<html><head></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 14px; "><div><div><div><div style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; ">It is a show car, so it doesn't have to be reasonable. So, things that wouldn't work don't bother me – like plastic parts, no headroom, etc.</div><div style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; "><br></div><div style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; ">The yellow/flat black colors go well together.</div><div style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; "><br></div><div style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; ">The wheels look good too.</div><div style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; "><br></div><div style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; ">I didn't see the decklid in the previous pics. Outlook keeps correcting decklid to deckled. What is a deckled?</div><div style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; "><br></div><div style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; ">The roof treatment with the deck lid is too much. It is cleaner without that stuff.</div><div style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; "><br></div><div style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; ">I prefer the original front-end, no ground effects, and rear end, but the show car would be easier to meet bumper rules, and it looks okay too. I don't think it destroys Tom's design.</div><div style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; "><br></div><div style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; ">The door handles are too much like C5 Vettes. It needs to look more exotic, like a push button or a 308.</div><div style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; "><br></div><div style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; ">It would be interesting to do 2 or 3 show cars like this, take the best from all of them, and build a modern Pantera, kinda like Ford did with the Ford GT.</div><div style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; "><br></div><div style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; ">BTW, I hate to say it, but an LS engine makes more sense than a Ford. It is the closest modern engine to a 351C.</div></div><div style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; "><div><div style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; "><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000"><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Calibri">--</font></font></div><div style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Calibri; ">Will</span></div></div></div></div></div><div style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; "><br></div><span id="OLK_SRC_BODY_SECTION" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; "><div style="font-family:Calibri; font-size:11pt; text-align:left; color:black; BORDER-BOTTOM: medium none; BORDER-LEFT: medium none; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0in; PADDING-LEFT: 0in; PADDING-RIGHT: 0in; BORDER-TOP: #b5c4df 1pt solid; BORDER-RIGHT: medium none; PADDING-TOP: 3pt"><span style="font-weight:bold">From: </span> John Taphorn <<a href="mailto:jtaphorn@kingwoodcable.com">jtaphorn@kingwoodcable.com</a>><br><span style="font-weight:bold">Date: </span> Wednesday, November 6, 2013 11:26 PM<br><span style="font-weight:bold">To: </span> Larry Finch <<a href="mailto:fresnofinches@aol.com">fresnofinches@aol.com</a>>, <<a href="mailto:detomaso@poca.com">detomaso@poca.com</a>><br><span style="font-weight:bold">Subject: </span> Re: [DeTomaso] Ring Bros - better detail photos<br></div><div><br></div><div>
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While there are elements of the design that I like and some that I
don't, I am delighted they built the car. The exercise will bring
attention to the marque at SEMA. IMHO, it is great publicity for
Panteras. A little controversy is good!<br>
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