[DeTomaso] From Dick Ruzzin...
Dave Londry
davel at emspace.com
Fri Oct 12 14:58:29 EDT 2012
I need to add that it was shipped with the chevy engine from DeTomaso to GM,
so it's not one of those put a *^%$ SBC everywhere things.
dave
On 12/10/2012 11:35 AM, Dave Londry wrote:
> Yes -- Dick is the real thing and his SBC-Goose is pretty unique too!
> dave
>
> On 11/10/2012 11:33 AM, MikeLDrew at aol.com wrote:
>> Hi Guys,
>>
>> Dick isn't on the forum anymore but asked me to post this for him:
>>
>> From: Dickruzzindesign at aol.com
>> Date: Mon, 8 Oct 2012 19:18:47 -0400 (EDT)
>> Subject: MANGUSTA DESIGN
>> To: dickruzzindesign at aol.com
>>
>>
>> To:
>> FRIENDS, DeTOMASO MANGUSTA ENTHUSIASTS, FANS, CAR DESIGNERS, ENGINEERS,
>> CAR LOVERS, SCULPTORS, ITALIANS, GERMANS, FRENCHMEN, AMERICANS,
>> WRITERS,
>> ARTISTS, WRENCHES AND ALL OTHERS WHO NOTICE CARS IN AN INTENSE WAY:
>>
>> We probably have never met but I wanted you to know that I have
>> written an
>> article for Automotive Quarterly Magazine that will appear in the next
>> issue, December of 2012. The article is about the design of the DeTomaso
>> Mangusta. To my knowledge no professional designer or anyone else
>> has ever written
>> specifically about the appearance and function of the design even
>> though it
>> is now over forty years old.
>>
>> I am an automobile designer myself and have owned Mangusta 8MA670 since
>> September of 1969 so putting these two experiences together results
>> in some
>> interesting insights into the creation and execution of the design as
>> well as
>> the aesthetic result. Some that I discovered myself while recently
>> writing
>> the article even though I have owned the car for over forty years.
>> Sometimes
>> putting two and two together for the first time yields results not
>> anticipated.
>>
>> If you know anyone that is a DeTomaso or Mangusta fan please pass
>> this on
>> to them as I think my perspective will be fun and enlightening. I
>> have found
>> that the total car as an automotive concept is very misunderstood and
>> that
>> there is so much more to it to be enthusiastic about besides its
>> beautiful
>> emotional and dynamic shape..
>>
>> Thank You for your time.
>>
>> All the best,
>> Dick Ruzzin.
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