[DeTomaso] Dennis Fugnetti RIP...

[Erik Kolstoe]

Thanks for sharing Mike, sad on all fronts.

Hopefully the car is seeing better days.




On Wednesday, January 29, 2020, Mike Drew via DeTomaso <
detomaso at server.detomasolist.com> wrote:

>    All,
>
>    Those who were around in the 80s may remember the name Dennis Fugnetti.
>     He was a well-known fine arts automotive photographer in Southern
>    California, who owned an exquisite twin-turbo Pantera. He produced
>    several posters featuring his car (one inexplicably including stylized
>    representations of a polished Mangusta wheel?), and his car was
>    featured on the cover and inside the first really fine book on the
>    marque, Panteras For The Road by Henry Rasmussen:
>
>    [cid:ABB23469-668F-4040-BBCB-D55370791076-L0-001]
>    [cid:C26B6DC1-4F99-4A95-8849-A4C416ACC38F-L0-001]
>    [cid:EAC00BF7-F951-40B3-AAD5-1FBB3B1C97F3-L0-001]
>    [cid:7CF1991B-0F9C-4ED5-BB89-DD0E5954A82F-L0-001]
>
>    Jeff Maxwell informed me the other day that Dennis has passed away. His
>    business lives on, shared with his daughter:
>
>    [1]https://www.fugnettiimages.com/page/about2
>
>    I only met him once, at Concorso Italiano long after he sold his
>    Pantera. He was much younger than I was expecting him to be, not all
>    that much older than me. He was also extremely friendly and personable.
>    My condolences to his family for what has to have been an untimely
>    passing. :(
>
>    I once found his old Pantera rotting at a used car lot in Monterey,
>    sitting outdoors. This was in the early 1990s. The beautiful polished
>    engine looked like crap as the elements had taken their
>    toll--everything was corroded.  I took it for a test drive and it ran
>    like crap too.  The turbos weren't dialed in so it ran terribly, then
>    spectacularly overheated and blew its water all over the place. We
>    barely made it back to the dealer.  It had been a fine car when he
>    owned it, so it's sad the subsequent owner or owners really let it fall
>    apart.
>
>    It was later bought by a Silicon Valley guy who retrofitted a standard
>    motor, then quickly tired of it and sold it to buy a Ferrari 308 from
>    the divorcing Lee Majors and Farrah Fawcett-Majors. I then lost touch
>    with it. I think it's still floating around in So-Cal?
>
>    Spare Dennis a thought each time you admire his timeless poster, which
>    many, many of us have hanging on our walls.....
>
>    Mike
>    Sent from my iPad
>
> References
>
>    1. https://www.fugnettiimages.com/page/about2
>
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   Thanks for sharing Mike, sad on all fronts.

   Hopefully the car is seeing better days.

   On Wednesday, January 29, 2020, Mike Drew via DeTomaso
   <[1]detomaso at server.detomasolist.com> wrote:

     A  A All,
     A  A Those who were around in the 80s may remember the name Dennis
     Fugnetti.
     A  A  He was a well-known fine arts automotive photographer in
     Southern
     A  A California, who owned an exquisite twin-turbo Pantera. He
     produced
     A  A several posters featuring his car (one inexplicably including
     stylized
     A  A representations of a polished Mangusta wheel?), and his car was
     A  A featured on the cover and inside the first really fine book on
     the
     A  A marque, Panteras For The Road by Henry Rasmussen:
     A  A [cid:ABB23469-668F-4040-BBCB-D55370791076-L0-001]
     A  A [cid:C26B6DC1-4F99-4A95-8849-A4C416ACC38F-L0-001]
     A  A [cid:EAC00BF7-F951-40B3-AAD5-1FBB3B1C97F3-L0-001]
     A  A [cid:7CF1991B-0F9C-4ED5-BB89-DD0E5954A82F-L0-001]
     A  A Jeff Maxwell informed me the other day that Dennis has passed
     away. His
     A  A business lives on, shared with his daughter:
     A  A [1][2]https://www.fugnettiimages.com/page/about2
     A  A I only met him once, at Concorso Italiano long after he sold
     his
     A  A Pantera. He was much younger than I was expecting him to be,
     not all
     A  A that much older than me. He was also extremely friendly and
     personable.
     A  A My condolences to his family for what has to have been an
     untimely
     A  A passing. :(
     A  A I once found his old Pantera rotting at a used car lot in
     Monterey,
     A  A sitting outdoors. This was in the early 1990s. The beautiful
     polished
     A  A engine looked like crap as the elements had taken their
     A  A toll--everything was corroded.A  I took it for a test drive and
     it ran
     A  A like crap too.A  The turbos weren't dialed in so it ran
     terribly, then
     A  A spectacularly overheated and blew its water all over the place.
     We
     A  A barely made it back to the dealer.A  It had been a fine car
     when he
     A  A owned it, so it's sad the subsequent owner or owners really let
     it fall
     A  A apart.
     A  A It was later bought by a Silicon Valley guy who retrofitted a
     standard
     A  A motor, then quickly tired of it and sold it to buy a Ferrari
     308 from
     A  A the divorcing Lee Majors and Farrah Fawcett-Majors. I then lost
     touch
     A  A with it. I think it's still floating around in So-Cal?
     A  A Spare Dennis a thought each time you admire his timeless
     poster, which
     A  A many, many of us have hanging on our walls.....
     A  A Mike
     A  A Sent from my iPad
     References
     A  A 1. [3]https://www.fugnettiimages.com/page/about2

References

   1. mailto:detomaso at server.detomasolist.com
   2. https://www.fugnettiimages.com/page/about2
   3. https://www.fugnettiimages.com/page/about2