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I really have to add to the Forest and Goergene stories. For several
years it seemed that Carol and I, Ken and Nancy Ridley, and Jim Wallace had our
own rooms in the Majors house. We would meet there for a weekend of fun
and food and a car show in their back yard. Ironically I first met Forest
on a bus on the 17 Mile Drive at Pebble Beach. Wonderful people, as are
most Pantera folks. Bob Reid
In a message dated 6/9/2016 2:26:41 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time,
detomaso at server.detomasolist.com writes:
Guys...
Ok here is only one of my Forest stories and I have plenty....I bought an
RX-7 and it needed a transmission, took the car to Forest's house to use
the lift to take the car apart (see picture attached with car, Forest and
Georgene) we pulled the tranny and he shipped down to Ole Saybrook to have it
rebuilt. They he went and picked it back up again for me as the car sat on
his lift for two weeks. We must have pulled that tranny about three more
time over the next year and a half. Can't tell you how many time I stayed
at the house over the weekend to work on my car.
The nicest people you can ever have in your stable (Same for Mark Skwarek
aka the professor "TPR")
Jim
From: Gray Gregory <rgg at gregorycook.com>
To: Charles McCall <charlesmccall at gmail.com>;
"detomaso at server.detomasolist.com" <detomaso at server.detomasolist.com>
Sent: Thursday, June 9, 2016 2:13 PM
Subject: Re: [DeTomaso] Great things that have happened because of This
List (many moons ago)
Charlie,
I remember all those events, or at least your emails to the list about
them back then. I also remember Forest Majors; absolutely one of the finest
people you could ever hope to meet!
My Forest story is somewhat similar. Back about that same time frame I
signed up for a vintage car rally in New England with an old Ferrari I had at
the time. Forest (who I had never met in person either) sent me an email
offer any help I might need with the logistics of dropping my car off or
getting it picked back up etc. Long story short not only did I have the car
shipped to Forests house where he kindly stored it in the barn he was also
gracious enough to pick me up from the airport, put me up in his guest room
and he even had a back yard New England lobster boil with some of the local
car guys to welcome the Texan to town. I ended up doing that rally for 3 or 4
years in a row and staying with Forest and Georgene became a tradition
each year I ran it.
Thanks for the memories,
Gray
-----Original Message-----
From: DeTomaso [mailto:detomaso-bounces at server.detomasolist.com] On Behalf
Of Charles McCall
Sent: Thursday, June 09, 2016 9:09 AM
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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Guys...
Ok here is only one of my Forest stories and I have plenty....I bought
an RX-7 and it needed a transmission, took the car to Forest's house to
use the lift to take the car apart (see picture attached with car,
Forest and Georgene) we pulled the tranny and he shipped down to Ole
Saybrook to have it rebuilt. They he went and picked it back up again
for me as the car sat on his lift for two weeks. We must have pulled
that tranny about three more time over the next year and a half. Can't
tell you how many time I stayed at the house over the weekend to work
on my car.
The nicest people you can ever have in your stable (Same for Mark
Skwarek aka the professor "TPR")
Jim
__________________________________________________________________
From: Gray Gregory <rgg at gregorycook.com>
To: Charles McCall <charlesmccall at gmail.com>;
"detomaso at server.detomasolist.com" <detomaso at server.detomasolist.com>
Sent: Thursday, June 9, 2016 2:13 PM
Subject: Re: [DeTomaso] Great things that have happened because of This
List (many moons ago)
Charlie,
I remember all those events, or at least your emails to the list about
them back then. I also remember Forest Majors; absolutely one of the
finest people you could ever hope to meet!
My Forest story is somewhat similar. Back about that same time frame I
signed up for a vintage car rally in New England with an old Ferrari I
had at the time. Forest (who I had never met in person either) sent me
an email offer any help I might need with the logistics of dropping my
car off or getting it picked back up etc. Long story short not only did
I have the car shipped to Forests house where he kindly stored it in
the barn he was also gracious enough to pick me up from the airport,
put me up in his guest room and he even had a back yard New England
lobster boil with some of the local car guys to welcome the Texan to
town. I ended up doing that rally for 3 or 4 years in a row and staying
with Forest and Georgene became a tradition each year I ran it.
Thanks for the memories,
Gray
-----Original Message-----
From: DeTomaso [mailto:[1]detomaso-bounces at server.detomasolist.com] On
Behalf Of Charles McCall
Sent: Thursday, June 09, 2016 9:09 AM
To: [2]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 fA^3rum 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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I really have to add to the Forest and Goergene stories. For several
years it seemed that Carol and I, Ken and Nancy Ridley, and Jim Wallace
had our own rooms in the Majors house. We would meet there for a
weekend of fun and food and a car show in their back yard. Ironically
I first met Forest on a bus on the 17 Mile Drive at Pebble Beach.
