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

[larry at ohiotimecorp.com]

Konrad,

Some people are only alive because it is against the law to kill them...


If I was closer I would be at your side helping.

Best of luck, it can only get better.


Larry (sad) - Cleveland



-----Original Message-----
From: DeTomaso <detomaso-bounces at server.detomasolist.com> On Behalf Of Konrad Szwab
Sent: May 14, 2019 7:12 AM
To: Mike Drew <MikeLDrew at aol.com>
Cc: DeTomaso at server.detomasolist.com
Subject: Re: [DeTomaso] Shop recommendations Texas: Houston/Sugarland/Missouri City

Very nice :)

Yes, I am.

I gave the shop until tomorrow to see some progress. I will see what happens, but I do not have a good feeling about this project.

I live also close to John, I think, since I am in Missouri City. Maybe I will be able to lash some goats to tow together the car there at some point, after I gather all the parts lying around.

On Mon, May 13, 2019 at 11:57 PM Mike Drew <MikeLDrew at aol.com> wrote:

> 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:
>
>
>
> 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
>
>
> Sent from my iPad
>
> > 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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