[DeTomaso] Vintage Race Pantera

[Mike Drew]

Cullen,

Scotty is too modest to tell you he used to work for Matt Stone when he was an editor for Motor Trend magazine, and later wrote for for Ebmunds automotive website....

Mike

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> On Jan 3, 2017, at 10:11 AM, Cullen McCann <cmccann1972 at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
>   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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