Mangusta thread

$195K + commission US dollars!

 

What auction was the blue car in I have been searching the Interweb for it.

 

1969 DeTomaso Mangusta - California

 

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Can't be. They are not built like a Ferrari. There is no steel in the hatches (after the first 3or4)The panels are welded up annealed 6061.

 

If you are referring to the corrosion in the rear wings of the blue car, indeed there is a steel frame around which the aluminium skin is formed for strength and shape. The electrolysis is setup where the differing metals touch and over time corrosion sets up. To repair the rear hatches properly involves taking the skins off and repairing the metal frame completely sealing the metal with paint and then re-skinning the hatch. Then comes the time consuming job of getting the hatches aligned and correctly gapped with all the variables that come into play on a Goose!

 

See estimate in upcoming auction

Historics at Brooklands - Specialist Classic and Sports Car Auctioneers - 1969 De Tomaso Mangusta

 

$352K - $412k in the US.

 

Very underwhelming and well used for that price. At 96 thousand miles you know the important parts were working. Are the rims stock?

 

And still work, I was driving it just the other day, it is on test today with Octane magazine will be on the cover of the next issue. It's a 2 owner car with history from day 1 (it's delivery), it was with its first owner until the late 80's with "all the work performed by one garage, unless specified" and hand written in a drivers journal, the sort of stuff you rarely see. Loved all of its life never left to languish in a barn. Wheels are original and have been diamond cut and polished.

 

Yes, those are the original wheels, but they have been polished. Once you do that it's a huge job to keep them looking right, so in order to simplify the tedious upkeep polishing the owner painted out the sides of the wheel spokes in black. My car's previous owner had polished its wheels and they were a nightmare to maintain. A quality powder coat job solved all that.

 

Having some experience in these cars, I would say that this one is every bit as nice as the ones that have crossed the block recently, and much nicer than some. The car appears very clean and solid with only a few anomalies. Unusual non-original holes on the rear bodywork (under the bumpers) being the biggest issue. The rest — a polished ZF, incorrect valve covers, remote oil filter and a few other "upgrades" made to the car hardly spoil what is otherwise a very nice car. Yes, it appears to have been both repainted AND re-trimmed — but very nicely, and now with a patina of gentle usage (far from the 96K mileage covered).

It would be very easy to fit some Ford valve covers (with proper DeTomaso castings), reverse some of the small mods done and, as Daryl states, powder-coat the wheels. I believe this car will likely reach the same or greater hammer price as the recent "high" sales. The astute buyer will almost certainly see a significant profit in his five-months of ownership.

Mark

 

8MA640?

 

Yup.

 

Another great article

DRIVEN: DeTomaso Mangusta ? Drive with Dave

Thanks for supporting the brand Daryl

 

Not sure exactly where it occurred back in 69, but my 69 Goose was modified to accommodate a 69 Boss 302 motor. I pulled the motor about 5 years ago and integrated a Weber intake system which works fine (albeit I don't have quite the right cam installed).

However, although the drivers side original exhaust manifold is a good fit, the modified pass exhaust "frankenfold" built to fit around the frame and the shift linkage is a mess.

Has anyone built/installed custom headers in a Goose (ideally with a Boss 302 installed). Any pics of fit would be greatly appreciated.

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SteveL (fastmerc) had a 302Boss in his car with custom made large headers and changed to a 331 sleeper motor,

http://pantera.infopop.cc/eve/forums/a/tpc/f/9500045655/m/64210585/p/1


and Dana has had custom headers. Best bet is to PM either these guys as they have made many experiment


Denis.

 

Does anyone know what the Mangusta at Historics at Brooklands hammered at yesterday?

 

It is listed as a no sale but I don't know what the bidding went up to.

 

I wrote the description on the car and I did not have the chance to see it in person until the auction. The owner misrepresented the car to me and told me that the body was leaded where necessary and that no body filler was used. He also failed to mention the broken windshield until after the catalogue deadline, the huge amounts of corrosion on the car, the tons of body filler, and that the paint job that was peeling off. The addendum was added when the car showed up at the auction and we saw that it was not how it was initially described.

 

In Sterling 204,000

 

Doug Blair, co-author with Marc Sonnery of the long-delayed Mangusta book to be published by Eau Rouge Publishing, recently informed me that the new, anticipated publication date is sometime early in 2015. He wrote that it "keeps growing".

 

and Alfa is going to sell sports cars in the USA

 

Just FYI...not affiliated

DeTomaso Mangusta Set of 4 Original Campagnolo Wheels | eBay

 

Holy Crap, wonder how much the dude who owns the car in the first pics spent on Flitz to keep all that metal shiny?