the the
> > Elvis Pantera was pulled form a planned auto auction because the seller
> > Received an offer to trade the car for $300,000 in cut diamonds.
> >
> > Interesting.
> >
> > Which got me to thinking, do we have a database
> > OfA these documents?
> > If not, we should.
> >
> > The prices are obscenely cheap for parts in these catalogs and some
> > parts
> > are an absolute trip, i.e. a gearshift knob with a red LED digital
> > clock on the top
> >
> > Michael Shortt
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From: "Michael Shortt" <[1]michaelsavga at gmail.com>
Date: Oct 3, 2015 7:43 PM
Subject: Re: [DeTomaso] Misc Literature in Parts Stash
To: "Ed Mendez" <[2]edducati at mac.com>
Cc:
I agree with all except keeping it private, member names and contact
info, sure.
But IMHO, the way to grow desirability,A drive up femand, increase
values is to educate and inform.
If every guy who was interested in owning could access and learn, we'd
have a smarter, informed owner base over time.
I constantly preach that we are merely caretakers, just today I thought
of all the people who have owned and died ( everybody in these boxes is
dead) or simply those I have given rides to that have passed away.
Our cars still suffer from misinformation about overheating issues from
one
Press test session 44 years ago because the stupid LM dealer didn't
know how to prep the cars.
IMHO, keeping it private hurts the effort.
They ain't gonna make any more, 5,244 were imported, my guess is,that
at least 1,500 are trashed and another few hundred went back across the
pond or to other locales.
If 2,500 of the remaining 3,500 are in running order, I'd be shocked
silly.
As I understand it, POCA membership is way less than half of that, so
if I'm elected President, my goal would be to unify the owners and
seriously make an effort to reach out and locate every car and sign
them up.
Michael
On Oct 3, 2015 6:47 PM, "Ed Mendez" <[3]edducati at mac.com> wrote:
Never heard of Panteramerica, but that led clock sounds cool. Can
you take a picture of that or scan that page?
POCA does not have any official database of documents as far as I
know. Would be cool if we did.
Jeff and I were woking on a new website for POCA that would have had
technical documentation and past newsletters, profiles, etc. But it
stalled as we lost the web developer.Anyone out there that knows
Wordpress, could easily finish it up as I saved the backups.
Be cool, if we can all scan all the documents and literature that we
have collectively and post them on the website, for members only of
course.
Ed
> On Oct 3, 2015, at 14:38, Michael Shortt
<[4]michaelsavga at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>A A None of this is for sale until Joni disposes of my things
after I kick
>A A the bucket.
>
>A A I have come across some cool Pantera literature , catalogs,
ads,
>A A clippings, etc.
>
>A A Anybody heard of
>A A Panteramerica,AA a specialty parts vendor?
>
>A A Peter Revson ( heir to Revlon Cosmetics and famed racer killed
in 74
>A A practice for South African F1 GP )
>
>A A Hall Pantera stuff in these really far out sales flyers.
>
>A A TSBs, Ads, tear sheets.
>
>A A And a yellowed newspaper clipping dated from 1981 that says
the the
>A A Elvis Pantera was pulled form a planned auto auction because
the seller
>A A Received an offer to trade the car for $300,000 in cut
diamonds.
>
>A A Interesting.
>
>A A Which got me to thinking, do we have a database
>A A OfAA these documents?
>A A If not, we should.
>
>A A The prices are obscenely cheap for parts in these catalogs and
some
>A A parts
>A A are an absolute trip, i.e. a gearshift knob with a red LED
digital
>A A clock on the top
>
>A A Michael Shortt
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