[DeTomaso] Restoration

LS lashdeep at yahoo.com
Mon Apr 9 10:37:57 EDT 2012


Bobileff has a great reputation in general. Surely they've done many Mangustas over the years. I remember seeing two in his shop a few yrs ago when I was in the 'hood. His Miura work is excellent.

LS
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 On Sat, Apr 7, 2012 8:53 PM EDT MikeLDrew at aol.com wrote:
 
 >
 >In a message dated 4/6/12 13 05 58, dgrobinson2000 at gmail.com writes:
 >
 >
 >> Where is the best place in the US to have a total restoration done on 
 >> a Mangusta?
 >> Concerns are quality, price, and speed of completion.
 >> Thanks for any and all info.
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 >
 >Given that they have so little in common with a Pantera, I certainly 
 >wouldn't feel compelled to take it to a Pantera expert. Unfortunately, Mangusta 
 >experts are pretty thin on the ground. I'd try to find a place that does 
 >known good work on vintage Ferraris, and other Italian cars, to include 
 >sheetmetal fabrication.
 >
 >One place NOT to take it is Gary Bobileff's shop in the San Diego area. 
 >He's the nation's acknowledged Lamborghini restoration expert. Somebody 
 >took a Mangusta to him that had less than 1000 original miles on it, for a 
 >restoration (it had been garage-stored in Florida and suffered from 
 >moisture/rust as a result). They took more than ten years (!!!) I believe, before the 
 >car finally came out of there! I looked at the car afterwards, and while 
 >it was nice, in the 10 years they managed to lose some critical parts, such 
 >as the whole parking brake mechanism etc. and that's pretty much impossible 
 >to find anywhere else.
 >
 >Where are you geographically located?
 >
 >Depending on the condition of your car, I would probably budget $50-75K for 
 >a full restoration....
 >
 >Mike
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