DeTomaso Mailing List: June 2001, Message #38

Thanks, Guido. I feel much better now.  If I would have caught it sooner, I 
would have sanded the mirrors and painted both of them to match the body.  But 
nooooo, Jim waits for the last minute before deciding to do anything about it.  
As they say, you reap what you sow.  Check back on Monday to see how we did 
at "the show".  If GPS shows up, I might have a problem getting that trophy.

Jim

Quoting Guy Dellavecchia <guido_detomaso@prodigy.net>:

> 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
> >
> 
> 



Jim Kucera
Team Pantera of Orange County