[DeTomaso] ŒŒTwas the Night Before Christmas

Larry Stock larrys at panteraparts.com
Wed Dec 26 11:51:56 EST 2018


And its a true story

On 12/25/18, 9:13 PM, "DeTomaso on behalf of marshallgsmith"
<detomaso-bounces at server.detomasolist.com on behalf of
marshallgsmith at sbcglobal.net> wrote:

>   That's a classic Scott!
>
>   Merry Christmas to you and everyone!
>
>   Sent from my Verizon, Samsung Galaxy smartphone
>
>   -------- Original message --------
>   From: Scott Mead Photography <scott at scottmeadphotography.com>
>   Date: 12/25/18 8:58 AM (GMT-08:00)
>   To: DeTomaso at server.detomasolist.com
>   Subject: [DeTomaso] ``Twas the Night Before Christmas
>
>   `Twas the day before Christmas and I'm in the garage, trying to figure
>   out what the heck was going on.
>   The AC system that I paid big bucks for, never worked well, not really
>   not at all.
>   It leaked like a sieve from day number one, the vendor who installed it
>   told me to pound sand and move on.
>   One day I was driving at a tick past 80, with other cars flying by me
>   on the 210 freeway.
>   It was a slightly warm day, and I said what the hell, let's flick on
>   the AC and see if it'll chill.
>   When all of a sudden I had such a fright, there was sudden big wooshing
>   sound, a  white cloud obscured my rear sight.
>   I threw in the clutch and checked all the gauges, oil pressure and temp
>   good, my fear faded.
>   I pulled off the freeway and open the rear hatch only to find a massive
>   caster oil mess.
>   The AC had blown, that was clearly the case, so I drove the car home
>   and put the car cover in place.
>   Christmas Eve came, I went out to the garage. As Santa was coming to
>   help me along.
>   I pulled off a wheel, and splash shield in my way, dropped the AC lines
>   and condenser from the engine bay.
>   I had to laugh as I looked at the damage, One tube had blown, like a
>   firework package.
>   lo and behold Santa arrived, he jumped from his Mongo box truck, a
>   wrapped package inside.
>   I ripped away the paper with reckless abandon, pulled out the new
>   condenser as my heart pitter-pattered.
>   Shiny aluminum with all the right fittings, Santa and I started
>   reassembly: new hoses, valves and a dryer for good measure.
>   The vacuum pump was fitted, drawing every ounce of air out. The gauge
>   never wavered, the seal was finally stout!
>   I fired the car with a thunderous roar, waking the neighbors and
>   shaking their floors.
>   R134 started flowing  soon after, filling the tubes, chilled by the
>   gasses.
>   The thermometer probe said it all, a chilly 42 degrees meant all was
>   well.
>   With a twinkle in eye and foot on the gas, it was time for the Pantera
>   to finally haul ass.
>   The speedo hitting 80 and cool air on my face I wish you a Merry
>   Christmas, and you win every street race!
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