[DeTomaso] Mangusta brakes

[MikeLDrew at aol.com]

In a message dated 8/3/09 2 04 28, juergen.wilms at cox.net writes:


> My Mangusta (#976) brake calipers need to be restored or replaced. They 
> are made of an aluminum/magnesium mixture and are nice and light - but 
> potentially mortally corroded. I understand that de Tomaso used three or four 
> different brakes on Mangustas.
> 
>>>Although there were a handful of Mangustas that apparently got some 
oddball setups, normally they came equipped from the factory with the same 
calipers as used on the competion 289 Cobra, 427 Cobra, and early GT40s.
> 
> - What manufacturers / part numbers did they use?
> 
>>>I believed they used the rather ubiquituous Girling BR and CR calipers.

> - Does anyone still have original aluminum/magnesium calipers?
> 
>>>Yes, assuming my assumption is correct, then in fact they are quite easy 
to find.   Those calipers were used on a bunch of different 
high-performance cars in the 1960s including many/most Ferraris.

> - Has anyone done a replacement with other / newer brakes?
> 
>>>Anything is possible.   The Mangusta that was raced by Freddie Moss in 
the UK, later owned by George Gordon Smith and now owned by Taz Zembashis was 
converted to use AP Racing brakes that were lifted from a March Indycar!   
However they were too large to allow the use of the stock 15-inch wheels and 
the car was converted with custom 16-inch wheels (for which tire supplies 
are now desperately short). 
> 
> Any help is greatly appreciated: the car is off the road as long as there 
> is no solution to the brakes issue......
> 
>>>Take a look at the photos on this page--assuming your calipers are the 
same, your problems are over.   

http://www.justcobras.com/ProductsPages/CobraParts.html

These calipers are still being made new, although they are rather 
expensive.   Hunt around, talk to local vintage race specialists, and I'm sure you'll 
come up with something.

Let us know if my presumptions are correct?

Cheers!

Mike


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