the Panoz GTR-1?
This guy does racing with vettes also,
the panoz looks like a jetfighter, it definitely inspired my new hood :D





[Modified by MARKUS_P, 6:04 AM 12/2/2003]

 

interesting design!!!

 

I saw one of those on their stand in a car show last year, wicked looking thing! :cool:

 

panoz = ford

 

I heared of that too, but the website says:

In the early 1900's Eugene Panunzio immigrated to the U.S. from Italy and became a champion boxer. Like other immigrants, he shortened his last name and 'Panoz' stuck. The family settled in Morgantown, West Virginia and in 1960 his son, Donald, invested monies from members of the World Champion Pittsburgh Pirates baseball team to start Mylan Laboratories, the first of two pharmaceutical companies that would go public.

By 1969 Donald had moved his wife and family to Athlone, Ireland to start Élan Pharmaceuticals. Élan is most noted for developing the time-release and transdermal delivery technology found in the nicotine patch and heart medications such as Cardizem.

In 1988 Donald's 26-year old son, Daniel, applied for a job with the Thompson Motor Company (TMC), a small Irish car builder. When he found the company was being liquidated he saw an opportunity and instead purchased the rights to one of its chassis designed by Frank Costin. Costin was well known for building racecar chassis for Maserati, Lotus and Lister.
The following year Panoz started the Panoz Automotive Development Company. Using Costin's chassis as a philosophical starting point, Daniel and two former TMC engineers began work in their new workshops; a converted 2,000 square-foot Department of Transportation salt storage shed located about 50 miles northeast of Atlanta, Georgia.

Maybe Ford and Panoz join for racing?

 

I should have said Panoz = Ford Power :)

 

TT: You were right the firt time...Panoz=Ford.

Never saw a Chevy-powered Panoz :)

Dep

 

Motorola=Ford

 

I've driven that car plenty of times :skep: ... On Grand Tourismo 3!!! :lol:

 

C'mon Markus, lets see your hood :yesnod:

 

Visteon=Ford

We recieve payments for parts shipped to visteon on ford checks.

 

:iagree: Most of his street cars are powered by Ford's 4.6 DOHC V8 found in the Mustang.

 

Doesn't he know those things are junk, just ask Dep.

 

Fevre: LOL!!! Funny you should mention that!!! I had my buddy over today. He owns a Boss 351 Mustang. I was telling about the thread with the guy who yanked out the 351 from the Pantera in favor of a Mustang 4.6 pipsqueak engine. He was laughing/crying at the same time! I tried to find that thread but couldn't. If you know where it's at I'd sure appreciate pointing me to it. I'd like to have my buddy read it. :D

Dep
P.S. Philco=Ford

 

:yesnod:
I think the design of the car is outstanding, don´t know how it performs in GT class or Lemans though...
My hood is ready for installation, it´s painted and it looks :cool:
I´ll take some pictures for you guys.
:auto:

 

Yeah Markus, I'd sure like to see you hood too.

 

I can't wait to see your hood Markus, I have a lot of your car pics already saved on my computer ;) .

I love the look of the car pictured, very :cool:

 

Technically, not anymore. They must just have a bunch of leftover checks and can't afford new ones. We haven't been able to order sticky notes for the office in the last 3 years....

 

Really?
Well, that makes me :bb
I'll show you all the pics I have, right from cutting into the old hood, laminating, redisigning it and how it came out from the paintshop.

BTW, I always thought that my engish is not soooo bad, but quite a few minutes ago I had a meeting with some company guys from England.
We had a little conversation in the break, and when they recognized that I'm a little used to speak english they started to "upgrade" their engish so that I was unable to understand them any more... :lol: (Well it was't that bad)
There was a lady who asked me something that I didn't understood well and because I had a converstaion going on with another guy I just told her friendly:"I don't know"...... :nopity
Later on I recognized that she was looking for the toilett, :lol: :lol:
Boy, it's a shame that I don't have the oppertunity to speak english more often. And much more important, to listen to native engish speakers :cool:
Thanks god we are communicating by writing posts :lolg:




[Modified by MARKUS_P, 6:25 AM 12/3/2003]

 

I want to see your hood pics too! :cheers:

I've been speaking english daily at work for couple of years now, with native english speakers. That's a great opportunity to learn language. But still sometimes my tongue feels to big to my mouth when I'm speaking english... :smash: I guess it would help to speak only english for a while...

Speaking about hard to understand english. We have couple of Scottish guys working in here... It takes a while to get used to their language... :jester