DeTomaso Mailing List: June 2001, Message #35

I beg to differ:  No real man ever bought a whole Dodge Omni.


----- Original Message -----
From: "Guy Dellavecchia" <guido_detomaso@prodigy.net>
To: "Multiple recipients of list" <detomaso@realbig.com>
Sent: Friday, June 01, 2001 8:36 PM
Subject: Re: Side Mirror Replacement Source ?


> Back in the early '70's I went for my first ride in a Pantera, I was in
the
> 7th or 8th grade.  While I may have thought at the time, "Gee, I can't
wait
> to:
>
> 1. Grow up
> 2. Get a job
> 3. Buy a Pantera",
>
> I don't remember thinking "so I can stick some '80's econoshitbox mirrors
on
> it".
>
> Okay, perhaps making the Pantera look more like a Dodge Omni is every
> owner's right, but a REAL MAN would buy an entire Dodge Omni just to get
the
> mirrors, then chop up the rest with a cutting torch.
>
> Guy D.
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Jim Kucera <Jimbo@SoCalPantera.com>
> To: Multiple recipients of list <detomaso@realbig.com>
> Sent: Tuesday, May 29, 2001 8:46 PM
> Subject: Re: Side Mirror Replacement Source ?
>
>
> > Quoting MikeLDrew@aol.com:
> >
> > > Jim wrote:
> > >
> > > >From Mike's website, it appears to
> > > be one of the popular flush-mounted Dodge Omni (or Dodge Colt)
mirrors.
> > > I'll
> > > probably pickup a set.
> > >
> > > What's the best place to locate these mirrors? P-car vendor, Dodge
> > > dealer,
> > > Autozone ??
> > >
> > > >>>You be dreamin'...:<(
> > >
> > > Dodge discontinued the colt 10-15 years ago, and parts for them are
> > > nonexistent--not available from Dodge anymore (so I'm told.)
> > >
> > > The vendors stocked up on 'em and you can sometimes find them.
However
> > > I'd
> > > take a long, hard look at your existing units and see what can be
> > > done--repair is infinitely preferable to replacement unless they're
> > > really
> > > trashed....
> > >
> > > Mike
> > >
> > >
> >
> > Hey Mike,
> >
> > Another mental mistake on my part!  My daily driver is a 17-year-old
> Mercedes-
> > Benz (my YAHOO ID = Benz_guy). You can have a 30-year-old Benz and still
> get
> > most of the parts you need at your dealer or special order.
> >
> > I called Bobby Byars at Precision Proformance around 10:30am this
morning
> to
> > see if he had anything.  As luck would have it, he had a complete set of
> the
> > Dodge mirrors, but no guts (mirror assemblies) inside.  No problem!  We
> removed
> > the mirror assembly from my unit and replaced it in his mirror body.
> Total
> > cost of transaction...NOTHING!  I love it when that happens.
> >
> > Maybe it's payback because I said all those nice things about Precision
> > Proformance helping some of the TPOC boys out in Las Vegas when they
were
> down
> > on their luck.  It could also have been the $2000 worth of merchandise
> that
> > TPOC bought from Bobby for the Las Vegas raffle (next year, it's goody
> > bags :~)).  Whatever it was, this is another example of vendors coming
> through
> > in a pinch.  TPOC is proud to patronize Precision Proformance and other
> P-car
> > vendors whenever they can.  You never know when you're gonna need them,
> but you
> > can't live without them.
> >
> > Jim Kucera
> > Team Pantera of Orange County
> >
>
>