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In a message dated 11/4/13 12 35 31, gow2@rc-tech.net writes:<BR>
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>>>He was truly a remarkable guy. I got to interview him many years ago when the De Tomaso Mangusta project was first launched (which quickly turned into the Qvale Mangusta, and just as quickly slipped beneath the waves). I was struck not only by how friendly he was, but how passionate he was about cars, and how frank he was about some of the stupid decisions he had made over the years, being blinded by this passion. Although he was talking about the Jensen years at the time, I couldn't help but think at the time that his De Tomaso project was very much in the same vein.<BR>
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Everybody here owns a tremendous debt to him, for he, more than anybody most likely, really brought sports cars into the limelight in the USA, and helped make the entire notion of a sports car (not to mention an import cars such as a VW) much more mainstream.<BR>
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He lived to be 94 years old, and was still going to work, although perhaps not every day. He was sharp as a tack, too. A great role model for all of us....<BR>
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