[DeTomaso] rumor?

[Daryl Adams]

Actually, Mike, this is a different Mangusta, chassis 8MA542. Sold for
$209,490 (including buyer premium) at the Bonham's Goodwood auction on
September 15, 2012.


On Wed, Nov 21, 2012 at 10:15 AM, <MikeLDrew at aol.com> wrote:

>
> In a message dated 11/20/12 20 13 57, adin at frontier.net writes:
>
>
> >
> > Heard a '69 Goose sold for $209,000 in Europe.  True?  Details?
> >
> > that is all.
> >
>
> >>>Not rumor--FACT.   It is 8MA1294, one of the last Mangustas made (the
> last ten cars were all RHD).   Photos here:
>
> http://www.mangustainternational.com/?page_id=71&album=7&gallery=12
>
> Amazingly, he removed the stock Mangusta wheels and reinstalled the 16-inch
> wheels that George had put on, and then sold the Campagnolo wheels with new
> Michelin tires for $16K as a side deal!
>
> The car in question formerly belonged to George Gordon-Smith, (he had
> painted it Aston Martin California Sage Green), who later sold it to a
> fellow
> named Taz (I can never remember his last name).   The car was pretty
> rough, as
> it had rust and had been a no-kidding race car for yeras.   Taz shot a nice
> coat of blue paint over the rusted sheetmetal, and Johnny Woods made an
> absolutely spectacular interior for it.   Taz found a rich fellow (some
> sort of
> sheik, I think) who bought it sight-unseen for the ludicrous price you
> mentioned.   The car was towed to his massive underground garage in London
> where
> it joined a fleet of other exotic cars.   After a year or so, the car was
> put up for sale to make room for a Ferrari 250 LM; the sheik has reportedly
> not only not driven it, he's never even SEEN it!
>
> However, nobody is kicking in the door wanting to give him $209K for it
> these days...Taz is trying to help him find a buyer, so far with no luck
> (that
> I know of).
>
> Mike
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