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Reply to "How to get a response from Chuck at Prova Mo?"

Everyone is getting older and Chuck, while I still count him as a personal friend is no exception. So  due to his non-communicative style the last few years and in anticipation of the eventual disappearance of his self-financed website- Registry (which has already happened!. New kids won't know there used to be a Mangusta-only website with lots of info, and another Pantera Registry in Europe, that both vanished upon the passing of the owners).

So POCA decided to modernize the ORIGINAL DeTomaso Registry. Which POCA PURCHASED from creator Bill Van Ess, mostly for its historical value. The sole aim is to make things like Registries less of a one-man show and age-proof.

The upcoming POCA Registry is NOT in competition with Chuck's creation and will be less inclusive in its details. It's also only temporarily being run by POCA. Like the original POCA-sponsored DeTomaso Forums, POCA will turn this creation over to others to manage, once it's self-sufficient.

Once the new Registry is up and running- anticipated for late 2023- it will be turned over to the also-new IDOC (International DeTomaso Organization of Car Clubs). This is a world-wide group associated with the new DeTomaso company and will be jointly managed by the many independent Pantera clubs across the world, not just in America.

The new Registry's rules and operation will be left up to the various clubs involved: British, Swedish, Canada, the U.S etc. Given the independent nature of DeTomaso owners and throwing into the mix multiple languages, this should make for "interesting times". Hope I live long enough to see it happen.

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