[TPR] Love This - Merry Christmas car guys!!!

[Mad Dog Antenucci]

Chuck,
That story is so funny....Just saw an article here in L.A. Times about a dealer 
in Long Beach that has one of the mint ORIGINAL '78 Buick Grand Nationals. 
Article quoted most folks coming into his dealership but passing right by the GN 
which sits right outside his office window on showroom floor.....son of the 
owner says occasionally they get an offer but he has resigned himself that no 
one will offer what he feels the car is worth so it will never get sold. I 
couldn';t help but think maybe he could sell it if he was driving it 
around....then again my Pantera just sat for 5+ months collecting dust. But 
here's the beautiful thing....I took my time starting it wanting to pull some 
oil off the oil pan into the engine to lube the old girl up.....but here's 
something that surprised me even more....not a drop of oil or fluids on the 
garage floor....not before or after I drover her!!!....backed out of the 
driveway, came home parked it....it sat for another week and it still hasn't 
dropped any oil or water. I better check to see if there is any water or oil 
left inside her! BAAWH ;-)
Linkage stretchedat the NORC and I need to get Dick Drenske to fix that problem 
but otherwise the Pantera is running great. Hopefully we can fix the throttle 
cable without pulling the EFI Throttle Bodies off which would mean then we have 
to rebalance the system. If that is the only problem I got I outta thank the 
Pantera Gods.
 
Mad Dawg Antenucci 
Team Pantera Racing 
The 1st & still the only vintage race team in open road racing 
www.teampanteraracing.com




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From: Charles Engles <cengles at cox.net>
To: Mad Dog Antenucci <teampantera at yahoo.com>; "DET PH Antenucci, Dominic J LT 
NLSO PAC" <dominic.antenucci at navy.mil>; Dolan Antenucci <antenucci.d at gmail.com>; 
Jonathan Demers <yaniusaurelius at gmail.com>; john.demers at hotmail.com; Isabella 
Antenucci <iantenucci at student.cccd.edu>; maryte57 at ymsn.com; 
falconsimage at msn.com; john bentley <gndplne at yahoo.com>; eb20erik at yahoo.com; 
Peter Menyhart <pmenyhart at msn.com>; peter_beckham at agilent.com; 
chuck.brown at yahoo.com; ddrenske at murraycompany.com; eweiler at lawa.org; 
hoppe1 at cox.net; paulirish at earthlink.net; Samuel.Luzano at parsons.com; 
TomKing123 at aol.com; Eliot Kushner <eliotk at cox.net>; Henry Amigable 
<hamigable at sevillecs.com>; Lyle Kelsey <elkelsey at cox.net>; Mark Frank 
<uscmdf at gmail.com>; Richard Lizama <richardl at morilloconstruction.com>; Ronnie 
Artuz <rartuz at socal.rr.com>; tony DiGiovanna <tonydigi at optonline.net>; Will 
Kooiman <wkooiman at earthlink.net>
Cc: tpr at teampanteraracing.com
Sent: Sat, December 11, 2010 11:10:23 AM
Subject: RE: [TPR] Love This - Merry Christmas car guys!!!


Dear Dennis,
 
 
            Umm, no I have always been in Oklahoma except for “TDY” out of the 
country.   

 
             The Olds died in Wichita……….because of my sister in law.   A 
delightful lady, but liberal democrat and ex-NYC prima ballerina.   She was very 
keen on save the planet issues and did drive a small, fuel efficient, 
environmentally friendly car.    She drove it until she was T-boned at an 
intersection in Phoenix.   She suffered some broken bones.   When she moved out 
to join my brother in Wichita, he asked if they could have the family beater, 
the 1972 Olds Delta 88.   It seems that his wife had suddenly reflected on the 
merits of saving the planet with small, fuel efficient cars and decided that she 
preferred to have a LOT of heavy metal around her even if it was rusty and had a 
V8!    They drove it until the transmission quit and it was donated to a worthy 
charity in Wichita.    My brother would have donated it to the NRA and she would 
have given it to Greenpeace!
 
 
                                Warmest regards,  Chuck Engles
 
From:Mad Dog Antenucci [mailto:teampantera at yahoo.com] 
Sent: Saturday, December 11, 2010 11:32 AM
To: Charles Engles; DET PH Antenucci, Dominic J LT NLSO PAC; Dolan Antenucci; 
Jonathan Demers; john.demers at hotmail.com; Isabella Antenucci; maryte57 at ymsn.com; 
falconsimage at msn.com; john bentley; eb20erik at yahoo.com; Peter Menyhart; 
peter_beckham at agilent.com; chuck.brown at yahoo.com; ddrenske at murraycompany.com; 
eweiler at lawa.org; hoppe1 at cox.net; paulirish at earthlink.net; 
Samuel.Luzano at parsons.com; TomKing123 at aol.com; Eliot Kushner; Henry Amigable; 
Lyle Kelsey; Mark Frank; Richard Lizama; Ronnie Artuz; tony DiGiovanna; Will 
Kooiman
Cc: tpr at teampanteraracing.com
Subject: Re: [TPR] Love This - Merry Christmas car guys!!!
 
