DeTomaso Pantera by Wallace Wyss and Dave & Linda Adler

David and Linda Adler are a husband-wife historian team that have long been involved with chronicling the history of DeTomaso cars. Together with Wallace Wyss, they recently completed a photo essay book on the Pantera.

Here they answered our reporter's questions about the new book and the DeTomaso scene.

Panteras Northwest - Birch Bay 2006 

(The following article will be submitted to POCA Profiles for publication) 

Previously, on Panteras Northwest . . . We left you hanging at the end of our summer here in the beautiful Pacific Northwest on the honeymoon season of the newly formed Panteras Northwest.  Now, we don’t have the tropical vistas which Paradise Panteras, the other new POCA chapter, has to enjoy every time they take a drive.  On the other hand, Island hopping is rarely a challenge around here. 

Ah, but I digress. 

Our first year had almost come to a close after the Seattle Italian Concours, but the conclusion would be a doozy.  Normally, as you saw in Profiles 2005 No. 4, we typically close out the year with a drive on the Sunday after Labor Day weekend to Birch Bay State Park, near Blaine, WA and the Canadian border. 

This has been the tradition since long before I ever imagined I would be a part of it.  As this was to be the 20^th anniversary of this event, we thought we should make it something special.