[TPR] 40 years later - turning the key

[Asa Jay Laughton]

Hi all,
Bullet's got another night in the hospital.  He had back surgery to 
extend the hardware up another vertebrate.  He was doing well but now 
he's having a bit of constipation and nausea.  Not fun but I bet he'll 
be coming home tomorrow.

I was in Las Vegas last week on a customer visit for Itron.  And then I 
learned SEMA was in town.  Unfortunately, I've never found anyone to get 
me a ticket; knowing how exclusive it really is. But.... I might have 
found someone who can; one of the guys we were visiting last week.  Too 
late for this time, but maybe next year. :)

Awesome that you were able to go Laurie.
Asa  Jay

Asa Jay Laughton - W7TSC, MSgt, USAFR, Retired
Spokane County ARES-RACES-ACS EC/RO
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On 11/9/2019 10:01, Laurie via TPR wrote:
> What a great letter and story MD, and what a beautiful day you had!  
> How true, we have all become close through the years, attributable to 
> our love of our Panteras.  Happy 40th birthday to your beauty.   Also 
> so glad to learn something about Asa Jay's Dad and that he is doing 
> better!  Hope he continues on with a speedy recovery.
>
> I, on the other hand, had the opposite of fall leaves and peacefulness 
> as I was in massive crazy crowds at the SEMA show in Vegas.  Looked 
> back to the past as well as I saw all the companies that make parts 
> I've had to buy myself in the past 21 years for my P and all the parts 
> we use: Koni, Mcleod, Odyssey, Optima, Yokohama, and so on. Then I was 
> checking out hundreds of interesting products that would be helpful to 
> us. I bought a paint repair kit from Dr. Color Chip 
> (https://www.drcolorchip.com/) in Rosso Red for my Fiat as my 
> Pantera's white pearl paint can't be matched.  The guy's demonstration 
> was impressive.  Better than touch up paint as you can put on in 
> excess of actual spot needing repair, wait to dry few minutes, use 
> another substance and then rub excess off with special cloths included 
> ... paint is then permanent and looks smooth, not tacky like when 
> using regular touch up paint.  Looked fairly easy; hope it works, it's 
> at least worth a try. Company has been written up in an article for 
> Porsche Magazine.  That brings me to the next product of interest.  
> Global Paint Protection Film. 
> (http://mnsglobalgroup.com/?page_id=41&ckattempt=1). Reports show it's 
> a promising investment market too. You wrap up your beautiful Pantera 
> so it doesn't get chips or scratches on the road.
> There were just so many companies and products; looked around for two 
> days but didn't even put a dent in it (excuse the expression).  I ran 
> into Larry Stock, never knew he was a pro skier in the past, then 
> Lloyd Butfoy with his incredible display and transmissions. I also 
> have a new generous collection of company logo bags to take to the 
> grocery and lots of pens from NBC Sports for those students (always) 
> in need.
> Wishing everyone a great weekend.
> Laurie
>
>
>
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: DENNIS ANTENUCCI via TPR <tpr at teampanteraracing.com>
> To: tpr at teampanteraracing.com <tpr at teampanteraracing.com>
> Sent: Fri, Nov 8, 2019 4:56 pm
> Subject: [TPR] 40 years later - turning the key
>
> Sun and blue skies on a cool fall day. What could be better then 
> taking the Pantera for a drive through roads filled with fallen fall 
> leaves.
>
> This is vineyard hill country so these roads next to my home were made 
> for a Pantera.
>
> As I walked into the garage I paused for just a minute to look her 
> over.  I bought the Pantera 40 years ago today. Did a walk around 
> admiring the original styling that made me fall in love with the 
> Pantera years ago. Yea she still has it.
>
> I started it and slowly backed her out of the garage letting it idle 
> for a minute or so before I turned onto the road ahead Into the valley 
> below.
>
> Stopped at a Shell station in a small town and filled her up. A new 
> kid at the pump went on and on about never seeing a Pantera before. 
> After he posed for a photo i headed to Astoria (home of the Goonies) 
> and had breakfast and drive home.
>
> As an aside I got a call from Asa that his amazing dad, “Bullet” was 
> in the hospital for a medical procedure and the good new is Bullet is 
> recovering well.
>
> Spoke to Bullet for a little while. Bullet asked if I had taken the 
> Pantera for a ride Lately. Surprise!  AlI I kept thinking  about was 
> Bulletd days flying bombers and fast movers over Nam and doing 
> classified Recon flight missions over Russia back in the early 60’s 
> and his hanging out with us all when Asa ran his Pantera.
>
> Something else happened today on that ride to Astoria. It made me 
> think of all the awesome times I have had with the Pantera the last 40 
> years and all of you who I have had the honor to get to know and hang 
> out with.
>
> Owning the Pantera wasnt always fun but it also was never boring. And 
> neither were any of you.
>
> Mad Dawg, looking forward to the holidays and the new year👍🏼
>
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