[DeTomaso] Miura tools

[MikeLDrew at aol.com]

In a message dated 2/6/13 9 31 20, lashdeep at yahoo.com writes:


> If they are correct and original...yes.
> 
>>>I once had just one piece of a stock Pantera tool kit.   it's the bit 
that engages the lug nuts on one end, and is turned by the ratcheting handle 
on the other, and has a plastic disc that you hold to support it.   It was 
kind of rusty and crappy-looking.

Turns out the Iso Grifo and Bizzarrini both use the same setup.   A guys 
restoring a Bizzarrini found out via the internet that I had this thing 
floating around, and bought it from me for a hundred bucks or something like that!

It astounds me that a full, original tool kit can add $5-10K to the value 
of a high-end Ferrari, Lambo, Aston Martin etc.   I think the tool kits were 
purchased as a kit, and thus the Pantera kit might be identical to those 
used in some of those other Italian cars.   Imagine buying a nice, stock 
Pantera, lifting the tool kit out of the trunk and selling it to some Iso guy for 
$5K!

Mke