[DeTomaso] Younger generation interest in Panteras

[Curt Hall]

Sounds like fun!
The hard part is to compete with tons of Money and Trailer Queens!
 

    On Tuesday, September 13, 2016 1:45 PM, Tom Shinrock via DeTomaso <detomaso at server.detomasolist.com> wrote:
 

   I was accepted to show my Pantera in the Des Moines Concours d'Elegance
  last weekend.  This is probably the classiest show in Iowa and brings
  exquisite cars from the surrounding states.  My car was in the Exotic
  class which included the following cars.
  1956
  Ferrari
  250GT
  1
  1965
  AC Cobra
  427
  2
  1973
  DeTomaso
  Pantera GTS
  3
  1981
  DeLorean

  4
  1985
  Porsche
  Carrera
  5
  1987
  Porsche
  Slantnose
  6
  1999
  Dodge
  Viper
  7
  2000
  Dodge
  Viper
  8
  2006
  Ford
  Ford GT
  9
  2007
  Aston Martin
  V8 Vantage
  10
  2008
  Ferrari
  612 Scag
  11
  2009
  Ferrari
  430 Scuderia
  12
  2009
  Nissan
  GTR
  13
  2010
  Ferrari
  California
  14
  I participated last year as well and placed 3rd in the Exotic class
  behind the 2006 Ford GT (with 300 miles on it) and a late model
  Ferrari.  You can see pictures of us getting our awards
  at http://www.desmoinesconcours.com/gallery/(end of the 6th row from
  the top).
  I didn't place this year.  As I predicted the '66 427 Cobra (fresh off
  a restoration) took 1st and the same Ford GT took 2nd.  An Aston Martin
  Vantage took 3rd.  I was surprised the '56 Ferrari didn't place. It was
  billed as 1 of 15 alloy body cars made.
  Anyway, the point of this email is that during the day it was very
  common for spectators to ask what the Pantera was.  I was taken by
  surprise when a young lad (maybe in his early 20s)  knew exactly what
  the car was.  After talking to him for a bit it came out that he knew
  what the car was because there was a Pantera in a couple of the racing
  video games he has played.  If it weren't for the games he would not
  have had a clue.  So now we know how to make our cars known to the
  younger generation.
  There was a other pleasant surprise in that POCA members James Velez
  and his wife, from Flagstaff, were on a driving vacation through Iowa
  and stopped by to chat when they saw my car.  Small world.
  Tom
  5186

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   Sounds like fun!
   The hard part is to compete with tons of Money and Trailer Queens!
   On Tuesday, September 13, 2016 1:45 PM, Tom Shinrock via DeTomaso
   <detomaso at server.detomasolist.com> wrote:
     I was accepted to show my Pantera in the Des Moines Concours
   d'Elegance
     last weekend.  This is probably the classiest show in Iowa and brings
     exquisite cars from the surrounding states.  My car was in the Exotic
     class which included the following cars.
     1956
     Ferrari
     250GT
     1
     1965
     AC Cobra
     427
     2
     1973
     DeTomaso
     Pantera GTS
     3
     1981
     DeLorean
     4
     1985
     Porsche
     Carrera
     5
     1987
     Porsche
     Slantnose
     6
     1999
     Dodge
     Viper
     7
     2000
     Dodge
     Viper
     8
     2006
     Ford
     Ford GT
     9
     2007
     Aston Martin
     V8 Vantage
     10
     2008
     Ferrari
     612 Scag
     11
     2009
     Ferrari
     430 Scuderia
     12
     2009
     Nissan
     GTR
     13
     2010
     Ferrari
     California
     14
     I participated last year as well and placed 3rd in the Exotic class
     behind the 2006 Ford GT (with 300 miles on it) and a late model
     Ferrari.  You can see pictures of us getting our awards
     at [1]http://www.desmoinesconcours.com/gallery/(end of the 6th row
   from
     the top).
     I didn't place this year.  As I predicted the '66 427 Cobra (fresh
   off
     a restoration) took 1st and the same Ford GT took 2nd.  An Aston
   Martin
     Vantage took 3rd.  I was surprised the '56 Ferrari didn't place. It
   was
     billed as 1 of 15 alloy body cars made.
     Anyway, the point of this email is that during the day it was very
     common for spectators to ask what the Pantera was.  I was taken by
     surprise when a young lad (maybe in his early 20s)  knew exactly what
     the car was.  After talking to him for a bit it came out that he knew
     what the car was because there was a Pantera in a couple of the
   racing
     video games he has played.  If it weren't for the games he would not
     have had a clue.  So now we know how to make our cars known to the
     younger generation.
     There was a other pleasant surprise in that POCA members James Velez
     and his wife, from Flagstaff, were on a driving vacation through Iowa
     and stopped by to chat when they saw my car.  Small world.
     Tom
     5186
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