Mangusta thread

at least it has the full chassis ...looks like minimal rust too!

 

Yours is a fake: I have the original Mangusta with that particular chassis number, and a lot of subsequent copies were made.
Btw, the chassis on that model looks like a beetle chassis: the Corgi model with the removable chassis is so much nicer!

Sorry, no pics, all packed in boxes overseas...

 

But, I have a signed document saying that Italian men made this by hand. Are you saying my document is a fake? All I can say about the chassis is that the Corgi factory did that all the time.

 

That really is a poor attempt at copying the Mangusta Spyder, I'm not sure I need to state the obvious, not enough of the roof was removed. They did however get the colors sort of right, the two-tone paint is defintely on the valences but it also was on the doors. One other detail, the chassis is black not white. If the attempt was indeed the Spyder you will really have a tough time with the rims.....the Spyder is the only car with wider rear rims.

 

All I can say is that this is the state it was found after it was abandoned in 1979, left to sit in the barn. There were no rims, so I suspect thieves stole them.

 

Reserve is somewhere around $100K right??

 

And this is my Mangusta. It's a "one owner", as I've owned since it came out of the mold -- er, factory. Note that it's a very early model, as it has no finger indentation in the engine hatches, and the sidemarker lamp on the front fender is rectangular.
Mang: eat yer heart out, amigo!
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Velocetwo, if you do decide to restore your 1/43 Dinky #187, this is what it will look like.
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That is sweet!

 

Pulled out the Spyder for a great fall pic.
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Now thats a picture!

 

How did you manage to not flatten the grass ...

 

that just lowered the price by a few thousand.

 

That is a beautiful picture of the Spyder.

 

I used a neighbours field, it is stubble and some will stand up again. It was just an awesome fall evening.

 

Do you own the Corey Loftin Bizzarrini America?

 

Yup

 

I sent you a PM

 

great picture & great car

looks like the foothills, west of cochrane maybe?

 

Good eye, that would be the Rockies.

 

A cool Goose poster. People just don’t realize the history behind it. This poster was produced in 1969. In the mid-late 1960’s Ford was entertaining the idea of importing the De tomaso Mangusta and selling the car as a Shelby! Ford showed the Mangusta at the 1969 New York Auto Show. A brochure was produced which showed the Mangusta on the front and on the back it had detailed views of the car. Also included on this brochure was a picture of this very poster. You could get it by sending $1.50 to Shelby Accessories in Plymouth, Michigan! The poster was painted by renouned automotive artist George Bartell. It was the first poster ever produced of the Mangusta.
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I have that poster. I believe it was done by Herb Grasse, who owned the Cassius Clay mangusta.Herb gave me the poster when He saw me With 8 MA542 several years ago in Scottsdale. Herb passed away last year and leaves a long legacy as an automotive designer, including the Bricklin.Jerry McGlothin