Mangusta thread

A friend just sent me this link to a Mangusta for sale:

www.astonmartin-lotus.com/de-tomaso/1969/1969-de-tomaso

 

I believe its the same as the one that sold at Gullwing a few weeks ago.

 

Looks a little rough for $395k.
The yellow one that was sold at Scottsdale in Jan for $225k went to D. Schmits place and he now wants $325k.

 

I went to the website of the Cruise Night in a nearby village to check their schedule, and lo and behold, the picture on the homepage shows my car. Must have been taken last year.

https://www.waucondacruisenight.com/

 

I don't see a Dino. Is it a different car?

Nevermind! I forgot what thread I was in.

 

Red '69 in Hayward, CA: https://bringatrailer.com/2018/08/28/in-hiding-for-40-years-1969-de-tomaso-mangusta/

 

one heck of a picture Mangusta, Bizzarrini AMX/3, Bora, and a ATS just missing a Miura

 

Enjoy:

 

This is by far the best show they have done to date!

 

I found a book on Kjell Qvale, the US importer of the Mangusta. But it doesn't discuss him being offered two different designs of sports cars from Ghia.Of course we know he went with the Ford-powered one by Giugiaro but now that Artcurial Auctions is offering the Serenissima Ghia GT at their auction in Paris Feb 8th, and we know it that car is basically Mangusta from the waistline down but with a Tjaarda-designed Ghia built body and their own V8 engine. ,Does anybody know if Qvale was offered this design as well so he could make a choice? I think if it had to have a Serenissima-sourced engine, he would have run the other direction because it was not a mass produced engine. In fact, whoever buys the car , or any of the three Serenissimas, is going to have one helluva time getting it running as Count Volpi told a reporter that only a dozen Serenissima engines were built. Anybody know the behind-the-scenes story on who paid for the Serenissima Ghia GT to be built and whether Qvale or Ford was offered it? (I was told by a Ford engineer that Ford by the way turned down the Mangusta after having seen how piecemeal it was built, with a lot of handwork required and instead went for the Pantera when told it would , by contrast, be built in a real car factory, Vignale)
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WOW that is beautiful. My guess is if you can afford the car you can find someone to fix the engine.........

 

I am led to believe, by Jay Leno's remarks in an OCTANE column, that with CNC printing, all you have to do is measure the old part
and somehow a new one is created by a computer directing the metal milling, etc. so a lot of exotics that don't have parts now have a means of salvation. Was me, I'd put in a Boss 302 with Serenissima factory lettering on the valve covers....

 

https://www.flickr.com/photos/gullwingmotorcar/sets/72157699931778121/

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Photos like these are really sad. I wonder what the story behind the car is. How could a nice car get so horribly neglected. Makes you wish you could have been there to intervene before the car started to decompose. This is a little like digging up a grave and looking at what's left of the corpse. It will be interesting to watch for this chassis number in the future.

 

I worship Ferrari like a religion, love all the De Tomaso cars, but the Mangusta is one of the most beautiful designs ever penned for an automobile. I wish I had the means and space to afford one....

 

Another one emerges from the shadows:
https://www.ebay.com/itm/123624012332

 

I nearly bought one 14 years ago in concord nsw Australia a Dealer called Ian Cummings had a white rhd one of 4 in the world it was $67,000 Australian dollars
Not shure what that was in usd at the time but I really should have got the car




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When, and where, did you set eyes on a Mangusta for the first time?
I was living in Puebla, México in 1968, and saw the orange Mangusta 8MA-882 purchased by the son of the then-president
of México.
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It absolutely amazes me, the number of great cars this guy comes up with!

 

And yet another, this price seems high for the amount of work needed:

https://www.ebay.com/itm/1970-De-Tomaso-Mangusta-/202591949753?oid=123624012332

 

You should have no regrets - $67k was a very big asking price back then (no matter the exchange rate?). They were known for troublesome handling, indifferent assembly quality and maxed out around US$40k for many, many years and could be got around $30k. And that was the same price range as a lot of other exotics - Aston, Facel Vega, Bora, E-Type, Espada, Ferrari 308, etc, etc.
Cheers,
- Art

 

I'm not an expert, but this is far from my first rodeo and think this car is overpriced. I don't think 100K is going to get this done.

https://www.hemmings.com/classifieds/dealer/detomaso/mangusta/2185412.html

 

FYI:
https://bringatrailer.com/listing/de-tomaso/

 

And nor should $100K get it done. The car looks fairly complete and I don't see evidence of any serious rust so that already makes it closer to $200K than $100K. At $239K it's a MUCH more sensible number than when I first inquired about this car and was told they were looking for $300K. Put it on Auction somewhere decent and I suspect they would get over $200K, likely more at the right venue.

 

1970 Mangusta 8MA 1144 being auctioned by BringATrailer:
https://bringatrailer.com/listing/1970-detomaso-mangusta/