Reply to "Tom Tjaarda's Parts Needs"

Thanks Julian. That is a good idea. The yellow Pantera owned by Tom is one he purchased from us several years ago. As far as I know, there are no intentions to sell it.
The other Pantera with all the new pieces on it sold for $100K at the BJ Auction, and I think after the auction fee, he netted around $90K. I don't know how much was spent for the car originally or on updating it, etc., but I don't consider that a huge profit. While we are on the subject of profit, Tom Tjaarda has never made a huge profit off of the Pantera and there have been so many times we have asked him for his help and valuable time on many subjects. I can't begrudge him for making one dime or a king's ransom off this marque. I think it is payback time for Tom.
As a historical note, Tom wasn't fully paid when he separated from DeTomaso Modena and had to sue to get his unemployment benefits, etc. Some design work he did went uncompensated. Even though he is over 70 years of age, he works every day including on the design of the forthcoming Pantera. If I had one of those pads, I would give it to him. Dave