[DeTomaso] Shop recommendations Texas: Houston/Sugarland/Missouri City

[Mike Drew]

Konrad,

You are a member of Space City Panteras, aren’t you?

John Taphorn has done several restorations now.  Here is a photo I shot at his house in Sugarland a few weeks ago:

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The yellow car on the left was submerged to within about six inches of its roof last year during the floods. I drove it during my visit and it is totally perfect now. The green car was a bare metal tub at one point, and JT did all the body work and built it into a Profiles centerfold car. 

Call him!

Mike 


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> On May 13, 2019, at 17:02, Konrad Szwab <kszwab at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
>   Hello guys,
>   My '73 Pantera has been in the shop for almost 3 years now, getting in
>   a sorrier and sorrier state. While the gas tank, radiator, most of
>   cooling system, some of the brake system have been replaced, the
>   following items are still scattered in various piles:
>   Complete previous functional engine
>   Previously perfectly working transmission that was taken apart to do
>   the safety wiring and now there is some issue that it cannot be put
>   back together
>   Fuel injection system (do not remember type)
>   While the performance racing shop has tried on and off to work on the
>   car, I have lost hope that I will ever hear the car running, much less
>   drive it before my almost imminent retirement and probably death (next
>   20 years or so).
>   What I am looking for is for a reputable shop that can do the work in a
>   reasonable time and would not offer me excuses week after week. At this
>   moment money is of secondary concern since my car is essentially a
>   disassembled trash heap that I could not even sell on Ebay.
>   I also am looking for the metal studs that hold the grille above the
>   carb intake. The first two have been lost ages ago and now the other
>   two seem to be gone. I would like to eventually decorate my tombstone
>   with it and the 4 proper studs are essential for a classy look.
>   Please let me know if there are any shops in the Houston area that
>   could do the work.
>   Thanks,
>   Konrad
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