[DeTomaso] UK DeTomaso Club event from 1990...

[Mike Drew]

Guys,

Here is the response from Mike Miller in the UK regarding Chuck's question about the white GT5 in the video. 

Mike

Sent from my iPad

Begin forwarded message:

> From: Michael Miller <millermike13 at sky.com>
> Date: January 8, 2017 at 2:14:57 AM PST
> To: Mike Drew <MikeLDrew at aol.com>
> Subject: Re: Fwd: [DeTomaso] UK DeTomaso Club event from 1990...
> Reply-To: Michael Miller <millermike13 at sky.com>
> 
> Hi Mike
> 
> I will try and dig out some old photos showing the car when I purchased it and prior to it going wide body and send them to you.
> 
> I bought the car in 1986 and it was converted to GT5 spec by me in 1989.  I then sold the car in 1999 before Geoff bought it in around 2002 I think.
> 
> Chuck is right in that there is a grey area surrounding the early years of this car.  I was unable to trace these missing years successfully myself when I owned it.   For instance the car was a 73 yet its first UK registration was 1980 hence the "W" on the number plate.  I was able to establish that the car was in Guernsey, one of the Channel Islands which has its own car registration system to the rest of the UK but that doesn't explain why the UK registration authorities gave it a 1980 registration when the title cleared stated 1973 ????
> 
> I bought the car from a dealer in Manchester who told me it had been owned by a guy in Lancashire and this was confirmed on the log book.  However the old log books only stated the previous owner and not the date when it was purchased unlike the latest ones.
> 
> I remember the filming of that video, it was at Castle Coombe race track in around 1990/1991 and it was me driving the car.  Used to be called Supercar Test Days.
> 
> We were never able to confirm with certainty that this was the car featured in the TV series "The Cuckoo Waltz".  I wrote to Granada TV studios, the makers of the programme,  a number of times enquiring about this but they never responded to my letters.  However the white colour, matt black deck lid, original black interior and number plate on top of bonnet looked identical to the car in the programme.  Also at a club meet shortly after I purchased the car a guy came up to me to say he knew my car from filming the Cuckoo Waltz as he was a sound engineer on the actual programme itself.  The star of the show Gavin had his own number plate on the programme GAV 1N so we were also never able to confirm it from the number plate.
> 
> Cheers
> Mike
> 
> 
> 
> 
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   Guys,

   Here is the response from Mike Miller in the UK regarding Chuck's
   question about the white GT5 in the video.

   Mike

   Sent from my iPad

   Begin forwarded message:

   From: Michael Miller <[1]millermike13 at sky.com>
   Date: January 8, 2017 at 2:14:57 AM PST
   To: Mike Drew <[2]MikeLDrew at aol.com>
   Subject: Re: Fwd: [DeTomaso] UK DeTomaso Club event from 1990...
   Reply-To: Michael Miller <[3]millermike13 at sky.com>

   Hi Mike
   I will try and dig out some old photos showing the car when I purchased
   it and prior to it going wide body and send them to you.
   I bought the car in 1986 and it was converted to GT5 spec by me in
   1989.  I then sold the car in 1999 before Geoff bought it in around
   2002 I think.
   Chuck is right in that there is a grey area surrounding the early years
   of this car.  I was unable to trace these missing years successfully
   myself when I owned it.   For instance the car was a 73 yet its first
   UK registration was 1980 hence the "W" on the number plate.  I was able
   to establish that the car was in Guernsey, one of the Channel Islands
   which has its own car registration system to the rest of the UK but
   that doesn't explain why the UK registration authorities gave it a 1980
   registration when the title cleared stated 1973 ????
   I bought the car from a dealer in Manchester who told me it had been
   owned by a guy in Lancashire and this was confirmed on the log book.
   However the old log books only stated the previous owner and not the
   date when it was purchased unlike the latest ones.
   I remember the filming of that video, it was at Castle Coombe race
   track in around 1990/1991 and it was me driving the car.  Used to be
   called Supercar Test Days.
   We were never able to confirm with certainty that this was the car
   featured in the TV series "The Cuckoo Waltz".  I wrote to Granada TV
   studios, the makers of the programme,  a number of times enquiring
   about this but they never responded to my letters.  However the white
   colour, matt black deck lid, original black interior and number plate
   on top of bonnet looked identical to the car in the programme.  Also at
   a club meet shortly after I purchased the car a guy came up to me to
   say he knew my car from filming the Cuckoo Waltz as he was a sound
   engineer on the actual programme itself.  The star of the show Gavin
   had his own number plate on the programme GAV 1N so we were also never
   able to confirm it from the number plate.
   Cheers
   Mike

References

   1. mailto:millermike13 at sky.com
   2. mailto:MikeLDrew at aol.com
   3. mailto:millermike13 at sky.com