[DeTomaso] New Hot Rod article

Ken Green kenn_green at yahoo.com
Wed Jul 18 18:17:46 EDT 2018


Shades of Sammy Tanner?  (the Flying Flea)

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  Now there's a custom job done right.  Thanks for that link, Chuck!

  Originality, while prized by collectors, is very often quite boring due
  to manufacturer restraints on quality in order to keep retail prices
  within the reach of a lot of people.

  I have an old BSA Victor motorcycle that I fixed up and customized to
  my own taste, sparing no expense.  I was showing it at a bike rally a
  number of years ago and an old guy with an English accent commented on
  how nice a job I did.  Our conversation went something like this:

  "You think so?  Thanks.  Lots of people say that I "over-restored" it
  or that I strayed too far from the factory look."

  "Quite right," he said with a twinkle in his eye, and then went on:

  "I was employed at Triumph from the late 60's until we shut.  We would
  have built our bikes just the way you have if production costs hadn't
  mandated otherwise.  What you have here is the machine we would have
  loved to build.  You have taken our simple design and brought out all
  of it's potential beauty and lustre."

  Well that was just about the highest compliment one could ever hope for
  because that's exactly what I was trying to do.  I built the machine
  with one idea in mind:

  "What would this thing look like if the designers didn't have to
  homogenize its' looks and produce it at low cost to profitably sell it
  to as many people as possible?"

  To me, this Hot Rod article shows a Pantera fixed up to a high-quality,
  factory-styled standard.  Nothing cheesy about it.

  Well done lads!

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  On 7/18/2018 at 9:19 AM, "Corey Price" <coreyjprice at gmail.com> wrote:

    I like it! Sure I would do some things different but weare not all
    the same. Iam just glad weare not all stuck on originality even
    though the market seems to push that direction at times.
    Corey
    > On Jul 18, 2018, at 6:41 AM, cengles at cox.net wrote:
    >
    > Dear Forum,
    >
    > I *think* this is new. It is a very positive article. Does
    > anyone know Mr. Quadland?
    >
    >
    >
    [1]https://www.hotrod.com/articles/1972-detomaso-pantera-coyote-wolf
    s-clot
    > hing/
    >
    > Warmest regards, Chuck Engles
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   Shades of Sammy Tanner?  (the Flying Flea)
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     Now there's a custom job done right.  Thanks for that link, Chuck!
     Originality, while prized by collectors, is very often quite boring
   due
     to manufacturer restraints on quality in order to keep retail prices
     within the reach of a lot of people.
     I have an old BSA Victor motorcycle that I fixed up and customized to
     my own taste, sparing no expense.  I was showing it at a bike rally a
     number of years ago and an old guy with an English accent commented
   on
     how nice a job I did.  Our conversation went something like this:
     "You think so?  Thanks.  Lots of people say that I "over-restored" it
     or that I strayed too far from the factory look."
     "Quite right," he said with a twinkle in his eye, and then went on:
     "I was employed at Triumph from the late 60's until we shut.  We
   would
     have built our bikes just the way you have if production costs hadn't
     mandated otherwise.  What you have here is the machine we would have
     loved to build.  You have taken our simple design and brought out all
     of it's potential beauty and lustre."
     Well that was just about the highest compliment one could ever hope
   for
     because that's exactly what I was trying to do.  I built the machine
     with one idea in mind:
     "What would this thing look like if the designers didn't have to
     homogenize its' looks and produce it at low cost to profitably sell
   it
     to as many people as possible?"
     To me, this Hot Rod article shows a Pantera fixed up to a
   high-quality,
     factory-styled standard.  Nothing cheesy about it.
     Well done lads!
     Sent using Hushmail
     On 7/18/2018 at 9:19 AM, "Corey Price" <[1]coreyjprice at gmail.com>
   wrote:
       I like it! Sure I would do some things different but weare not all
       the same. Iam just glad weare not all stuck on originality even
       though the market seems to push that direction at times.
       Corey
       > On Jul 18, 2018, at 6:41 AM, [2]cengles at cox.net wrote:
       >
       > Dear Forum,
       >
       > I *think* this is new. It is a very positive article. Does
       > anyone know Mr. Quadland?
       >
       >
       >

   [1][3]https://www.hotrod.com/articles/1972-detomaso-pantera-coyote-wolf
       s-clot
       > hing/
       >
       > Warmest regards, Chuck Engles
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   8. https://www.hotrod.com/articles/1972-detomaso-pantera-coyote-wolfs-clot
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