[DeTomaso] Qvale & DeTomaso

[MikeLDrew at aol.com]

In a message dated 8/6/08 13 29 57, rlbpantera at earthlink.net writes:


> Mike,
> Here is what you wrote:
> 
> Joe Moore also has a dedicated track car De Tomaso Mangusta (before it was 
renamed the Qvale).    His car was a test mule, and thus can't ever be put on 
the 
road, in any country.    He gave me a ride around Pocono in the thing quite a 

few years ago--impressively fast!
> 
> I think the phrase "dedicated track car De Tomaso Mangusta...." ispretty 
> unambiguous that you're talking about Mangustas. Maybe it (healso has a Mangusta 
> track car) is true but at no point do you associateJoe with a Guara. Feel 
> free to clarify to the list.
> 
>>>I was obviously still feeling the effects of the thin air at altitude when 
I wrote that!

Joe never had a Qvale Mangusta or a De Tomaso Bigua.   He had the first Guara 
coupe, and that's what I was thinking about; why I called it a Qvale car is 
beyond my ability to comprehend at the moment.

Thanks for the correction, Richard! :>)

Mike



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