[DeTomaso] MANGUSTA 8MA-1118

[adin at frontier.net]

Yet another good reason (besides DNA checks, FBI background checks and  
the overly simpatico website owner) to list your car in the registry.

The levels of stupidy/dishonesty never cease to amaze me.

Still what?

Grouchy and dirty in Durango




Quoting robert <boise at qwest.net>:

> Hello.
>
> Please allow me to re-introduce myself. I have not been on this list in
> a
> long time and have not attended the Vegas Convention (officially) since
> the
> move from the Plaza. As a matter of fact I am not a member of POCA or PI
>
> anymore but I have been a multiple De Tomaso owner since 1989.
>
> I would like to bring to your attention that the Mangusta International
> Registry has obtained photos of my 1971 Mangusta from my website and has
>
> used them erroneously to illustrate a Vehicle Identification Number and
> description that does not belong to the 1971 Mangusta in the photos.
>
> Please check out the following websites.
>
> The first is Mangusta International Registry which uses the photos of my
>
> 1971 Mangusta (900 series) to describe a 1970 Mangusta with the Vehicle
> Identification Number 8MA-1118:
>
> http://www.mangustainternational.com/registry_detail.php?id=55&PHPSESSID=380f77ad44377ebaddd0192e54dab67e
>
> The second is a link to my web site (please note no changes made since
> 2004):
>
> http://www.cardomain.com/ride/581900
>
> These identical photos are of my 1971 Mangusta (A 900 SERIES car NOT
> 1118)
> taken by me in Black Canyon City, Arizona around 2002.
>
> Now here is the problem. 8MA-1118 was sold at the the Barrett Jackson
> Auction in 1998 and shipped to Hawaii never to be heard from again. I
> was at
> the Barrett Jackson auction that year. I saw the car and talked to the
> new
> owner who was buying it to complement his other Italian exotic
> automobiles
> that he owned. He told me that the car was being shipped to Hawaii and I
>
> remember being somewhat disappointed knowing it would not be at the
> Plaza
> anymore. But I never thought it was going to disappear and never be
> heard
> from again.
>
> Let's review the facts:
>
> 1.The photographs that the Mangusta International Registry published as
> being 8MA-1118 are in fact MY CAR in Arizona which is a 900 series car
> (check with any AZ POCA member).
>
> 2. The real 8MA-1118 was owned by a guy named Jim Vawter of California
> and
> was on the 3rd floor ballroom for many conventions in the early 90's
> (check
> with any old timers).
>
> 3. The car was sold at the Scottsdale Barrett Jackson auction in 1998
> and
> sent to Hawaii by the resort owner that bought it to complement his
> Italian
> car collection. (Barrett Jackson has the sale records)
>
> I have emailed Dana Hansen to have him make corrections to his site.
> After
> three attempts with no response so I have decided to bring the matter to
> the
> attention of De Tomaso COMMUNITY and Friends.
>
> 8MA-1118 was last seen in Hawaii and is not going to be wrongly
> associated
> with photos of my 1971 Mangusta..... 8MA-1118 has gone missing in
> Hawaii.
>
>
>
>
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