[DeTomaso] Great Mangusta TV coverage

[doug351c]

I wonder what he changed on the chassis to make it handle better?  Seems
like all Mangusta owners could benefit if the details of the restoration of
the chassis were known.  Maybe Roland can shed some light on this.

Doug Braun
blue 73L #5505

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From: detomaso-bounces at realbig.com
[mailto:detomaso-bounces at realbig.com]On Behalf Of MikeLDrew at aol.com
Sent: Friday, January 07, 2011 8:11 AM
To: detomaso at realbig.com
Subject: Re: [DeTomaso] Great Mangusta TV coverage

In a message dated 1/7/11 7 42 38, MikeLDrew at aol.com writes:

And Mike - you are on task: Who's car is this?

> >>>I just wrote, "Just got a Youtube link from French Mangusta owner
> (fanatic) Laurent Bouzelak,"

I always wreck his last name.   It's actually Laurent Bouzoulouk.

This is an extraordinary Mangusta, by the way.   It was restored by Roland
Jackel (he owned it for awhile but sold it because he said, "Mangustas are
for 'oldies'!") and he did a top-notch job of it.   Laurent bought it and
had
a motor built for it by Roush Racing.   It was basically their 342R crate
motor, but John Christian was working there at the time, and he personally
'massaged' it a bit to deliver even greater performance.

I got to spend the better part of a day driving Laurent's Mangusta from the
Nurburgring to Le Mans a few years back, and the experience was quite
extraordinary.   It is a LOT faster than a normal Mangusta, and yet, unlike
the
other Mangustas I've driven, it didn't feel like it was constantly trying to
kill me.   The chassis felt secure, buttoned-down, and, well, almost like a
Pantera.   None of the twitchiness or nerveousness that I've encountered on
some other examples.

Laurent uses the heck out of the car, running it at track days etc. and
he's a real proponent of the Mangusta.   He built a beautiful website
dedicated
solely to his car, which is well worth a look too:

http://mangusta-ma1266.blogspot.com/2007/07/ma1266-history.html

Cheers!

Mike