[DeTomaso] NPC Special Thanks

[Ed Mendez]

As some of you know I sold my Pantera last August on BAT. Yes, I still have another Pantera in New Zealand #3072 that is almost done after 6 years. 

So with the proceeds of my Pantera I bought a Superformance GT40 MKII from Mansfield Motors and started the process of building it. It’s just about done, very close. Although I did most of the work myself I had plenty of friends from the Pantera community and others who helped and gave me advise, and direction and their physical labor. Especially when I had to pull the transaxle 3 separate  $&$@!? times to fix this and that. Haha At one point I even took the transaxle apart to fix a reverse idler detent that was stuck. This car did not come with directions, just a box of parts and you have to figure it all out, but that’s half the fun right? But lots of hours spent even into the wee hours of the morning and some engineering; it’s about there. 

I want to personally thank:

Brandon Fischer
Chance Dorsey
Dave Briggs
Les Gray
Ron McCall
Don Byars
Olthoff Racing - Dennis Olthoff and Scotty Hackenson
Prestige Motorsports - Doug Aitken
Mansfield Motors - Bill Serena
Safir GT40 Spares - Bob Wood
Superformance - Lance Stander and Doug Campbell
Summit Racing
Amazon and eBay haha

And lastly my new friend David Dearing of JWC Machine in Mobile AL, who CNC’d me a custom ZF front throwout bearing retainer for my BMW M1 ZF. Yes it’s different from a Pantera ZF. 

Thanks again all, you went above and beyond!

Ed Mendez

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