[DeTomaso] Great things that have happened because of This List (many moons ago)

Bill Lewis lotus0005 at hotmail.com
Thu Jun 9 10:31:34 EDT 2016


Charles, I enjoy emails like yours!!  I have said many times that the POCA club members go way beyond "knowing each other."  There are so many stories like this.  I know in our Houston chapter (Space City Panteras) that no problem goes unsolved by members helping members.   --BILL Lewis


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From: DeTomaso <detomaso-bounces at server.detomasolist.com> on behalf of Charles McCall <charlesmccall at gmail.com>
Sent: Thursday, June 09, 2016 2:09 PM
To: detomaso at server.detomasolist.com
Subject: [DeTomaso] Great things that have happened because of This List (many moons ago)

This morning I posted on Facebook a flashback from 1997 or 1998 - see
attached photo. It's a picture of my first Pantera parked on the streets of
Paris with US plates on the back and the Eiffel Tower in the background.
Thanks to Mike Drew for convincing me to have an adventure in my Pantera
and ship it, as this decision opened up a whole world to me and helped
define my philosophy for the next decades... The number of adventures I've
had since then in a Pantera...

At the time, I had recently been transferred to France, and flew back to
the US to put my former '72 Pantera on a boat to ship it over (See article
in 1999 POCA Profiles about shipping a Pantera to France for what was
supposed to be a 6-month assignment...)

While driving the car from Collector's Choice in Wisconsin to NY and the
ship, it developed an engine problem. I was stranded on the NYS Thruway and
ended up having the car towed to my parents' house in Syracuse, NY. Long
story made short - I already had my return airline ticket, and had to leave
the car behind. A local garage found that the problem was the dreaded
distributor shear pin that had, well, sheared, and left me stranded.

Forest Majors - who I had never met (and still haven't!) but had gotten to
know thanks to the e-mail fórum sent me a note out of the blue asking how
he could help. I had a friend drive my car shipped to his house in CT,
where Forest was kind enough to fix some minor things that he noticed along
the way that were quite helpful, and stored the car for me until it could
be delivered to the port. If I remember correctly, he even pulled a few
parts off a spare Pantera he had to help me be on my way.

People I had never met in person - Mike Drew and Forest Majors - who each
did a good deed for someone they didn't know personally either but had come
to "know" virtually, asking for nothing in return.

I still see a lot of that spirit on this list today, which is no doubt one
reason for its success. Thanks to all who make it so!
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   Charles, I enjoy emails like yours!!  I have said many times that the
   POCA club members go way beyond "knowing each other."  There are so
   many stories like this.  I know in our Houston chapter (Space City
   Panteras) that no problem goes unsolved by members helping members.
   --BILL Lewis
     __________________________________________________________________

   From: DeTomaso <detomaso-bounces at server.detomasolist.com> on behalf of
   Charles McCall <charlesmccall at gmail.com>
   Sent: Thursday, June 09, 2016 2:09 PM
   To: detomaso at server.detomasolist.com
   Subject: [DeTomaso] Great things that have happened because of This
   List (many moons ago)

   This morning I posted on Facebook a flashback from 1997 or 1998 - see
   attached photo. It's a picture of my first Pantera parked on the
   streets of
   Paris with US plates on the back and the Eiffel Tower in the
   background.
   Thanks to Mike Drew for convincing me to have an adventure in my
   Pantera
   and ship it, as this decision opened up a whole world to me and helped
   define my philosophy for the next decades... The number of adventures
   I've
   had since then in a Pantera...
   At the time, I had recently been transferred to France, and flew back
   to
   the US to put my former '72 Pantera on a boat to ship it over (See
   article
   in 1999 POCA Profiles about shipping a Pantera to France for what was
   supposed to be a 6-month assignment...)
   While driving the car from Collector's Choice in Wisconsin to NY and
   the
   ship, it developed an engine problem. I was stranded on the NYS Thruway
   and
   ended up having the car towed to my parents' house in Syracuse, NY.
   Long
   story made short - I already had my return airline ticket, and had to
   leave
   the car behind. A local garage found that the problem was the dreaded
   distributor shear pin that had, well, sheared, and left me stranded.
   Forest Majors - who I had never met (and still haven't!) but had gotten
   to
   know thanks to the e-mail forum sent me a note out of the blue asking
   how
   he could help. I had a friend drive my car shipped to his house in CT,
   where Forest was kind enough to fix some minor things that he noticed
   along
   the way that were quite helpful, and stored the car for me until it
   could
   be delivered to the port. If I remember correctly, he even pulled a few
   parts off a spare Pantera he had to help me be on my way.
   People I had never met in person - Mike Drew and Forest Majors - who
   each
   did a good deed for someone they didn't know personally either but had
   come
   to "know" virtually, asking for nothing in return.
   I still see a lot of that spirit on this list today, which is no doubt
   one
   reason for its success. Thanks to all who make it so!


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