[DeTomaso] Dennis A vidio

Mike Drew mikeldrew at aol.com
Mon Mar 15 21:31:17 EDT 2021


Guys,

The car had factory magnesium wheels with race tires for race work, and Brand X aftermarket wheels for street driving. He had suffered a wheel failure on the freeway a few days prior to the race, and didn’t notice that the brake had been damaged. He dragged the car home, fitted the race wheels, and off he went to SS. The brake hose failed when he applied the brakes at the finish line, squirting brake fluid all over the super-hot exhaust, and FOOM!

He now uses 16/17-inch Campagnolo wheels for street driving, and I think uses the same tires for high-speed work. 

Here is the sad scene:

https://youtu.be/2fyqDIh2KIw

Here is the same car, rebuilt:

https://youtu.be/QCGl6vtNm3A

Mike


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> On Mar 15, 2021, at 17:25, Asa Jay Laughton via DeTomaso <detomaso at server.detomasolist.com> wrote:
> 
>    Um... yea.  Dennis' car -did- have magnesium wheels on it as I recall
>   but he'd have to confirm that.  The wheels and tires you see as it's
>   being loaded on the trailer are loaners, put on the car to get it on
>   the trailer.  As I recall, Larry Stock took it to Shelby in Las Vegas
>   until Dennis picked it up for restoration.
>   Go to 2:11 and take a look at the driver's side front wheel, might be a
>   Campy (I'll have to ask him again).  The entire car was engulfed at one
>   one point, no wheel got away unscathed.
>   Asa Jay
> Asa Jay Laughton - W7TSC, MSgt, USAFR, Retired
> Spokane County ARES-RACES-ACS EC/RO
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> [2]https://www.teampanteraracing.com
> 
>   On 3/15/2021 16:53, Matt Wells wrote:
> 
>   You tubeA > search "silver state Pantera fire" = "Hot Pantera"
>   About the third video down the page.
>   I re-watched it after 14 years and noticed the firemen were probably
>   thinking the engine was forward the way they were trying to pry open
>   the hood bonnet from the front!
>   Originally I thought it was difficult to extinguishA due to Magnesium
>   Campy's but they were just after market alloys.
>   And surprisingly the passenger side wheels/tires look like they
>   survivedA unscathed!
>   FortunatelyA Dennis walked away to live another day.
>   Still tough to watch...
> 
>   On Mon, Mar 15, 2021 at 1:26 PM Tom Shinrock via DeTomaso
>   [3]<[1]detomaso at server.detomasolist.com> wrote:
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>     A  A Not to be ghoulish, but does anybody know where I can find the
>     video of
>     A  A Dennis's car catching fire?
>     A  A I was telling my friend who is a retired fireman about the fire
>     and how
>     A  A they couldn't put it out so I'm looking for the video to show
>     him
>     A  A Apologies to Dennis to dredging up a bad memory.
>     A  A Tom
>     A  A 5186
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   Guys,

   The car had factory magnesium wheels with race tires for race work, and
   Brand X aftermarket wheels for street driving. He had suffered a wheel
   failure on the freeway a few days prior to the race, and didn't notice
   that the brake had been damaged. He dragged the car home, fitted the
   race wheels, and off he went to SS. The brake hose failed when he
   applied the brakes at the finish line, squirting brake fluid all over
   the super-hot exhaust, and FOOM!

   He now uses 16/17-inch Campagnolo wheels for street driving, and I
   think uses the same tires for high-speed work.

   Here is the sad scene:

   [1]https://youtu.be/2fyqDIh2KIw

   Here is the same car, rebuilt:

   [2]https://youtu.be/QCGl6vtNm3A

   Mike

   Sent from my iPad

     On Mar 15, 2021, at 17:25, Asa Jay Laughton via DeTomaso
     <detomaso at server.detomasolist.com> wrote:

     Um... yea.  Dennis' car -did- have magnesium wheels on it as I recall
     but he'd have to confirm that.  The wheels and tires you see as it's
     being loaded on the trailer are loaners, put on the car to get it on
     the trailer.  As I recall, Larry Stock took it to Shelby in Las Vegas
     until Dennis picked it up for restoration.
     Go to 2:11 and take a look at the driver's side front wheel, might be
   a
     Campy (I'll have to ask him again).  The entire car was engulfed at
   one
     one point, no wheel got away unscathed.
     Asa Jay
   Asa Jay Laughton - W7TSC, MSgt, USAFR, Retired
   Spokane County ARES-RACES-ACS EC/RO
   ******************************
   [1]https://w7tsc.org
   [2]https://www.teampanteraracing.com
     On 3/15/2021 16:53, Matt Wells wrote:
     You tubeA > search "silver state Pantera fire" = "Hot Pantera"
     About the third video down the page.
     I re-watched it after 14 years and noticed the firemen were probably
     thinking the engine was forward the way they were trying to pry open
     the hood bonnet from the front!
     Originally I thought it was difficult to extinguishA due to Magnesium
     Campy's but they were just after market alloys.
     And surprisingly the passenger side wheels/tires look like they
     survivedA unscathed!
     FortunatelyA Dennis walked away to live another day.
     Still tough to watch...
     On Mon, Mar 15, 2021 at 1:26 PM Tom Shinrock via DeTomaso
     [3]<[1]detomaso at server.detomasolist.com> wrote:
       A  A Not to be ghoulish, but does anybody know where I can find the
       video of
       A  A Dennis's car catching fire?
       A  A I was telling my friend who is a retired fireman about the
   fire
       and how
       A  A they couldn't put it out so I'm looking for the video to show
       him
       A  A Apologies to Dennis to dredging up a bad memory.
       A  A Tom
       A  A 5186
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   1. https://youtu.be/2fyqDIh2KIw
   2. https://youtu.be/QCGl6vtNm3A


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