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<div style="RIGHT: auto"><SPAN style="RIGHT: auto">Your philsophying is right on target IMHO. As I reflect on the drive from Chicago, where I bought the car, back to Oklahoma back in 1990 I would most certainly not go back. It was fun though.</SPAN></div>
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<DIV style="RIGHT: auto" align=left><FONT color=#000000 size=4 face=Times> Dear Al,</FONT></DIV><FONT color=#000000 size=4 face=Times><BR></FONT><FONT color=#000000 size=4 face=Times><BR></FONT>
<DIV align=left><FONT color=#000000 size=4 face=Times> I would suggest the general sense of animosity and disbelief may be related to:</FONT></DIV><FONT color=#000000 size=4 face=Times><BR></FONT>
<DIV align=left><FONT color=#000000 size=4 face=Times>1) decades of being the redheaded stepchild of the Italian sports cars</FONT></DIV><FONT color=#000000 size=4 face=Times><BR></FONT>
<DIV align=left><FONT color=#000000 size=4 face=Times>2) our longstanding preference of modified Panteras fulfilling the moniker of the "only Italian hot rod"</FONT></DIV><FONT color=#000000 size=4 face=Times><BR></FONT>
<DIV align=left><FONT color=#000000 size=4 face=Times>3) our preference that the modified and improved Panteras have more value than the stock original Panteras</FONT></DIV><FONT color=#000000 size=4 face=Times><BR></FONT>
<DIV align=left><FONT color=#000000 size=4 face=Times>4) a bit of sour grapes that the rising market value of Panteras is led by the stock original Panteras</FONT></DIV><FONT color=#000000 size=4 face=Times><BR></FONT><FONT color=#000000 size=4 face=Times><BR></FONT>
<DIV align=left><FONT color=#000000 size=4 face=Times> Both of my Panteras were bone stock original when I purchased them. Currently, they both look stock, but the only things remaining stock are the body and the interior (mostly). The modified Panteras are so much more fun and rewarding to actually drive that I wouldn't go back. </FONT></DIV><FONT color=#000000 size=4 face=Times><BR></FONT><FONT color=#000000 size=4 face=Times><BR></FONT>
<DIV align=left><FONT color=#000000 size=4 face=Times> Philosophically yours, Chuck Engles<FONT size=2 face=Verdana></FONT></FONT></DIV><FONT color=#000000 size=2 face=Verdana><BR></FONT><FONT color=#000000 size=2 face=Verdana><BR></FONT><FONT color=#000000 size=2 face=Verdana><BR></FONT><FONT color=#000000 size=2 face=Verdana><BR></FONT>
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<DIV align=left><FONT color=#000000 size=2 face=Verdana>On Mon, Jan 6, 2014 at 1:15 PM, Al Gisby wrote:</FONT></DIV><FONT color=#000000 size=2 face=Verdana><BR></FONT>
<DIV align=left><FONT color=#000000 size=2 face=Verdana>> ...can i venture to ask...why is there a general sense of animosity [not against the emails in this link, but I have seen it regularly] against the value of our cars increasing? Surely we should all be excited about being the owners of such desirable and clearly valuable machines. Without sounding too trite, it will put a halt to any excessive disfigurations and loose disregard of purity that has unfortunately kept the 'pantera on the chain' until now.Alp.s A happy new year to the community </FONT></DIV>
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<DIV align=left><FONT color=#000000 size=2 face=Verdana>> Date: Mon, 6 Jan 2014 09:44:43 -0800</FONT></DIV>
<DIV align=left><FONT color=#000000 size=2 face=Verdana>> From: lashdeep@yahoo.com</FONT></DIV>
<DIV align=left><FONT color=#000000 size=2 face=Verdana>> To: tmshinro@aol.com; detomaso@poca.com</FONT></DIV>
<DIV align=left><FONT color=#000000 size=2 face=Verdana>> Subject: Re: [DeTomaso] Skyrocketing Prices</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV align=left><FONT color=#000000 size=2 face=Verdana>> Surely the auction house estimates are higher than actual sales but still.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV align=left><FONT color=#000000 size=2 face=Verdana>> Their estimates are almost double what prices were this past spring/summer.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV align=left><FONT color=#000000 size=2 face=Verdana>> <A href="http://centralwines.com/" target=_blank>centralwines.com</A></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV align=left><FONT color=#000000 size=2 face=Verdana>> From: Tom Shinrock <tmshinro@aol.com></FONT></DIV>
<DIV align=left><FONT color=#000000 size=2 face=Verdana>> To: detomaso@poca.com </FONT></DIV>
<DIV align=left><FONT color=#000000 size=2 face=Verdana>> Sent: Monday, January 6, 2014 10:41 AM</FONT></DIV>
<DIV align=left><FONT color=#000000 size=2 face=Verdana>> Subject: [DeTomaso] Skyrocketing Prices</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV align=left><FONT color=#000000 size=2 face=Verdana>> There's been quite a discussion on the appreciating values of Panteras last year. Taking it a step further, I'm sure listers are seeing high prices of NOS parts being sold by bk*@aol.com on eBay. </FONT></DIV>
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<DIV align=left><FONT color=#000000 size=2 face=Verdana>> Maybe I'm the one with my head in the sand but $25 for dome light bulbs, $350 for stock door mirrors (which most people replace for better looking mirrors anyway), $1000 for two never been mounted Arriva tires, $100 for mounting brackets for stock fan motors (anybody using these other than me?) seems way high. I'm guessing these parts would have appeal to those wanting a totally stock car (which the market seems to favor). Maybe its the Ford boxes that the parts come in that makes them worth the money.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV align=left><FONT color=#000000 size=2 face=Verdana>> Seeing these auctions made me think the the value of Mike Drew's spare bedroom (otherwise known as his Detomaso warehouse) has gone through the roof. Better increase your insurance rider Mike.</FONT></DIV>
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