[DeTomaso] Mirrors for sale
Bill Moore
Bill at Incendium.com
Sun Nov 2 15:07:03 EST 2014
What pictures ??
Cheers,
Bill Moore
Calgary, AB.
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From: DeTomaso [mailto:detomaso-bounces at poca.com] On Behalf Of John Donahue
Sent: November-02-14 9:41 AM
To: dfl
Cc: detomaso at poca.com
Subject: Re: [DeTomaso] Mirrors for sale
beautiful
On Nov 2, 2014, at 8:40 AM, dfl <vvics442 at aol.com> wrote:
> Get pics?
>
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: John Donahue <demongusta at me.com>
> To: dfl <vvics442 at aol.com>
> Cc: detomaso <detomaso at poca.com>
> Sent: Sun, Nov 2, 2014 08:59 AM
> Subject: Re: [DeTomaso] Mirrors for sale
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> 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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> > -----Original Message-----
> > 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
> >
> > __________________________________________________________________
> >
> > 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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