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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>7) So butt f*cking ugly I wouldn’t be caught dead at a Fiero kit car convention with it.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #B5C4DF 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>From:</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> DeTomaso [mailto:detomaso-bounces@poca.com] <b>On Behalf Of </b>michael@michaelshortt.com<br><b>Sent:</b> Thursday, January 30, 2014 12:43 PM<br><b>To:</b> Bill Lewis<br><b>Cc:</b> detomaso@poca.com<br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [DeTomaso] Autoweek online Mention<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal>IMHO<o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>there are 6 kinds of running Panteras<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>1) All Original<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>2) Mildly Modified with removeable elements where originality is attainable<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>3) Mechanically Modified ( not easily reversable) while maintaining an Original look<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>4) Highly Modified in both Ext appearence and/or Mechanically<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>5) A clone of a GTS, GT4, GT5, etc.<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>6) I started with a Pantera.........<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>Michael Shortt ( I'd consider mine in the 3rd category )<o:p></o:p></p></div></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal>On Thu, Jan 30, 2014 at 1:29 PM, Bill Lewis <<a href="mailto:lotus0005@hotmail.com" target="_blank">lotus0005@hotmail.com</a>> wrote:<o:p></o:p></p><div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'>I hope that the Pantera folks don't start getting roiling underwear about originality in Panteras. We would all be sunk then! ---BILL Lewis<o:p></o:p></p><div><div class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><hr size=2 width="100%" align=center></div><p class=MsoNormal>From: <a href="mailto:michael@michaelshortt.com" target="_blank">michael@michaelshortt.com</a><br>Date: Thu, 30 Jan 2014 13:17:58 -0500<br>To: <a href="mailto:detomaso@poca.com" target="_blank">detomaso@poca.com</a><br>Subject: [DeTomaso] Autoweek online Mention<o:p></o:p></p><div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><br clear=all><o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal>In a story about aJan auctions, Mecum vs BJ.<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><h2 style='line-height:13.5pt;vertical-align:baseline'><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";font-weight:normal'>DeTomaso Pantera<o:p></o:p></span></h2><p style='line-height:13.5pt;vertical-align:baseline'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>At Mecum, <a href="http://www.mecum.com/auctions/lot_detail.cfm?LOT_ID=FL0114-172060&entryRow=2893" target="_blank"><span style='color:#BB3100;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in;text-decoration:none'>you'd have paid $49,500</span></a> to take home a 1974 example of the increasingly desirable Pantera. At Barrett-Jackson, a 1971 car <a href="http://www.barrett-jackson.com/application/onlinesubmission/lotdetails.aspx?ln=1650&aid=525" target="_blank"><span style='color:#BB3100;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in;text-decoration:none'>would have set you back $48,400</span></a>. The difference is originality -- the early B-J car is tuned, to put it mildly, with flashy five-spokes and a nitrous-oxide system. Depending on your perspective, this is either a huge improvement or an unacceptable desecration. Compare that to the “highly original” Mecum car.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='line-height:13.5pt;vertical-align:baseline'><b><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in'>Winner:</span></b><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'> We'd vote for the unmolested car at Mecum, but that's personal preference at play. This one's inconclusive.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='line-height:13.5pt;vertical-align:baseline'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p style='line-height:13.5pt;vertical-align:baseline'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Michael Shortt<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><p class=MsoNormal>-- <br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br>Michael L. Shortt<br>Savannah, Georgia<br><a href="http://www.michaelshortt.com" target="_blank">www.michaelshortt.com</a><br><a href="mailto:michael@michaelshortt.com" target="_blank">michael@michaelshortt.com</a><br><a href="tel:912-232-9390" target="_blank">912-232-9390</a><br><br> <br>This email is protected by the Electronic Communications Privacy<br>Act, 18 U.S.C. Sec. 2510-2521, is confidential and may be legally<br>privileged. If you are not the intended recipient, you are hereby notified<br>that any retention, dissemination, distribution or copying of this<br>communication is strictly prohibited. Please reply to the sender that you<br>have received this message in error, then delete it. Thank you <o:p></o:p></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal>_______________________________________________ Detomaso Forum Managed by POCA DeTomaso mailing list <a href="mailto:DeTomaso@poca.com" target="_blank">DeTomaso@poca.com</a> <a href="http://poca.com/mailman/listinfo/detomaso_poca.com" target="_blank">http://poca.com/mailman/listinfo/detomaso_poca.com</a><o:p></o:p></p></div></div></div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><br>_______________________________________________<br><br>Detomaso Forum Managed by POCA<br><br>DeTomaso mailing list<br><a href="mailto:DeTomaso@poca.com">DeTomaso@poca.com</a><br><a href="http://poca.com/mailman/listinfo/detomaso_poca.com" target="_blank">http://poca.com/mailman/listinfo/detomaso_poca.com</a><o:p></o:p></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><br><br clear=all><o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><p class=MsoNormal>-- <br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br>Michael L. 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