[DeTomaso] How cars are assembled in Italy

[Konrad Szwab]

I am still amazed on my Porsche 928 wooden parts. But then, the Germans
built the Horten 229 which was a stealth fighter with jet engines that was
mostly wooden...

On Mon, Jan 30, 2012 at 9:17 AM, Bill Lewis <lotus0005 at hotmail.com> wrote:

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> Dear Roland,  Ignorance is bliss!     ---Bill Lewis
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> > From: pantera874 at t-online.de
> > To: lotus0005 at hotmail.com; detomaso at realbig.com
> > Subject: Re: [DeTomaso] How cars are assembled in Italy
> > Date: Mon, 30 Jan 2012 09:50:34 +0100
> >
> > What does wonder you??
> > Did you ever look into the internals of an american car?
> > My best guess is, the italiens learned a lot from the american car
> > manufactures.
> >
> >
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Bill Lewis" <lotus0005 at hotmail.com>
> > To: <detomaso at realbig.com>
> > Sent: Monday, January 30, 2012 5:02 AM
> > Subject: [DeTomaso] How cars are assembled in Italy
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> > >
> > >
> > > I was surfing and got into a Lamborghin website, and was reading the
> > > following paragraph, and was amazed at how exotic cars are often
> > > (apparently) cobbled together.  So, it's not only Panteras, where Luigi
> > > grabs the first part handy and slaps it on.  This car below is over
> $500K.
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > A Diablo VT-R used the same chassis and drivetrain as a standard VT but
> > > received a few modifications to the bodywork, apparently Automobili
> > > Lamborghini SpA had some leftover Diablo SE30 parts, therefore they
> > > mounted the complete bodywork of a Diablo SE30 on the VT chassis,
> > > everything except the side windows was actualy Diablo SE30
> specifications,
> > > the side windows however remained the normal Diablo, single piece ones,
> > > they could still be opened all the way instead of the small part found
> in
> > > the SE30 doors.
> > >
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