RE: Did you know that.....

["Sedon, Doug (OD/ORS)" <sedond@domain.elided>]

hi eric,

i too, saw that article.  dennis 'mad-dog' antenucci, that car's owner, is the
president of the pantera owner's club of america.  i understand from him, that a
wheel problem may have caused a brake line failure (pure speculation, at this
time) - the brake fluid being the cause of the fire, and having no brakes being
the cause of his difficulty in coming to a halt, once at the finish line.

the pantera community is tightly-knit - i have personally sent dennis $100, as
many others have sent him $$$, to help him rebuild his car, which he hopes to
have ready for this spring's silver-state.  several weeks ago, he entered the
fall silver-state in a pantera someone loaned to him.  since dennis became
involved in the silver state a couple years ago, panteras have consistently had
the highest turnout of any marque, and also the highest finish rate, w/more than
10 cars finishing, and sometimes *all* the panteras finishing that started -
like this fall's event.  his involvement has also spread to the other makes -
the recent silver state events have seen a huge increase in the total number of
competitors - 'mad-dog' sends "taunting" emails to owners/clubs of other marques
- - like corwettes!  :>)  it's all in fun.  the close-knit pantera community goes
farther than yust uniting around our leader - one pantera guy gave me - free of
charge - a brand gnu aftermarket pantera-vendor brake master cylinder, when i
was having some problems.  turns out i dint need it after all, and was thinking
of sending it out to mad-dog, if he has a need - what-say, m-d & wayne?  and,
yust two weeks ago, a pantera-guy gave me - again, free -  a freshly overhauled
motorcraft carb, when i asked the pantera digest for adwice on overhauling mine.

sure, panteras are bargains of the exotic-car world, yust like alfas are
bargains of the sports-sedan/coupe world.  but the owners are not a bad group of
folks, either - when ya gettin' *yer* pantera?  :>)

ciao for now,

dug seed in,
'72 pantera, #2602
'78 ducati darmah
'86 alfa gtwe6 3.0 shankle-ized bastard
'88 alfa milano werde 3.0
'92 alfa 164L 3.0
'95 buell s2, w/hotted-up motor

	-----Original Message-----
	From:	eric.schnettler@domain.elided [SMTP:eric.schnettler@domain.elided]
	Sent:	Thursday, October 21, 1999 3:33 PM
	To:	Sedon, Doug (OD/ORS)
	Subject:	Did you know that.....

	Hi Doug,

	  I've seen you post on the Alfa Digest - liked how you analyzed "when
to give up".  
	Different subject - Your Pantera.  I subscribe to the magazine "Auto
Week".  In an issue that is on the order of 2-3 months old, there's an article
on a road race held in Nevada called something like "The Silver State Road
Rally"  (I'm guessing here).  
	The first page of the article shows a Pantera engulfed in flames.
Apparently, the owner was a few miles from the finish line and his car caught on
fire.  He crossed the finish line at something like 170 MHP trailing flames and
with the cockpit growing 
	thick with smoke.  The owner and some of the race officials tried to put
out the fire but were unsuccessful.  I would imagine that you'd find this
article both interesting and sad at the same time.  I look at the loss of any
fine auto as a tragedy; but 
	what a way to go.

	Thought I'd pass this along to you.
	Eric

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