DeTomaso Mailing List: November 2000, Message #681

In a message dated 11/16/00 10:05:53, asajay@asajay.com writes:

<< Wasn't there also a Coca-Cola commercail with Pierce Brosnan that featured
a dark colored GT5 (or is that GTS?) that races a train to a train
crossing?  Done about 6 years ago or so? >>

>>>Yes, that commercial was shot in England strictly for the UK market, more 
like seven or eight years ago.  

http://members.aol.com/mikeldrew/cokead.jpg

The Pantera raced The Orient Express to a crossing in typical Hollywood 
fashion.  The car used was club President and Founder Phil Stebbings red GT5, 
licence plate 500 FAB, which incidentally was converted from one of only two 
V-6 Panteras ever built (Pantera 290), a Ford-engineered experiment using a 
Capri V-6 in place of our beloved 351 Cleveland (for fuel economy--perhaps 
thinking along the lines of the Ferrari Dino?)

Thankfully, THAT incredibly stupid idea didn't catch on!  Phil's car 
ultimately had the most radical motor in the UK club, with over 500 
no-kidding horsepower.  It's since traded hands several times but it's still 
running around the UK.

Mike (DeTomaso Drivers Club of Great Britain member since the early '90's...)