[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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