DeTomaso Mailing List: May 2001, Message #40

Man, I love this group! This is not at all unusual for the Pantera
people. I'm prould to be a part of this club.  AL C.
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Dave Clark wrote:
> 
> Now that is a great story to hear coming out of the Vegas get together!
> Sorry to hear of your trouble but man what a great bunch of people to come
> forward and offer assistance!
> 
> Dave
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: ART STEPHENS [mailto:ART_STEPHENS@msn.com]
> Sent: Tuesday, May 01, 2001 3:45 PM
> To: Multiple recipients of list
> Subject: Thank You
> 
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>      As I was returning from the Mount Charleston brunch run near Vegas this
> weekend, my engine let go.
> I decided to limp back to the Plaza hotel because I could run the engine up
> to 2000 rpm without it making
> any noise.  As we were creeping along the highway at about 40-45 mph, a
> vehicle, that I did not recognize
> pulled up beside me.  It was Jim Kucera from TPOC, driving a rental vehicle.
> We pulled over and explained
> our situation to Jim.  Jim headed back to the hotel at a normal pace and my
> friend Roger and I continued
> our slow journey.  Much to my surprise, when I returned to the hotel, I ran
> into Jim right away and he said
> Bobby Byars might have an empty trailer returning to southern California.  I
> couldn't believe it, this group
> of people is amazing!  It turns out the Byar's friend Jeff Maxwell did in
> fact have an empty trailer that he
> offered to tow my car on.
>      I was able to get some folks to listen to my engine run and advise me
> on what to do.  Those people
> included :  John Parsons, Ted Mitchell, Larry Stock, and B.J. Filarski.  The
> advice was to tow it home,
> something about a broken wrist pin or a spun rod bearing.  Anyway, Jeff
> towed my car back to the Byar's
> shop, Bill and Diana Wright gave my freind and I a ride home and Colin Haney
> hauled our luggage back for
> us.  We also had other offers to help.
>      My sincere thank you goes out to all these good people that helped out
> when I was in a real bind.
> 
> Art Stephens
> #4268
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