[DeTomaso] Alternate possibilities to the Pantera

[marshall smith]

That thing is butt ugly.
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On Tue, 9/22/15, michael frazier <red3644 at hotmail.com> wrote:

 Subject: Re: [DeTomaso] Alternate possibilities to the Pantera
 To: audionut at hushmail.com, detomaso at poca.com
 Date: Tuesday, September 22, 2015, 2:02 PM
 
    It looks
 just like a first series Lotus Esprit,
    as it should. Same designer, same
 time frame. Compare some photos. Same
    profile, wheel arches..., hard to
 tell them apart from the rear.
    Nothing like a Countach or
 DeLorean other than basic shape.
    Michael
    Date: Tue, 22 Sep 2015 13:47:39
 -0700
    To: detomaso at poca.com
    From: audionut at hushmail.com
    Subject: Re: [DeTomaso] Alternate
 possibilities to the Pantera
 Interesting.....the Mangusta looks as stunning
 now as it ever did, but
 this Boomerang, no
 doubt bold and futuristic when it came out, now
 looks clunky, awkward and dated, sci-fi....like
 a Star Trek shuttle
 craft or some such.
 Funny how the passage of time renders car design
 either classic, ho-hum, or in some cases even
 downright comical.  The
 Pantera has
 unquestionably held up over time and might I say it's
 place in automotive history as one of the great
 classic sports cars is
 now etched in
 stone?  This Maserati, definitely DeLorean-looking, also
 looks kinda like a Countach--  which is
 another bold, hard-angular,
 futuristic
 design but somehow doesn't look at all as awkward and
 dated
 to my eyes. What do you guys think? 
 The Lambo Countach--   which blew
 us all away back in the 70's.....is it
 still looking good?
  Sent using Hushmail
 On September 22, 2015 at 12:12 PM, "Jeff
 Detrich"  wrote:Fugly, thank
 goodness
 ours was designed by Tom.
 
 Jeff
 
 On Tue,
 Sep 22, 2015 at 11:51 AM, The DeTomaso Registry Guy <
 detomasoregistry at gmail.com>
 wrote:
 
 >
 >    I have been researching the period
 around when the Pantera was
 new,
 >
 >    including the
 challenge to produce the first mid-engined
 large-volume
 >   
 production sports car,
 >
 >    with Ford racing to beat Chevy with
 their mid-engine Corvette,
 and AMC
 >    with their AMX/3, to market.
 >
 >
 >    As a side note I received fresh
 photos of a car that some may not
 know
 >    about - the Boomerang.
 >
 >
 >    You know Giorgetto Giugiaro designed
 the Mangusta.
 >
 >   
 You know Tom Tjaarda designed the Pantera body to go over
 the
 Paolo
 >    Dallara
 chassis.
 >
 >
 >    Now what if Giorgetto Giugiaro was
 turned loose to design the
 Pantera?
 >
 >    What did he
 envision the future might look like?
 >
 >
 >    We are not
 talking about a prototype body but this is a running,
 >    registered, driving car.
 >
 >
 >    On the Registry "cover"
 page (Member Main) is a link to the
 Giorgetto
 >    Giugiaro
 designed Maserati Boomerang.
 >
 >
 >    Enjoy,
 >
 >
 >    Chuck Melton
 >
 >
 >
 >    The De Tomaso Registry Guy
 >
 >    [1][1]http://www.detomasoregistry.org/Members/ProvaMoMemMain.asp
 >
 > References
 >
 >    1. [2]http://www.detomasoregistry.org/Members/ProvaMoMemMain.asp
 >
 >
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