[DeTomaso] Kindig Pantera progect

[Richard Greenblum]

I too walked around that room with Tom while he commented on the cars.  He told me he very much enjoyed the modifications—except for one.  He did not like changes to the “haunches” or shoulders of the car, for example the elephant ear scoops or any other substantial changes to the grille area.  He said that was the focal point of his design because the powerful V8 is what set the Pantera apart from its purely Italian counterparts.

I don’t know for sure, but I understood his comments about starting from scratch had more to do with continuing production of the car, not modifications to existing cars.

With said, I personally prefer original looking cars.  My ’74 U.S. GTS has most of the usual modifications, but I’ve kept the appearance, with the exception of it being lowered with adjustable Koni’s and new springs, original adding only parts that were available in Europe (small front and read deck lid “sugar scoop” spoilers).

Richard
Austin, TX

> On Dec 15, 2021, at 21:00, John Taphorn <johnftaphorn at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
>   Jim
>   To correct the record, Tom would not be rolling over in his grave at
>   those modifications.A  Tom was the judge at the POCA Lone Star Fun
>   Rally in Texas a few years prior to his passing.A  I had the honor of
>   guiding him through theA Pantera corral and listenA to
>   hisA observations. He had little interest in the stock Panteras and
>   delighted in seeing the creative modifications to his design.A  His top
>   choices and ultimate #1 pick went to a modified car.A  He loved the
>   flares, etc.A  He welcomed people applying their creative vision to
>   hisA design.
>   JT
> 
>   On Wed, Dec 15, 2021 at 3:35 PM Jim Wallace via DeTomaso
>   <[1]detomaso at server.detomasolist.com> wrote:
> 
>     A  A All,
>     A  A So I know this guy Ernie Bock, his father was a car dealer on
>     the south
>     A  A shore of Boston.A  Erie is the son who plays in a band Erie and
>     the
>     A  A Mechanics.A  He has a number of pantera's and more money than
>     he knows
>     A  A what to do with in my opinion.A  Now sure why he did not source
>     another
>     A  A project car for this gut job after seeing the pristine shape
>     this one
>     A  A was in to cut it apart like that.A  I am sure Tom Tjaarda was
>     spinning
>     A  A in his grave when they cut that one apart based on some of the
>     A  A conversations I used to have with him about leaving the pantera
>     alone
>     A  A rather than updating it......just build a new car he used to
>     say.
>     A  A About 3 months ago I saw this car driving on an offramp early
>     morning
>     A  A here outside of Boston.....I was a little confused as to what
>     it was
>     A  A given the distance but I am pretty sure this was the
>     car.......now that
>     A  A it is finished.A  Erie lives not to far from me and he used to
>     come to
>     A  A Lynnfield to play Sunday morning gigs in a local barn with Sib
>     Hasian
>     A  A drummer from the band "Boston" who died a couple years ago
>     while in the
>     A  A middle of a set on a "rock cruise" somewhere in the Caribbean.
>     A  A That is the "rest of the story"
>     A  A Jim
>     A  A On Wednesday, December 15, 2021, 02:54:18 PM EST, STEVEN L
>     HAWKINS
>     A  A <[2]shawkins777 at comcast.net> wrote:
>     A  A  A Did anyone else watch the first show of the Pantera they are
>     doing?
>     A  A  A They took what was probable the most rust free stock Pantera
>     in North
>     A  A  A America and destroyed it.A  I'm sure that the finished car
>     will
>     A  A probably
>     A  A  A be a great car but, it won't be a Pantera in my eyes.
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