Reply to "Denis C and the "new" DeTomaso"

An hour later a guys showed up and asked: How I knew he had a Pantera. I replied: I didn't know. He asked if I knew of anyone who would complete his restoration, so I offered to do it in my spare time. Heck I had restored a few cars in my time how hard could this be, I had the parts manual and the service buletins
When I got to the shop there were 20 boxes of parts and parts srewn all over the shop. What a puzzle !!
Over the course of my research I came across this board and realised there were a few Canadian guys posting a lot (guess who?), sent them PM's and started frindships. First Bohdan came over and offered his wisdom (and put a gentle fire under the pot). Then Mark and Andy came over, showed genuine interest, invited me to Kingston and literally set the room on fire. I challenged myself to be there with the Pantera. 6868 made it to Kingston (amidst a few setbacks and on a trailer). Had blast, met David and many of you. What a fun bunch of guys, friendship, a real club spirit.

Over the course of the fall and winter I was looking for a good Pantera and got to learn about Vallelungas and Mangustas. Then I found out about the Dr's Mangusta and decided that that was exactly what I wanted.