Reply to ""AGROVADR" SOLD !!!!!!"

Highway Star:

I have never impuned the beauty of, nor the quality of the work done on any of the cars you mention. Dave has been, and, continues to be a leader of Southeast Panteras/POCA and his car is very nice. As I have already written, I think Lou's car was one of the best custom Panteras I have seen. Enough said on that subject.

I have always posted under phill1 and included my name in some postings. As to Pantera Fan, while not a member of PI or POCA he seemed genuinely interested in Pantera's and was an employee of mine who has not been with the firm for some months having relocated to help his parents out. I have not researched the boards but I haven't seen any postings under that name for some months since that time. However, I do personally agree with a good deal of the comments he made regarding Concours standards in general. My car is a regular driver, in very nice 98% original condition. It was never intended to be or prepared to be a show car or to compete with one. It appears that you and I disagree with the propriety of the "model" naming issue so I suggest we agree to disagree on that subject.

My comments to the PI article went to a fundamental issue in journalisim regarding accuracy in reporting. The omission that the car started life as a '73 GTS, then was subsequently modified by Pavisi and Roland is a meaningful oversight in my view. Meaningful in that it doesn't properly inform us factually, or do credit to the work Roland put into the car. He didn't just buy it, he personally built it. That is impressive. I will re read the article but my post had nothing to do with the excellent quality of the car's preparation.

We are an owners group bound by our collective interest in things DeTomaso. In my view, we should be able to discuss, debate all ideas as they relate to the cars without ranting hyperbole.

"But I would like to hear your logic and rational as to why my common sense view is out of order and what excludes and makes Panteras different from other marques."

Percy Hill

[This message has been edited by phill1 (edited 12-30-2003).]