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Yes. HBD Marlin.

I saw that design of louvres but admittedly was influenced by the Miura. My set uses 10 slats.

It is somewhat interesting at how much louvres can vary for this application.

The other seduction that I ran into was the Lamborghini "Hurricane" (?)with the Z shaped clear decklid louvres.

It must be fun working for a company like that who encourages such abstract design and thinking?

I missed my opportunity with Tom. He had an interesting background and I always wanted to talk to him about things like that.

Yes, as I understand it, Mrs. DT was from "Jersey" and apparently politically influential as well and had some part in the US Federal Auto Regulations of giving imports of less then 5,000 units a year, immunity from certain regulations?

I'm thankful for that.

Happy Birthday marlinjack.

@marlinjack

happy birthday!!

"Yes, as I understand it, Mrs. DT was from "Jersey" and apparently politically influential as well and had some part in the US Federal Auto Regulations of giving imports of less then 5,000 units a year, immunity from certain regulations?"

PanteraDoug, thanks for mentioning that piece of folklore. I have always been interested to know how true it is. The story seems to be hotly contested. It's also one of my favorite parts of a Goose is the little tag that says it's exempt from US DOT standards.

Why not give her credit for it? For me it's a positive thing and makes me happy. Not like other politics which stresses me out?

Amen, brother! Why not give her credit? I thought about it and realized it's because I sit on the internet and overthink things, instead of going to the garage and working on my car like I should.

Isabelle DeTomaso was a Haskell.  Her father was Amory L. Haskell (A VP at General Motors and founder of Triplex Auto glass) and mother Annette Tilford (her father was Henry Morgan Tilford - President of Standard Oil.  The Haskell family owned(s) a large horse farm in Red Bank, NJ.  Amory and Isabelle were very involved in the Monmouth Park horse racing park in Oceanport, NJ.  It is their wealth that was used to establish and fund the DeTomaso marque  and that wealth had plenty of political influence.  Isabelle's brother was killed in a plane crash in 1970 while attempting to land in the fog at Newark airport.  Shortly thereafter in 1971,  the Haskell's (Rowan Industries) sold out to Ford only to have DeTomaso buy in back in 1974 once Ford no longer wanted anything to do with it (having acquired it primarily for the Ghia studios name).  

It's a wonder the Pantera was ever made and found its way to the US.  

I believe Isabelle is 93 or 94.

OBTW, Henry Morgan Tilford, a founder of the Standard Oil Company is portrayed as "H.M. Tilford" in There Will Be Blood (2007).  The movie is about the early days in California looking for oil and doing anything to acquire the rights to it.

Isabelle's home was the Woodland Farm in Middletown, NJ. The farm probably had a Red Bank mailing address. I was there several times for the Haskell Hunt.