[DeTomaso] RRORR vs. Mangusta 8MA898 Report... The Rest of the Story....

[Mark Tumbarello]

The car in the pics looks like a left hand drive. Great pics though. Mark

> From: MikeLDrew at aol.com> Date: Sat, 20 Oct 2007 02:43:05 -0400> To: DeTomaso at realbig.com> Subject: Re: [DeTomaso] RRORR vs. Mangusta 8MA898 Report... The Rest of the Story....> > > In a message dated 10/19/07 11:02:35 PM, Gary Bartley writes:> > > > Earlier Mike Drew had> > filled me in on a Mangusta successfully raced in England by Freddie Moss> > wearing # 12.  We requested #12 but it was not available so we selected> > #112 as a sort of tribute to the racing history of Mangustas.> > > > >>>I was searching through my archives tonight looking for something else > (consisting of several big boxes filled with envelopes stuffed with photos, > dating back almost 20 years), and I found an envelope I got back in 1999 from > George Gordon-Smith, the subsequent owner of the Freddie Moss race Mangusta. > Inside were several action shots taken when Freddie was driving it enroute to the > UK national championship.> > He had made several modifications to the car, not all of them good. It > benefited greatly from a six-point roll cage, and the stock brakes were replaced > with giant stoppers from a March Indycar. But he also molded big flares and a > spoiler on the engine hatches, completely formed out of bondo! Probably a > hundred pounds of the stuff, on a car that was already far too > rear-weight-heavy.> > Come to think of it, I wonder how he was able to get the engine hatches open? > It seems to me that the inner portions of the molded spoiler would hit one > another?> > Here are some of the photos I found....> > http://members.aol.com/mikeldrew/FreddieMossRaceMangusta.jpg> > George fully restored this car back to street trim, enjoyed it for a dozen > years or so, and then sold it to a fellow who couldn't possibly afford to own it > (he was a kid still living with his parents in an apartment, who had borrowed > all the money to buy the car). He quickly discovered that the car was > expensive to own and operate, and after a short time, it's now for sale again.> > This is one of the ten RHD Mangustas made; I believe the final ten cars were > all RHD.> > Mike> > > **************************************> See what's new at > http://www.aol.com> _______________________________________________> > Detomaso Forum Managed by POCA> > Archive Search Engine Now Available at http://www.realbig.com/detomaso/> > DeTomaso mailing list> DeTomaso at list.realbig.com> http://list.realbig.com/mailman/listinfo/detomaso