Wonderful people, as are most Pantera folks. Bob Reid
In a message dated 6/9/2016 2:26:41 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time,
detomaso at server.detomasolist.com writes:
Guys...
Ok here is only one of my Forest stories and I have plenty....I
bought an RX-7 and it needed a transmission, took the car to
Forest's house to use the lift to take the car apart (see picture
attached with car, Forest and Georgene) we pulled the tranny and he
shipped down to Ole Saybrook to have it rebuilt. They he went and
picked it back up again for me as the car sat on his lift for two
weeks. We must have pulled that tranny about three more time over
the next year and a half. Can't tell you how many time I stayed at
the house over the weekend to work on my car.
The nicest people you can ever have in your stable (Same for Mark
Skwarek aka the professor "TPR")
Jim
From: Gray Gregory <rgg at gregorycook.com>
To: Charles McCall <charlesmccall at gmail.com>;
"detomaso at server.detomasolist.com"
<detomaso at server.detomasolist.com>
Sent: Thursday, June 9, 2016 2:13 PM
Subject: Re: [DeTomaso] Great things that have happened because of
This List (many moons ago)
Charlie,
I remember all those events, or at least your emails to the list
about them back then. I also remember Forest Majors; absolutely one
of the finest people you could ever hope to meet!
My Forest story is somewhat similar. Back about that same time frame
I signed up for a vintage car rally in New England with an old
Ferrari I had at the time. Forest (who I had never met in person
either) sent me an email offer any help I might need with the
logistics of dropping my car off or getting it picked back up etc.
Long story short not only did I have the car shipped to Forests
house where he kindly stored it in the barn he was also gracious
enough to pick me up from the airport, put me up in his guest room
and he even had a back yard New England lobster boil with some of
the local car guys to welcome the Texan to town. I ended up doing
that rally for 3 or 4 years in a row and staying with Forest and
Georgene became a tradition each year I ran it.
Thanks for the memories,
Gray
-----Original Message-----
From: DeTomaso [mailto:detomaso-bounces at server.detomasolist.com] On
Behalf Of Charles McCall
Sent: Thursday, June 09, 2016 9:09 AM
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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Guys...
Ok here is only one of my Forest stories and I have plenty....I
bought
an RX-7 and it needed a transmission, took the car to Forest's
house to
use the lift to take the car apart (see picture attached with
car,
Forest and Georgene) we pulled the tranny and he shipped down to
Ole
Saybrook to have it rebuilt. They he went and picked it back up
again
for me as the car sat on his lift for two weeks. We must have
pulled
that tranny about three more time over the next year and a half.
Can't
tell you how many time I stayed at the house over the weekend to
work
on my car.
The nicest people you can ever have in your stable (Same for Mark
Skwarek aka the professor "TPR")
Jim
__________________________________________________________________
From: Gray Gregory <rgg at gregorycook.com>
To: Charles McCall <charlesmccall at gmail.com>;
"detomaso at server.detomasolist.com"
<detomaso at server.detomasolist.com>
Sent: Thursday, June 9, 2016 2:13 PM
Subject: Re: [DeTomaso] Great things that have happened because
of This
List (many moons ago)
Charlie,
I remember all those events, or at least your emails to the list
about
them back then. I also remember Forest Majors; absolutely one of
the
finest people you could ever hope to meet!
My Forest story is somewhat similar. Back about that same time
frame I
signed up for a vintage car rally in New England with an old
Ferrari I
had at the time. Forest (who I had never met in person either)
sent me
an email offer any help I might need with the logistics of
dropping my
car off or getting it picked back up etc. Long story short not
only did
I have the car shipped to Forests house where he kindly stored it
in
the barn he was also gracious enough to pick me up from the
airport,
put me up in his guest room and he even had a back yard New
England
lobster boil with some of the local car guys to welcome the Texan
to
town. I ended up doing that rally for 3 or 4 years in a row and
staying
with Forest and Georgene became a tradition each year I ran it.
Thanks for the memories,
Gray
-----Original Message-----
From: DeTomaso
[mailto:[1]detomaso-bounces at server.detomasolist.com] On
Behalf Of Charles McCall
Sent: Thursday, June 09, 2016 9:09 AM
To: [2]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 fA^3rum 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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