DeTomaso Mailing List: June 97, Message #166
     



From: Dennis Antenucci <itbewild@gte.net>

Subject: Jr. Wilson Recovery

Date: Fri, 13 Jun 1997 20:26:10 -0700



Several people asked me how Junior's recovery was going. Here's the 

lastest update.



I spoke to him tonight. He's doing great. Very positive, very can-do. If 

you already know Junior, that ain't gonna surprise you at all. The guy 

looks like the Bionic Man right now cause he's wired and bolted together 

but his recovery is impressive. He has one more scheduled recovery on his 

back and the prognosis looks excellent His leg is recovering. He's 

already going (hobbling) into work every day and his earlier back surgery 

was successful and he is expected to make a full and complete recovery.



Which begs to ask, is he coming back? Damn straight!  Currently, he's 

planning to salvage and rebuild his Pantera chassis and re-install the 

all-steel stock Pantera body!! 



He indicated he's retiring from the Silverstate event and is gonna focus 

in the future on setting some land speed records at Bonneville and El 

Mirage with his new (old) Pantera (look out Mike Cook!). Stay tuned for 

future developments.



Mad Dog Antenucci



P.S. I stand by my earlier challenge. We need your participation and 

involvement at Silverstate if people are gonna remember what Pantera's 

look like running down the road at speed. . .The next event is in 

September. Let's make sure the Silverstate event doesn't turn into a 

"Corvette-only" event. As Junior told me in the past, "we're lucky if one 

Pantera shows up!"



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