[DeTomaso] DeTomaso Innocenti Turbo on Hemmings

[Roland Jaeckel]

It was a joont venture, Daihatsu used the Dt name on a pimped Charade and got free engines and transmissions for it. These little cars where pretty fast for there time.




Am 27.06.2011 um 08:17 schrieb Curt Hall <cuvee at sbcglobal.net>:

> Wasn't it a Daihatsu 3 banger? Makes you wonder what Mr. DeTomaso was thinking?
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> --- On Sun, 6/26/11, Roland Jaeckel <pantera874 at t-online.de> wrote:
> 
> From: Roland Jaeckel <pantera874 at t-online.de>
> Subject: Re: [DeTomaso] DeTomaso Innocenti Turbo on Hemmings
> To: "JDeRyke at aol.com" <JDeRyke at aol.com>
> Cc: "detomaso at realbig.com" <detomaso at realbig.com>, "JJD1010 at aol.com" <JJD1010 at aol.com>
> Date: Sunday, June 26, 2011, 10:58 PM
> 
> Isuzu?? There was never an Isuzu engine in DT Minis.
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> Am 27.06.2011 um 06:18 schrieb JDeRyke at aol.com:
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> > In a message dated 6/26/11 6:17:01 PM, JJD1010 at aol.com writes:
> > 
> >> I wonder what makes this a "project?" It looks pretty good in the pics. 
> >> 
> > I suspect it's not mobile. The Isuzu engine/transaxle in the Minis were 
> > never imported into the U.S. Larry Stock of PPC-Carson City has one and said 
> > that there are a few Isuzu mini-pickups in Canada but that's about it for 
> > parts. Tires for the 12" Campys are problematic, too.... FWIW- J Deryke
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