[DeTomaso] Vintage Race Pantera
Cullen McCann
cmccann1972 at gmail.com
Tue Jan 3 13:11:20 EST 2017
Scott,
I pride myself on being reasonably well spoken, but you articulate yourself
better than most. I really enjoy reading your anecdotal soliloquies. They
bring a smile to my face every time. You should be considered for an
editing role in one of the club's publications, if you haven't been
already. Your well suited for it!
Cullen
On Mon, Jan 2, 2017 at 6:06 PM, Scott Mead Photography <
scott at scottmeadphotography.com> wrote:
> One more little anecdote: I remember riding in my dad's Pantera at
> Riverside back in 1980-something, and we were haulin' the mail down the
> back stretch. About half way, I glanced at the speedo, and we're still
> pulling hard at a buck-25 (Pop's car had a twin Magnacharger blower setup).
> A second later, I hear this exhaust wail out the open passenger window and
> throaty Doppler effect, as John passed us like we were dragging the Queen
> Mary's anchor. That's one of my best memories of "The Good Old Days" of RIR.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: jtaphorn at kingwoodcable.com [mailto:jtaphorn at kingwoodcable.com]
> Sent: Monday, January 02, 2017 1:43 PM
> To: detomaso at server.detomasolist.com; Scott Mead Photography
> Subject: RE: [DeTomaso] Vintage Race Pantera
>
> Scott & Dave
>
> Well done! I appreciate the back story and I vaguely recall the Gulfstrand
> association while talking to someone in the paddock. The Pantera was
> extremely fast and was in 2nd place in the Can Am class when it dropped
> out. I was quite impressed by the tremendous flames exiting the tailpipes
> whenever he let up. It was the first vintage race that I had attended and
> made me very proud to be a Pantera owner.
>
> JT
>
> ---- Scott Mead Photography <scott at scottmeadphotography.com> wrote:
>
> =============
> Looking at the shot of the car on the flatbed and placement of the NACA
> duct, it looks an awful lot like John Storey's first race Pantera, which he
> built back in the '80s. If memory serves, John built it from a car that had
> been beaten to within an inch of its life. He did some pretty serious
> engineering/development on the car, which was incredibly fast, and
> balanced. John usually turned in lap times that were at the top of the
> Riverside charts, even beating out several full-on race cars.
>
> Mahalo,
>
> Scott
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: DeTomaso [mailto:detomaso-bounces at server.detomasolist.com] On
> Behalf Of jtaphorn at kingwoodcable.com
> Sent: Monday, January 02, 2017 12:52 PM
> To: detomaso at server.detomasolist.com
> Subject: [DeTomaso] Vintage Race Pantera
>
> In 1990, I attended the Walter Mitty vintage races at Road Atlanta. The
> Pantera pictured in the attachments was very quick but retired after only a
> few laps. I believe the car was transported to the track by George
> Stauffer. Unfortunately, the picture that I have of the car, I just took
> with my cell phone from an old VCR tape while playing on my TV. While the
> pic quality while playing the tape on the TV is pretty good, snapping a pic
> doesn't work so well. However, perhaps it is good enough for someone to
> recognize the Pantera or the driver standing on the rollback. Where is
> this car today? It was the first Pantera that I had seen with 180 degree
> exhaust.
>
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Scott,
I pride myself on being reasonably well spoken, but you articulate
yourself better than most. I really enjoy reading your
anecdotalA soliloquies. They bring a smile to my face every time. You
should be considered for an editing role in one of the club's
publications, if you haven't been already. Your well suited for it!
Cullen
On Mon, Jan 2, 2017 at 6:06 PM, Scott Mead Photography
<[1]scott at scottmeadphotography.com> wrote:
One more little anecdote: I remember riding in my dad's Pantera at
Riverside back in 1980-something, and we were haulin' the mail down
the back stretch. About half way, I glanced at the speedo, and we're
still pulling hard at a buck-25 (Pop's car had a twin Magnacharger
blower setup). A second later, I hear this exhaust wail out the open
passenger window and throaty Doppler effect, as John passed us like
we were dragging the Queen Mary's anchor. That's one of my best
memories of "The Good Old Days" of RIR.
-----Original Message-----
From: [2]jtaphorn at kingwoodcable.com [mailto:[3]jtaphorn@
kingwoodcable.com]
Sent: Monday, January 02, 2017 1:43 PM
To: [4]detomaso at server.detomasolist.com; Scott Mead Photography
Subject: RE: [DeTomaso] Vintage Race Pantera
Scott & Dave
Well done! I appreciate the back story and I vaguely recall the
Gulfstrand association while talking to someone in the paddock. The
Pantera was extremely fast and was in 2nd place in the Can Am class
when it dropped out.A I was quite impressed by the tremendous flames
exiting the tailpipes whenever he let up.A It was the first vintage
race that I had attended and made me very proud to be a Pantera owner.
JT
---- Scott Mead Photography <[5]scott at scottmeadphotography.com> wrote:
=============
Looking at the shot of the car on the flatbed and placement of the NACA
duct, it looks an awful lot like John Storey's first race Pantera,
which he built back in the '80s. If memory serves, John built it from a
car that had been beaten to within an inch of its life. He did some
pretty serious engineering/development on the car, which was incredibly
fast, and balanced. John usually turned in lap times that were at the
top of the Riverside charts, even beating out several full-on race
cars.
Mahalo,
Scott
-----Original Message-----
From: DeTomaso [mailto:[6]detomaso-bounces at server.detomasolist.com] On
Behalf Of [7]jtaphorn at kingwoodcable.com
Sent: Monday, January 02, 2017 12:52 PM
To: [8]detomaso at server.detomasolist.com
Subject: [DeTomaso] Vintage Race Pantera
In 1990, I attended the Walter Mitty vintage races at Road Atlanta.A
The Pantera pictured in the attachments was very quick but retired
after only a few laps.A I believe the car was transported to the track
by George Stauffer.A Unfortunately, the picture that I have of the
car, I just took with my cell phone from an old VCR tape while playing
on my TV.A While the pic quality while playing the tape on the TV is
pretty good, snapping a pic doesn't work so well.A However, perhaps it
is good enough for someone to recognize the Pantera or the driver
standing on the rollback.A Where is this car today?A It was the first
Pantera that I had seen with 180 degree exhaust.
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