Maps of 351 Cleveland and Pantera Owners of America and the World

"Fri 7/3/2015 21:32 Hi Joseph - Order confirmed. eBay will update you when your order ships..."

and the link for others to find quickly now that I have mine on the way!
http://www.ebay.com/itm/351C-B...?hash=item2802dbb444

THANKS Marlin...
the package arrived yesterday

I have 2 Large Wall Maps, displayed On a Wall in My living-Room. One of the World and One of the United States of America.
For Every Person whom has Ever Purchased One of Our Creations; I put a Colored 'Push-Pin' at their HomeTown! Each Pin Representing All those Brothers and Sisters, I have Helped. Multiple Persons, some 6-7 with-in the same Hometown, are Represented with One Pin.

Most of the Towns are Small, Out in the 'Middle of Nowhere', and can not be found on a Detailed Map. I have to use a 'Map Search Engine', to find Them. The Result,
There Are Hundreds of Pins on My Wall!! 2 Maps, Hundreds of Pins.

I would love to see a picture of the map with push-pins.

Yes Marlin! Let's see your map! I appreciate those in the Pantera community that share their knowledge and talents like you do!

Dennis

I will try and post pics by the end of this weekend. I have fallen behind, and have 80-100 more pins to add, before photographing.

I Promise, It Will be Most Interesting!

Everyone can look at the Maps and Find the Pin That Represents Them!
The Cities and Names are Recorded in 5 'Books' of 'Quality Control Rosters'. Only the Cities and Towns are Indicated on the Maps, No Names are given.

...I finished with the push pins a little while ago. I will post 17 pictures, so I can show segments as close-ups, some are clearer than others. Zoom-In at will, Enjoy!

These Locations are Indicated as Accurately as Possible using a Computer Search Engine. Nothing is Phoney, Nothing is Exaggerated! These ARE ALL of My Customer Contacts, to Date. First a few Keys:

1. The Color of the Pins Denotes Nothing, they came as a variety pack.
2. In this case...Size of the Pin-Head, Does NOT Matter! The Smaller Head Pins are used when a Larger Head will Not 'Fit', between Larger Headed Pins, to Point to a EXACT Location, as in a Suburb next to a Major City.
3. Most persons are Men, ages, Teenagers to as old 80+, a Few are Women.
4. Most all have purchased the Restrictor Plates, I started producing those as early as 2006. Next, The Modified Thermostats have taken off, in less than 2 Years of Modifying them. Last, The Bronze Pilot Bearings. The Bearings were Only Machined for Owners of Panteras, GT-40's and Other Custom applications.
5. The Brass Restrictor Plates were Machined Exclusively for the 351 Cleveland Engine Block, whether it was Stock or Massively Modified...(Bored and Stroked). They ALL Required 'The Restrictor' And the Correct Thermostat, to Close-Off the By-pass. Also! Interestingly! The Ratio of Vehicles 'Running' a '351' Cleveland, were in My Guesstimation, (as I was seldom informed as to What Vehicle the Person, Owned)...60% Panteras and 40% ALL OTHERS. I.E. Mustangs, Cougars, Torinos, Street Rods, Kit-Cars and All Other Customs, were Powered by the Infamous 351 Cleveland.
6. Because many persons live in the same town, 3, 5 people, even more, can be represented by a Single Pin.
7. On The World Map...Only ONE Pin Per Nation, But there are MANY Contacts in Each Country. Especially in the case of Australia and New Zealand.
8. The Pins with the LARGE ROUND Heads were the FIRST used. As I can No Longer get Them, I NOW use Pins that are the 'Standard' Push-Pin SHAPE. These represent the Most Recent Placement. The SMALLEST Round Headed Pins have been used all along and are still in use.

Just Please don't ask Me to come up with a Count Total, Locating the Pins were near Over-Whelming.

Now onto the Pictures! Sorry for the bad quality.

First...I wish to give My Deepest Thank-You to All of You who Helped Make This Enterprise a Success!!

34.
This is All of the contacts in the World...So Far! Or make that Western Europe and the Nordic Countries.

Finland
Sweden
Denmark
Netherlands
Belgium
Germany
France
United Kingdom
Switzerland

32.

All Our Friends in Canada. There were many More! but their address was always...just 'CANADA' and a number. A Few listed a Provence.

Sal Paulo, Brazil
Johanusburg, South Africa

Fairbanks, Alaska
Hawaii

On This World Map...The Lone Pin in America is
Marlin Jack
Manteca, California

33.

