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Outrageous Comments or Questions Made by Car Show Spectators

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panterachrispanterachrisMember
This was 1998,I was showing in front of the 4 Queens, Gary Hall was just close enough to watch what was, well here's what happened..
The night before, a group of my compatriots decided to sample every bar on Fremont street, the next day my head felt like it was an over inflated football that had been kicked for a field goal from the 50 yard line, I was facing my self inflicted migraine all the way through the staging and set up of my car. By 9am I could take it no more, I went into the 4 Queens and fortunately their was a bar only a few feet away, the cure was a bloody Mary, high on spice and octane, I administered the medicine and left the pharmacy, I opened the door to the plaza and started to focus on my car...
Was it my hangover or was my car violently rocking back and forth like it was on a bumpy road, I studied my self, this is weird was all I could think as I approached, I could see in my out of focus pear ring silhouetted heads a jumping, back and forth over the consul, like crazed kangaroos were two of the three six year old's, the third kid was steering as if he was negotiating turns 5, 6, and 7 at Willow Springs, as the others would land on his seat and spring to the other, his little hand would slip off the shiftier as he continued trying to get a speed shift into 2nd, fortunately he had no chance of reaching the peddles. I looked in and all the exuberant out of control animation froze, looking back at me from the dark interior were three pairs of very wide eyes, Gary was laughing, the other guy's around him caught on and they were laughing, I started to giggle myself as I opened the door, come on boys the rides over, just at that moment I head the loud voice of mama, you boys get overhear! she stood in front of my ride and with her hands on her ample hips declared I'm gonna snatch you heads off!! They scurried in and around their protector like quail around a turkey, they turned away with mama, her loud voice like a carnival barker scolding and swiping with her free hand, while holding her two foot long oversize test tube purple rum cocktail in the other, they seemed to melt into the crowd
as they headed down the street. I turned ( locked my car ) and headed back to the pharmacy,
standing in front of the bartender he said another?? Yea I said make it a double.

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panteradougpanteradougMember
Well there was the guy with the Primrose XKE that asked me to move my car away from his and out of the sports car section.

There was the guy that asked if he could show the car to his girlfriend. Over hearing their discussion I heard her say, "so big deal, it's a Camaro"?

Then there is my neighbors son who never can remember what it is and asks how is the Lamborghini EVEN AFTER STARING AT THE detomaso script insignia on the car...and he's a HS Principle now? I guess he never learned to read script?

Then there is the guy I went to HS with that asks "is that real...where did YOU get that? Do the Cops know?"

These are probably all people like George Castanza that when they get caught naked just reply, "the water was cold, that's why it's so small"?

...and on and on. Wink
goodrocgoodrocMember
I was at a small Car show in a town called Fredericia in Denmark. There was a clever bloke that asked me if my Pantera was a Ferrari? I said NO, he replied it looks like a Ferrari! again I said NO, he replied again but it looks like a Ferrari. Then I asked HIM is your Car a Buick (it was a Toronado), he answered NO, I replied it looks like a Buick, he replied No, I replied again, but it looks like a Buick!!!! I guess he finally got the message that his persistence was unwanted
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jfb05177jfb05177Member
first let me remind, it was 35 years ago I was driving 5177

back then the home town weekend thing was to cruz the main street loop with parking spots full of folks sitting on cars, checking out who passed by. even with my girl friend (latter wife) in the passenger seat, I received offers to pay for a ride and it wasn't cash or grass! Wink Oh, glory days!
joe1974l6656joe1974l6656Member
When mine was out of my garage and running I had it 6 months, I went to the towns first car show 67000 people in my town in CT.

I showed the car and 2 young men walked by passing all of the really nice cars and barely giving them a look they stopped behind mine and yelled Pantera I love that band! I laughed and said my car is older than the band they could not believe it.

But better yet... the show ended with 400 cars driving by the shows judges in the grand stands and the person on the mic was calling out all of the makes and models of so far 300 cars and this is a 1957 Thunderbird, look folks an Citroen CV2, and a fine 1955 Chevy Belair, I drive by and he stops me comes over and says "I have no idea..." and points the microphone at me, I said it is a factory original 1974 Detomaso Pantera imported by Ford into the US one of 7000 ever made. I made sure the clutch was in and kicked the throttle. the crowd roared. I idled away.
2 months later I went to my 25th high school reunion in the car I was single, but that is another story....!
rockyrockyMember
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Originally posted by JFB #05177:
first let me remind, it was 35 years ago I was driving 5177

back then the home town weekend thing was to cruz the main street loop with parking spots full of folks sitting on cars, checking out who passed by. even with my girl friend (latter wife) in the passenger seat, I received offers to pay for a ride and it wasn't cash or grass! Wink Oh, glory days!



So they wanted "a$$"?

I hope you told those guys to get lost!

Yikes!

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garth66garth66"When speed is the only thing that counts"
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I showed the car and 2 young men walked by passing all of the really nice cars and barely giving them a look they stopped behind mine and yelled Pantera I love that band! I laughed and said my car is older than the band they could not believe it.

And, the band was so smitten with the car that they named their band after it!
C ctpanteraMember
I was at a car cruise with the pantera when I spotted a very old woman (maybe late 90's) walking slowly with a man that I assumed was her son. She had great difficulty walking and I think she was mostly blind. The son was probably in his late 70's... They stopped at each car, looked at it and talked with each other a little and then very slowly walked to the next car.
When they reached my Pantera, they stopped and then the man walked to the back of the car to read the script to find out what kind of car it was. He returned to his mother and told her it was a DeTomaso. I heard her reply, "Yes, but is it a Mangusta or a Pantera?" I was totally floored...
joeajoeaMember
I was at a local Sunday Cars and coffee, I had the deck lid up, talking to a friend. Two guys walk up and look inside. One guy points out to the other that this and that is not stock, how they are rust buckets, etc... After a while, I stood next to him and said "Wow, what a hunk of shit!" After a long pause I uttered " I should sell it". The look on his face was priceless! The guy that was listening to the Know it all looked at him and said "your an Asshole".

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