[DeTomaso] Ron Wade passed away…..

[davek]

Very sad news. I had the pleasure to speak with Ron atvarious POCA events over the years, most recently over dinner while at the FunRally in Phoenix. Ron was one of the most enthusiastic Pantera owners I’ve evermet and a fantastic person, always willing to share and help others! 


His custom GT5-S project is an incredible story, with many creative and well engineered changes. At dinner, Ron was eager to share many details and photos ofthe latest progress. Really impressive stuff! Ron was incredibly innovativeand constantly evolving and improving his build plans. Hopefully that car willbe “completed”, as he last envisioned it, and share a spot alongside his GTS ondisplay at his museum.


Dave


 
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> All,

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> Longtime POCA member and car fanatic Ron Wade suddenlypassed away of a heart attack today. He was a regular attendee at the FunRally, even driving his Saleen S7 some years. He was proud to be the originalowner of the very last US-spec Pantera GTS, and had spent decades trying tocreate a Kustom Kar hot rod GT5-S using a real Amerisport GT5-S as itsbase.  I just spoke with him a couple ofweeks ago and he was very excited about it, telling me he now had five peopleworking on it full time, with the ambition of finishing it this year and tryingto compete for the Ridler award at the Detroit Autorama.

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   Very sad news. I had the pleasure to speak with Ron at various POCA
   events over the years, most recently over dinner while at the Fun Rally
   in Phoenix. Ron was one of the most enthusiastic Pantera owners Iave
   ever met and a fantastic person, always willing to share and help
   others!
   His custom GT5-S project is an incredible story, with many creative and
   well engineered changes. At dinner, Ron was eager to share many details
   and photos of the latest progress. Really impressive stuff! Ron was
   incredibly innovative and constantly evolving and improving his build
   plans. Hopefully that car will be acompleteda, as he last envisioned
   it, and share a spot alongside his GTS on display at his museum.
   Dave

   > -----Original Message-----
   > From: DeTomaso <[1]detomaso-bounces at server.detomasolist.com> On
   Behalf Of Mike Drew via DeTomaso
   > Sent: Wednesday, July 6, 2022 10:11 PM
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   > Subject: [DeTomaso] Ron Wade passed awaya|..
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   > i>>?All,
   >
   > Longtime POCA member and car fanatic Ron Wade suddenly passed away of
   a heart attack today. He was a regular attendee at the Fun Rally, even
   driving his Saleen S7 some years. He was proud to be the original owner
   of the very last US-spec Pantera GTS, and had spent decades trying to
   create a Kustom Kar hot rod GT5-S using a real Amerisport GT5-S as its
   base.  I just spoke with him a couple of weeks ago and he was very
   excited about it, telling me he now had five people working on it full
   time, with the ambition of finishing it this year and trying to compete
   for the Ridler award at the Detroit Autorama.

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