A Lone Gentleman in the Philippines.

Australia...Only about 1/5 of all the Locations are Identified. Our Friends there, really Know their Clevelands and Build some of the Best Cars in the World!
New Zealand, Many Owners, and One Gentleman on the Island of Tazmania!

38.

AMERICA!

2 in Fairbanks Alaska and 3-4 in Hawaii.

39.
California! What can I say...We Love our Panteras and Mustangs!
Always will.

40.
A better shot of 2 Persons in Fairbanks, Alaska.
3 Persons In Hawaii, 1 Person in Kailua, O'AHU. Is there a Road on That Island? Interesting!

41.
...There always was a Huge Group Forming All Around Indianapolis!

42.

One Gentleman in 'Prince Edward Island'.
And Maine

New York City and New Jersey are Covered!
As are Cleveland, Detroit, Chicago, and
Most Other Major Cities.

2.

Florida has Panteras too.

A Love in Pulaski/Goodspring, Tennessee.

3.

All Up and Down the 'Eastern Seaboard'.

4.

Mid-America!
Countless tiny towns. I Love them All.
I use to Drive Cross-Country, Non-Stop, a LOT, in the Early '70's.
Try Finding Fuel at 2:00 AM!
That's where I came up with "Running on Empty, Middle of Nowhere".
There was Only ONE Lone Place, Open All Night!! An Oasis of Light, in the Pitch Darkness; A Truck Stop called 'Middle America'! I was Stationed at Ft. Riley, KS in '72, Super Gas was $0.27 a Gallon! WE were 'Ticked' when the price 'Shot-Up' to $0.37, Over-Night. Those Great Times are Gone Forever!
Back to the Maps.

5.

Who Has NOT Driven 'Route 66'?

6.

The West

8.
California, Nevada, Arizona, New Mexico, Utah, Colorado! 110F Degrees in the California Central Valley, two weeks ago.
'Triple Digits' for 2 weeks, and Longer, in the Central Valley, and the Southwest.

9.

One Gentleman way up North in Alberta, closest to the North Pole. I bet His Engine warms up evenly on Those Cold Mornings!
Seattle! It gets Cold There, too. I Know! I took 'Boot' up there in November of '69 to February '70. Ft. Lewis, WA. Out on the Rifle Range, Laying on Mats, on Ice and Snow, Qualifying with M-14's and M-16's, in Prep for the Nam.

10.
Texas! Oklahoma! It gets HOT There!

Marlin -

You are out of control!

(That is intended as a compliment)

Thermostat Vendor and Pilot Bushing Supplier to the world!

Wow.

Rocky

Very cool! Thanks for sharing those maps!

Cool

Guess Belgium must be about as "BIG" as one of your pins Marlin...lol

quote:

Originally posted by Kid:
Cool

Guess Belgium must be about as "BIG" as one of your pins Marlin...lol

Hi Kid!
No Problem! I am going to replace 'Your' Pin with a Smaller Pin, Take Another Picture, a Close-Up, and Post the Photo Here by this Afternoon!
Also! I'am going to add 'Super' Close-Ups of Major Areas of the USA. So we can All, read the Map.
And, ofcourse, as sales continue, I will be adding More pins, 2 More Today!

Thank You

Here You are Kid! Brussels, Belgium!

Surprisingly...No One in Italy...Yet!

Oh, no worries Marlin!

I was just making fun of our small country

Of course, replacing the pin with a smaller one, will make Belgium look bigger...ha, ha!

Marlin,
Unless I missed it you forgot to mention the beautifully machined heater hose engine block pipe you produced back in 2010.

Jeff

...I'am going to add 9 close-ups, Lightened.
Starting with L.A. California.
George, Your the Blue Pin near the Ocean. You can just make out the word Ventura!
3 Persons in Las Vegas, NV! You know who You are!

...The San Francisco Bay Area!
And Reno, Las Vegas, NV

Vancouver, BC
Seattle
Portland

...New York, New York.
Toledo and CLEVELAND, OH

A Lone Gentleman on 'Prince Edward Island', and in the State of Maine!

...Texas!
Some Engines were running Hot, We Cooled them down just a Little!

Southeast

Great Lakes
AHH, Chi Town! How I miss Her.

Mid America

USA

What a joy, thanks for posting the pictures my friend.

I deeply appreciate your work.

-G