[DeTomaso] New Pantera?

cengles at cox.net cengles at cox.net
Wed Dec 13 13:03:43 EST 2017


Dear Larry,


              You know (smile) that no professors of biology (chortle, 
giggle) *ever* explained evolution in quite the way that you do!   ROTFL 
!!!

             You may have missed your true calling:  education and 
comedy



                             Warmest regards, Chuck Engles







On Wed, Dec 13, 2017 at 11:38 AM, Larry-Ohio Time Corp wrote:

> Dear Chuck,
>
> This brings up an interesting concept of slow evolutional changes, 
> over
> years vs. a redesign of a classic that has not evolved.
> The Pantera redesigns are all from the '71 model and not the '73 or 
> GT5
> models, interesting.
>
> I think the slow evolution changes are more acceptable then a massive
> redesign all at once.
>
> Let's look at people in this concept. The cave man was much shorter 
> and
> hairier then modern men (like the guys I went to high school with) and 
> would
> not appeal to the modern woman (other than the girls I went to high 
> school
> with) today.
>
>
> Larry (slow is good) - Cleveland
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: DeTomaso [mailto:detomaso-bounces at server.detomasolist.com] On 
> Behalf
> Of cengles at cox.net
> Sent: December 13, 2017 11:47 AM
> To: jjdetrich at gmail.com
> Cc: detomaso at server.detomasolist.com
> Subject: Re: [DeTomaso] New Pantera?
>
> Dear Jeff,
>
>
>             I have been thinking about this.   I agree with Tom 
> Tjaarda's comment.   I also would note three other notable sports 
> cars: the Porsche 911, the Corvette and the Mustang.   Unlike the 
> Pantera, all of them have continued through the decades.  Their 
> styling has not remained unchanged, but has evolved.  The evolutionary 
> iterations of each have not always been better and better, i.e. the 
> Mustang II.   All three of them have had very successful designs that 
> incorporated the fundamental characteristics of their ancestors.
>
>             I do like the recent design although it does not the have 
> perfect proportions of the Tjaarda design.  It is mostly correct, in 
> my opinion, and it is unlikely that we shall see a perfect design for 
> the second generation Pantera.
>
>
>                       Aesthetically yours,  Chuck Engles
>
>
>
>
>
>
> On Wed, Dec 13, 2017 at 10:23 AM, Jeff Detrich wrote:
>
>> No radiator openings? Unless the 2 front ones at the outside duct to 
>> the
>> radiator. Also I'm not really a fan of the rear end - too long and 
>> pointy.
>> Current design for supercars is to have the rear wheels pushed as far 
>> back
>> as possible. And the lines are probably too crisp compared to current 
>> cars.
>> I sort of agree with Tom T, start over and come up with a new classic
>> design.
>>
>> Just my 2¢ worth.
>>
>> Jeff
>> 6559
>>
>> On Tue, Dec 12, 2017 at 10:46 AM, Charles McCall 
>> <charlesmccall at gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> I agree - I like it, and think it is a worthy continuation of the 
>>> Pantera
>>> line. Very nice update of the classic lines
>>>
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: DeTomaso [mailto:detomaso-bounces at server.detomasolist.com] On 
>>> Behalf
>>> Of Julian Kift
>>> Sent: martes, 12 de diciembre de 2017 16:30
>>> To: detomaso at server.detomasolist.com
>>> Subject: [DeTomaso] New Pantera?
>>>
>>> This is the car the Chinese should have built.....
>>>
>>>
>>> https://www.topgear.com/car-news/supercars/project-
>>> panther-new-italian-super
>>> car-lambo-base
>>>
>>>
>>> <https://www.topgear.com/car-news/supercars/project-
>>> panther-new-italian-supe
>>> rcar-lambo-base>So many design cues I think Tome would be proud of, 
>>> I
>>> like a
>>> lot. That said it's still a Lamb(o) in a Cat skin, shame it's not 
>>> going to
>>> be a modern Ford V8 power.
>>>
>>>
>>> Julian
>>>
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