[DeTomaso] Shelby GT5-S on Discovery Driven - SPOILER ALERT

[Julian Kift]

I watched it and the Galpin Auto Sports guys seem to be it bit more rational than many of the other 'reality tv' auto shows, although they were previously featured on 'pimp my ride' so that should tell us something! Yes there were still plenty of scripted cliche's, loosely based historical facts and false drama.

Now, do I believe they called around local junk yards and miraculously found the original Shelby test mule engine just sat there on pallet under a pristine tarp for 30 years? The $7,500 they paid the old guy was probably more like hush money!

In parts of the show it's all about originality and keeping it the way Shelby touched it, "hey we can't rebuild the engine as it wouldn't be original any more" "we had the exact shade of Shelby white matched by PPG" where they then duly go and bolt up an ugly drop tip delta wing on the car just crudely re-drilling the decklid after paint and then go one step further and slap on a Wilwood brake kit.

But I'm sure now it has attained a little more TV fame and has the "original" engine back where it is supposed to be it will become the 'one of one' most expensive Pantera ever! In what is probably the most representative part of the related Shelby history "don't let the truth get int he way of a good story"

Julian

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From: DeTomaso <detomaso-bounces at server.detomasolist.com> on behalf of Mike Drew via DeTomaso <detomaso at server.detomasolist.com>
Sent: Monday, March 30, 2020 10:44 PM
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Subject: Re: [DeTomaso] Shelby GT5-S on Discovery at 9 pm tonight

Spoiler alert: they didn’t destroy the car the way the Gas Monkey Garage monkeys did (twice!)

The finished car looks right. The show had a bunch of stupid scripted car shows drama, but in general they seemed to do a good job.

It uses a draw-through turbo system but I can’t figure out how the air gets into the engine. It goes through the air cleaner, carb, intake, turbo, intercooler...and then a miracle happens. How does it get from the intercooler back into the engine?

They never show the engine clearly so I wasn’t able to see.

Mike

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> On Mar 30, 2020, at 18:25, Mike Drew <MikeLDrew at aol.com> wrote:
>
> Too late for anybody but the west coast guys, but tonight at 9 pm on the discovery channel, the show ‘Driven’ is all about the restoration of Carroll Shelby’s prototype GT5-S Pantera, which was powered from new by a turbocharged 340 Dodge!
>
> I saw the car many years ago, engineless, languishing at the back of Shelby’s Goodyear race tire distributorship in Gardena, CA. At the time it had almost no miles on it, and was basically brand new, with the engine bay hacked up to accommodate the Dodge engine. It sold at auction last year.
>
> It should be interesting to see its restoration. I hope they can avoid all the stupid car restoration show drama and just do a good job.....
>
> Mike
>
> Sent from my iPad

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   I watched it and the Galpin Auto Sports guys seem to be it bit more
   rational than many of the other 'reality tv' auto shows, although they
   were previously featured on 'pimp my ride' so that should tell us
   something! Yes there were still plenty of scripted cliche's, loosely
   based historical facts and false drama.

   Now, do I believe they called around local junk yards and miraculously
   found the original Shelby test mule engine just sat there on pallet
   under a pristine tarp for 30 years? The $7,500 they paid the old guy
   was probably more like hush money!

   In parts of the show it's all about originality and keeping it the way
   Shelby touched it, "hey we can't rebuild the engine as it wouldn't be
   original any more" "we had the exact shade of Shelby white matched by
   PPG" where they then duly go and bolt up an ugly drop tip delta wing on
   the car just crudely re-drilling the decklid after paint and then go
   one step further and slap on a Wilwood brake kit.

   But I'm sure now it has attained a little more TV fame and has the
   "original" engine back where it is supposed to be it will become the
   'one of one' most expensive Pantera ever! In what is probably the most
   representative part of the related Shelby history "don't let the truth
   get int he way of a good story"

   Julian
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   From: DeTomaso <detomaso-bounces at server.detomasolist.com> on behalf of
   Mike Drew via DeTomaso <detomaso at server.detomasolist.com>
   Sent: Monday, March 30, 2020 10:44 PM
   To: De Tomaso Forum <detomaso at server.detomasolist.com>
   Subject: Re: [DeTomaso] Shelby GT5-S on Discovery at 9 pm tonight

   Spoiler alert: they didn't destroy the car the way the Gas Monkey
   Garage monkeys did (twice!)
   The finished car looks right. The show had a bunch of stupid scripted
   car shows drama, but in general they seemed to do a good job.
   It uses a draw-through turbo system but I can't figure out how the air
   gets into the engine. It goes through the air cleaner, carb, intake,
   turbo, intercooler...and then a miracle happens. How does it get from
   the intercooler back into the engine?
   They never show the engine clearly so I wasn't able to see.
   Mike
   Sent from my iPad
   > On Mar 30, 2020, at 18:25, Mike Drew <MikeLDrew at aol.com> wrote:
   >
   > Too late for anybody but the west coast guys, but tonight at 9 pm on
   the discovery channel, the show `Driven' is all about the restoration
   of Carroll Shelby's prototype GT5-S Pantera, which was powered from new
   by a turbocharged 340 Dodge!
   >
   > I saw the car many years ago, engineless, languishing at the back of
   Shelby's Goodyear race tire distributorship in Gardena, CA. At the time
   it had almost no miles on it, and was basically brand new, with the
   engine bay hacked up to accommodate the Dodge engine. It sold at
   auction last year.
   >
   > It should be interesting to see its restoration. I hope they can
   avoid all the stupid car restoration show drama and just do a good
   job.....
   >
   > Mike
   >
   > Sent from my iPad
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