[DeTomaso] Rare day in the Pacific Northwest

Sun Feb 11 15:28:12 EST 2018

Today must be a Pantera Day! Had my White Car out to the local Cars and Coffee this morning! Peter Kovacs showed up with his Black Car! Great visit with the Locals, good Breakfast, just a great Morning!
See Bill I do take the Car out of the Garage! LOL
Curt 

    On Sunday, February 11, 2018 12:00 PM, Bill Moore <bill at incendium.com> wrote:

 Hey Mike:

If you have only repaired the annoying rattle on one of your crappy
Wilkinson mufflers, just wait, the cheap Chinese tack welds will fail on the
other one sometime this summer.

Great to hear you could get the cat out.

Bill Moore
Calgary / Goodyear
403.860.4300

-----Original Message-----
From: DeTomaso [mailto:detomaso-bounces at server.detomasolist.com] On Behalf
Of Mike & Elizabeth Thomas
Sent: February-11-18 11:03 AM
To: detomaso at server.detomasolist.com
Subject: [DeTomaso] Rare day in the Pacific Northwest

Yesterday was an unusually nice day for mid-February in the Seattle area,
and it took me about 5 seconds to change my plans to go pull the encroaching
blackberry vines out of the back edge of my property and take a drive in
#6328.  I know I'm tempting the gods here, but she's running better on all
counts than she has probably in the 14 years I've been caring for her.  It
was still cool, barely 50 degrees, but the roads were dry, the sun was out
and the sky was a hazy shade of winter blue.

Three taps, three cranks and she started right up.  Since having the
extremely annoying rattling baffle in the Wilkinson exhaust repaired, the
exhaust now has only the deep, mellow tone I expect.  A little warm up and
off we went.  As many of the backroads are still in shade, damp and quite
cool from the overnight frost, I decided to stick to surface streets and the
freeway for a loop I use this time of year to let her stretch her legs.
Coming down Kent-Kangley road and getting stuck in what is now the usual
Saturday traffic, I didn't even mind waiting through the lights, feeling the
sun warming my face and sitting in my oasis of cool amongst the rain-grunged
Toyotas, Chevy's and F250's around me.

Once out on the freeway, relaxing the lead a bit and letting her run, I
could almost imagine myself halfway down the I-5 corridor to Monterey or
Vegas, the rhythms of the finely choreographed Cleveland symphony playing in
a rising and falling crescendo conducted by the gear lever and my right
foot.  It was over all too soon, and I thought about taking another lap, but
things to do.  I let her sit in the drive for a while before putting her
back in the garage, grabbing a few pics with the angled sun glinting off her
folds and flanks.

Time for a beer and a toast to our passions.

Cheers!

Mike Thomas

Pres., Panteras Northwest

206-795-3302

Yellow '74 #6328

www.panterasnorthwest.com <http://www.panterasnorthwest.com/> 

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   Today must be a Pantera Day! Had my White Car out to the local Cars and
   Coffee this morning! Peter Kovacs showed up with his Black Car! Great
   visit with the Locals, good Breakfast, just a great Morning!
   See Bill I do take the Car out of the Garage! LOL
   Curt
   On Sunday, February 11, 2018 12:00 PM, Bill Moore <bill at incendium.com>
   wrote:
   Hey Mike:
   If you have only repaired the annoying rattle on one of your crappy
   Wilkinson mufflers, just wait, the cheap Chinese tack welds will fail
   on the
   other one sometime this summer.
   Great to hear you could get the cat out.
   Bill Moore
   Calgary / Goodyear
   403.860.4300
   -----Original Message-----
   From: DeTomaso [mailto:[1]detomaso-bounces at server.detomasolist.com] On
   Behalf
   Of Mike & Elizabeth Thomas
   Sent: February-11-18 11:03 AM
   To: [2]detomaso at server.detomasolist.com
   Subject: [DeTomaso] Rare day in the Pacific Northwest
   Yesterday was an unusually nice day for mid-February in the Seattle
   area,
   and it took me about 5 seconds to change my plans to go pull the
   encroaching
   blackberry vines out of the back edge of my property and take a drive
   in
   #6328.  I know I'm tempting the gods here, but she's running better on
   all
   counts than she has probably in the 14 years I've been caring for her.
   It
   was still cool, barely 50 degrees, but the roads were dry, the sun was
   out
   and the sky was a hazy shade of winter blue.
   Three taps, three cranks and she started right up.  Since having the
   extremely annoying rattling baffle in the Wilkinson exhaust repaired,
   the
   exhaust now has only the deep, mellow tone I expect.  A little warm up
   and
   off we went.  As many of the backroads are still in shade, damp and
   quite
   cool from the overnight frost, I decided to stick to surface streets
   and the
   freeway for a loop I use this time of year to let her stretch her legs.
   Coming down Kent-Kangley road and getting stuck in what is now the
   usual
   Saturday traffic, I didn't even mind waiting through the lights,
   feeling the
   sun warming my face and sitting in my oasis of cool amongst the
   rain-grunged
   Toyotas, Chevy's and F250's around me.
   Once out on the freeway, relaxing the lead a bit and letting her run, I
   could almost imagine myself halfway down the I-5 corridor to Monterey
   or
   Vegas, the rhythms of the finely choreographed Cleveland symphony
   playing in
   a rising and falling crescendo conducted by the gear lever and my right
   foot.  It was over all too soon, and I thought about taking another
   lap, but
   things to do.  I let her sit in the drive for a while before putting
   her
   back in the garage, grabbing a few pics with the angled sun glinting
   off her
   folds and flanks.
   Time for a beer and a toast to our passions.
   Cheers!
   Mike Thomas
   Pres., Panteras Northwest
   206-795-3302
   Yellow '74 #6328
   www.panterasnorthwest.com <[3]http://www.panterasnorthwest.com/>
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