[DeTomaso] Mirrors for sale
John Donahue
demongusta at me.com
Sun Nov 2 10:58:38 EST 2014
pictures would be nice for us "rookies"
On Nov 1, 2014, at 4:27 PM, dfl via DeTomaso <detomaso at poca.com> wrote:
> Great info!
>
> I just listed a pair on ebay
>
> can you look at them and give me your thoughts?
>
> Thx Warren
>
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> From: The Goyaniuks <andriykoisg at yahoo.ca>
> To: dfl <vvics442 at aol.com>; detomaso <detomaso at poca.com>
> Sent: Sat, Nov 1, 2014 04:20 PM
> Subject: Re: [DeTomaso] Mirrors for sale
> Sorry don't mean to be difficult but It really depends on the ones you
> have.
> The ones most desired are the same Vitalonis that were on:
> Ferrari 308, 328, 512BB, Lamborghini Countach, Pantera GT5, Longchamp
> to name a few. These are the Vitaloni "Turbo" model. You can tell
> the Turbo version by how they mount; the rubber bellows; and most
> importantly, the fixed mirror shell. The mirror glass is separate and
> adjusts INSIDE the mirror shell (without moving the mirror body) by
> means of a gimble in the mirror housing body
> There are two versions of the Vitoloni "Turbo" - manual adjustable and
> remote electric adjustable.
> I would say that the manuals are worth no less than $250 USD and the
> remote adjustable (most rare) no less than $600 USD. After that, it
> is what ever the market says they are worth. Personally, I would not
> let NOS manuals go for under $500 and NOS electrics for under $1000 (I
> will tell you why below)
> The second versions are called Vitaloni "Baby Turbo". These look
> similar to the Turbos but have a number of differences. The mount is
> different, the mirror adjustment is different and the mirror is
> attached to the mirror housing body. With the Baby Turbos, one adjusts
> the whole body/mirror glass together by moving a ball joint that is
> outside of the mirror housing body (the ball joint is covered by the
> bellows). These are worth no less than $150 USD and I would not let
> NOS Baby Turbos go for less than $200.
> FYI. The Vitaloni plant (which was owned by the Fiat group) suffered a
> major fire around the turn of the century and much of the tooling was
> lost - including, the tooling for the "Turbo" mirrors. NOS "Turbo"
> mirrors are very hard to come by and can be classed as collectors items
> ... for restoration cars.
> In 1992-4 when I was shopping for "Turbos", The F-car dealership wanted
> $1K CAD for the manual adjustable (I said "Oh that's nice, thanked
> them and walked out). The Lamborghini dealer wanted $400 CAD for the
> manuals and $800 CAD for the remote electric. I got mine from an
> specialty mirror dealer in the US for less.
> Finally, the Turbos look the best and have the best quality, BUT the
> Baby Turbos adjust without modification to work well on a DeTomaso
> Pantera.
> HTH
> BG
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> From: dfl via DeTomaso <[1]detomaso at poca.com>
> To: [2]detomaso at poca.com
> Sent: Saturday, November 1, 2014 6:21 PM
> Subject: [DeTomaso] Mirrors for sale
> I have a pair of Vitaloni mirrors for sale.
> New condition never used. Has been in storage 30 years!
> Anyone have a clue as to value?
> Thanks
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