[DeTomaso] Didn't Mike Drew drive this car?

[John Zeedick]

Was this the car that was featured on a SPEED TV show where they took a
bunch of cars and cruised around LA visiting car shops? I think Tanner Foust
had something to do with it.

John Z


On 9/11/11 2:52 AM, "Roland Jaeckel" <pantera874 at t-online.de> wrote:

> Wasn'n this one the former Wilkinson car? If so, it came without engine from
> Italy. Steve equipped it with a 4.6 Ford engine instead of the BMW unit. I
> guess, he also put another gastank in, as i bought all the original parts as
> centerspline rubber gastank and bellhouse with geardrive from him. If this one
> caught fire on bad fuel lines, the reason where bad US sourced fuel lines. On
> my burned Guara we found later a broken geardrive. These parts a very
> expencive and real hard to come by. Some times it's time to get on fire :-) 
I
> never heard on a third car, that caught fire. Whe was that?

Roland

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Am 10.09.2011 um 16:19 schrieb MikeLDrew at aol.com:

> 
> In a
> message dated 9/9/11 18 58 25, julian_kift at hotmail.com writes:
> 
> 
>> 
>>
> Wow, with something like only 38 built and 2 in the US I was aware of that 
>>
> is a huge loss to De Tomaso history.
>> 
>>>> And, sadly, not an uncommon one.
> Due to some sort of design flaw, 
> apparently they have an unfortunate habit
> of self-immolation.   I know of at 
> least two others that caught fire in the
> engine bay and burned like this one 
> did.   Apparently De Tomaso used some
> sort of substandard fuel lines or 
> connections, and at some point they let
> go, spray fuel all over the exhaust, and 
> FOOM!
>> 
>>> I actually like the
> Guara, but confess don't know taht much about them. 
>> Are they all
> fiberglass? 
>> 
>>>> The body is formed from a sophisticated composite--not
> pure carbon 
> fiber, but rather a blend of some sort.   It's not straight
> fiberglass.   As for 
> the chassis, when I test-drove them at the factory, I
> wrote:
> 
> The heart of the Guara is its unique
> central spine, a
> sophisticated trapezoidal-
> shaped extrusion of aluminum and
> composite
> honeycomb, whose hollow
> center doubles as the car¹s 21-gallon
> fuel tank. A
> lightweight alloy subframe
> bolts to the front to support the front
>
> suspension and cooling system, while
> an elaborate forged aluminum casting
>
> bolts to the rear and supports the engine
> and gearbox. Another large
> ribbed
> casting between the engine and
> transaxle forms the bellhousing and
> also
> provides the anchor points for the rear
> suspension.
> 
> 
>>> The
> damage looks mostly cosmetic, wonder if any molds or parts exist? 
>> It's
> somewhat tempting at the right price.
>> 
>>>> Run away.   Screaming!
> 
>
> FWIW the one in England which was burned just like this, and sold in very 
>
> similar condition, was purchased from a junkyard for 2000 GP pounds, I 
>
> believe.   It has since traded hands at least a couple of times because it's
> not 
> cost-effective to repair, as the needed parts, while available, are 
>
> prohibitively expensive. :<(
> 
> Mike
>
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