Wichita Kansas? And you moved to Oklahoma? ;-]>
 
Just kidding.....my rust bucket was a 62 Chevy Pick up....which I bought as a 
firewood and garbage transporter which soon became the UNPAID transportor for 
all the relatives and neighbors in Seattle....in those days (late 70's) there 
were few pick ups in the City.....anyway it was so bad (how bad was 
it?)............
 
that when I drove I could look down through the floor boards.....rust was so 
much worse on body and  frame....remember not having ANY brakes coasting down 
from mountains with a full load of firewood....down or upshifted all the way 
back into Seattle using an emergency brake....got pulled over by WSP one time 
for going too slow...said my excuse was the load of firewood in the truck 
bed.....he took one look at the truck and then me, and said get off the highway 
if you can't maintain 50 mph.....I might have been going 50 mph down 
hill....maybe more but I got that load of firewood back to the house and the 
right front wheel fell off the truck soon as I moved it.  
How'd that happen?! ;-)
 
Mad Dawg Antenucci 
Team Pantera Racing
The 1st & still the only vintage race team in open road racing 
www.teampanteraracing.com
 
 

________________________________

From:Charles Engles <cengles at cox.net>
To: Mad Dog Antenucci <teampantera at yahoo.com>; "DET PH Antenucci, Dominic J LT 
NLSO PAC" <dominic.antenucci at navy.mil>; Dolan Antenucci <antenucci.d at gmail.com>; 
Jonathan Demers <yaniusaurelius at gmail.com>; john.demers at hotmail.com; Isabella 
Antenucci <iantenucci at student.cccd.edu>; maryte57 at ymsn.com; 
falconsimage at msn.com; john bentley <gndplne at yahoo.com>; eb20erik at yahoo.com; 
Peter Menyhart <pmenyhart at msn.com>; peter_beckham at agilent.com; 
chuck.brown at yahoo.com; ddrenske at murraycompany.com; diiulio at ix.netcom.com; 
eweiler at lawa.org; hoppe1 at cox.net; paulirish at earthlink.net; 
Samuel.Luzano at parsons.com; TomKing123 at aol.com; Eliot Kushner <eliotk at cox.net>; 
Henry Amigable <hamigable at sevillecs.com>; Lyle Kelsey <elkelsey at cox.net>; Mark 
Frank <uscmdf at gmail.com>; Richard Lizama <richardl at morilloconstruction.com>; 
Ronnie Artuz <rartuz at socal.rr.com>; tony DiGiovanna <tonydigi at optonline.net>; 
Will Kooiman <wkooiman at earthlink.net>
Cc: tpr at teampanteraracing.com
Sent: Fri, December 10, 2010 6:46:18 PM
Subject: Re: [TPR] Love This - Merry Christmas car guys!!!
Dear Dennis,
 
 
                     Now, that is not exactly the high horsepower and lateral G 
force video I would expect from you,but  it does nostalgically remind me of my 
rusty (but not near as rusty as the chevy) 1972 Olds Delta 88.    Sigh.    What 
pre Pantera shenanigans I had with that car.    I am told that it went to car 
heaven (or the salvage yard) in Wichita, Kansas.     What memories, but I like 
the Panteras much better.
 
 
                                  Rust never sleeps,  Chuck Engles
 
 
 
 
From:tpr-bounces at teampanteraracing.com 
[mailto:tpr-bounces at teampanteraracing.com] On Behalf Of Mad Dog Antenucci
Sent: Friday, December 10, 2010 12:59 PM
To: DET PH Antenucci, Dominic J LT NLSO PAC; Dolan Antenucci; Jonathan Demers; 
john.demers at hotmail.com; Isabella Antenucci; maryte57 at ymsn.com; 
falconsimage at msn.com; john bentley; eb20erik at yahoo.com; Peter Menyhart; 
peter_beckham at agilent.com; chuck.brown at yahoo.com; ddrenske at murraycompany.com; 
diiulio at ix.netcom.com; eweiler at lawa.org; hoppe1 at cox.net; 
paulirish at earthlink.net; Samuel.Luzano at parsons.com; TomKing123 at aol.com; Charles 
Engles; Eliot Kushner; Henry Amigable; Lyle Kelsey; Mark Frank; Richard Lizama; 
Ronnie Artuz; tony DiGiovanna; Will Kooiman
Cc: tpr at teampanteraracing.com
Subject: [TPR] Love This - Merry Christmas car guys!!!
 
Guys, Mary Ann & Isabella,
 
If this YOU TUBE feature doesn't bring a tear of nostalgia to your eye thinking 
back to when you were driving your fine rust colored automobiles in the snow 
then I don't know what will....all guys who grew up in  Florida, Saudi Arabia or 
California can delete NOW - everyone else will love this. ;-)>
 
Mad Dawg Antenucci 
Team Pantera Racing
The 1st & still the only vintage race team in open road racing 
www.teampanteraracing.com
 
 
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Subject: Merry Christmas car guys!!!
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