Mike, Stop showin those pics. You know the saying: A clean desk is the sign of.... All kidding aside, great. I had thought of using the Pantera valve cover emblem on mine, but I guess it was done on yours first. How is your e-brake set-up? Can you get a side view of your oil pan? Got new original (non-repro) jewelery in the mail today. Now I have to find a 4th wheel center and a cloisoné repair shop. I know Jay was looking into that, but no news yet. Image Unavailable, Please Login
Denis, I know..I know, too clean = garage queen :/ My e-brake story is a 'work in progress' as Jack DeRyke is slowly but surely piecing together the set up for my car....I have the handle (apparently the difficult to find piece), just sits there, but hooked up to nothing at the present time. too bad those wheels centers are unique to Mangusta's as Pantera wheel centers are everywhere, even NOS, I even have a set of those. Lucky for me, my wheels have an excellent original set, I will look out for your ONE that you need. I am away from car for awhile, but will be happy to provide any photos you want when I return home in a few months
For those of you who are the privileged custodians of Mangustas, I recommend purchasing a copy of Chuck Jones' animated video of Rudyard Kipling's tale "Rikki Tikki Tavi" -- especially if you have young children who might someday be interested in the provenance of the car's name: http://www.spike.com/video/rikki-tikki-tavi/2804454 Best regards to all, and please continue to add to the "Mangusta Library".
not sure if a link to Pantera International's website would work, but do yourself a favor and view Johnny Woods interior restoration of a Mangusta just completed for a customer...it is truly exquisite! ...it's the internet...FIND IT!!!
just a taste.....a 'before' and 'after' but you have to see the 14 pages of photos and realize all the little touches that make this so special Image Unavailable, Please Login Image Unavailable, Please Login
Tasteful and top-drawer. Addition of Mangusta script badge at front of console is a nice touch. Speaking of which: can anyone post a summary of the factory badging variations of the Mangustas, both prototype and production, flanks and rear?
mike has advised me to make a public confession re my desire to buy a mangusta...so.. anyone know of any for sale? i've found a few, on offer for around 100k..does that seem about right, or is it high? any help would be top class! thanks phil
Phil, here you go, some to look at....credit Mark C. with compiling all of these http://www.motorcargallery.com/inventory.html http://www.springbok.de/fahrzeugbestand/details.php?id=det_mang http://www.finecars.cc/en/detail/car/73222/index.html?no_cache=1&ret=63 http://www.pim.net/Mangusta.html 8ma542 and 8ma822 are both for sale from Jerry McGlothlin in Arizona
Just below $100K seems to be what dealers are asking now. However, none have sold for this price at auction in the US. Prices in Europe will be higher and the Cars That Matter price guide lists a condition 1 at $118,500 and a condition 2 at $89,000 and a condition 3 at $70,900. I believe that many or most for sale are condition 2 or 3. And the 302 version is about $5k less. Good luck.
The Cars that Matter values seems about right. The two headlight cars, although more scarce, seem to sell for a little less. I know of at least four Mangustas that have sold for over 100K in the last year. The RM auction website lists the sales result of one last year as $110K http://www.rmauctions.com/AuctionResultsSearch.cfm?parentsection=search&AuctionYear=All&From=1967&To=1971&LotNum=&Make=&SortBy=AL&Model=mangusta&Sold=All# I purchased a Mangusta from Jerry McGlothin last year. He is a true car guy, very easy to work with, and extremely knowledgable about Mangustas. His email is [email protected]
The 289 legend is quite fantastic and seems to repeat itself. There may have been such cars, but only very very early ones as Ford stopped making the 289 in 1967. Therefore maybe 7-8, 10 cars at the most would have received the 289 motor. Yes it seems the 2 headlight cars bring in somewhat fewer dollars, but then they are much rarer as they were unique to the N.Am market for 1970. European collectors don't seem to*mind and are scooping them-up. It is estimated 401 cars were produced, less than 170 are in the combined 3 registries.
Pics of this lovely green goose (first one I'd ever seen in the metal despite writing this: http://honeyisfunny.blogspot.com/2010/04/cotd-1-de-tomaso-mangusta.html) among other Italian exotica from Brooklands in May 2010 here: http://www.flickr.com/photos/sumlin/sets/72157625622606229/with/5324285955/ Image Unavailable, Please Login
FYI. the Mangusta in your pics is another claimed to be a 1967, but the actual serial number places it very late in 1969. It is definitely one of the nicest Mangustas in existence, and I had declined to buy it several years ago at a price far in excess of $100K. If it were to be for sale now, in retrospect, you will struggle to build another one for less.
I can understand how a car can be registered as a year after it was built but I do not understand how it could be titled a year before it was built.
There are a few, perhaps three 1967 Mangustas. There is occasionally DeTomaso enthusiast discussion of which ones are "real" and which ones have all the window glass made in 1968. The serial number on that Mangusta has been recorded wrong (transposed) and people have just assumed it is correct, and that it is an early car.
Read this Mangusta story - very interesting. http://www.carguychronicles.com/2011/01/mangusta-maximum-form-minimal-function.html
Too bad this guy never learned to drive the Mangusta. From his script he was not very adaptable and his memory somewhat unclear. A Mangusta (like a GT40 or a Miura for example) is a different beast. Ingress and egress to the Mangusta is much easier than the GT40 and requires less contorsion to sit in or exit, but still it is not a minivan. The car is tight and not as airy as a 308 for example. You don't lie down, but your feet are slightly lower than your seat. If you are over 6ft you will definately not be comfortable, and your arm/leg lenghts ratios make a difference. It takes a few hours to tame the car's poor rear vision, lousy mirrors and tight shift pattern. I know people who drove Countaches and never managed to get comfortable behind the wheel. still IMOHO I would not trade my Mangusta Denis
Denis, Fortunately we are all a little different and like some cars better than others. These differences help make life interesting. Post a picture of your Mangusta.
