[DeTomaso] Two Vintage Detomaso Race Cars for sale in California

Charles McCall charlesmccall at gmail.com
Thu Apr 30 06:48:30 EDT 2015 

LAst I knew, the two cars were located in Europe, so I wonder if they are
for sale on consignment? If memory serves, I saw an ad once upon a time for
one of these cars with a 7-figure Price tag. Don't know what the current
asking Price is.

Here's a picture from the public unveiling of the restored cars in 2009
with me doing the photobomb... There is also some controversy because we
see two cars here, but there was apparently only one chassis produced back
in the 60s...

As an aside, I really, really like both. I have numerous pictures if
someone is interested, both of the cars languishing in the Factory (and the
P70 body panels sitting on a shelf) as well as the finished product.
Fascinating cars...

On Thu, Apr 30, 2015 at 5:21 AM, Mike Reilly <reillyms at live.com> wrote:

>    All, I was looking through my latest Sports Car Market magazine and saw
>    that Legendary Classic Center ([1]www.Lcc.us.com) in Costa Mesa
>    California has two 1965 Detomaso race cars for sale.  Pretty cool but
>    price on request.  Details:
>
>                       De Tomaso P70 Prototype (1 of 1)
>
>    The De Tomaso P70 (P70 standing  for Posterior 7 Liter Engine)  Started
>    as a joint venture between Cobra Creator Carroll Shelby, American Peter
>    Brock styled it and Italian Coachbuilder Fantuzzi made the Alloy
>    bodywork. De Tomasso designed the backbone chassis and was meant to
>    develop a seven-Liter version of the Fords smallblock V8 for the P70 to
>    be raced in USA.
>
>                        De Tomaso Sport 5000 Prototype
>
>    This beautiful SportsRacer was the brain child of Carol Shelby and
>    Peter Brock and is well documented in the Shelby directory under the
>    name of Original King Cobra. Original design (the P70) was featured on
>    the cover and in an article of the March 1966 issue of Road & Track
>    magazine.  The article referred to the new design as the "Ghia De
>    Tomaso", a brand new racing car that was unveiled in the fall of 1965
>    at that year's Turin Motor Show. The author of the article revealed an
>    ambitious racing program in Europe as well as in the newly created
>    Can-Am Challenge.  At least ten cars were planned to be produced with
>    the prospect of another forty were planned for later in order that it
>    could meet the FIA's homologation requirements for it to qualify in
>    the the GT-class.  Despite all the good intentions this was the last
>    the world ever saw of the V8 engined DeTomaso racer and this, the lone
>    prototype was quietly retired to a corner of the factory where it would
>    remain until de Tomaso's death a decade ago in 2004.
>
> References
>
>    1. http://www.Lcc.us.com/
>
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   LAst I knew, the two cars were located in Europe, so I wonder if they
   are for sale on consignment? If memory serves, I saw an ad once upon a
   time for one of these cars with a 7-figure Price tag. Don't know what
   the current asking Price is.
   A
   Here's a picture from the public unveiling of the restored cars in 2009
   with me doing the photobomb... There is also some controversy because
   we see two cars here, but there was apparently only one chassis
   produced back in the 60s...
   A
   As an aside, I really, really like both. I have numerous pictures if
   someone is interested, both of the cars languishing in the Factory (and
   the P70 body panels sitting on a shelf) as well as the finished
   product. Fascinating cars...

   On Thu, Apr 30, 2015 at 5:21 AM, Mike Reilly <[1]reillyms at live.com>
   wrote:

     A  A All, I was looking through my latest Sports Car Market magazine
     and saw
     A  A that Legendary Classic Center ([1][2]www.Lcc.us.com) in Costa
     Mesa
     A  A California has two 1965 Detomaso race cars for sale.A  Pretty
     cool but
     A  A price on request.A  Details:
     A  A  A  A  A  A  A  A  A  A  A  De Tomaso P70 Prototype (1 of 1)
     A  A The De Tomaso P70 (P70 standingA  for Posterior 7 Liter
     Engine)A  Started
     A  A as a joint venture between Cobra Creator Carroll Shelby,
     American Peter
     A  A Brock styled it and Italian Coachbuilder Fantuzzi made the
     Alloy
     A  A bodywork. De Tomasso designed the backbone chassis and was
     meant to
     A  A develop a seven-Liter version of the Fords smallblock V8 for
     the P70 to
     A  A be raced in USA.
     A  A  A  A  A  A  A  A  A  A  A  A De Tomaso Sport 5000 Prototype
     A  A This beautiful SportsRacer was the brain child of Carol Shelby
     and
     A  A Peter Brock and is well documented in the Shelby directory
     under the
     A  A name of Original King Cobra. Original design (the P70) was
     featured on
     A  A the cover and in an article of the March 1966 issue of Road &
     Track
     A  A magazine.A  The article referred to the new design as the "Ghia
     De
     A  A Tomaso", a brand new racing car that was unveiled in the fall
     of 1965
     A  A at that year's Turin Motor Show. The author of the article
     revealed an
     A  A ambitious racing program in Europe as well as in the newly
     created
     A  A Can-Am Challenge.A  At least ten cars were planned to be
     produced with
     A  A the prospect of another forty were planned for later in order
     that it
     A  A could meet the FIA's homologation requirements for it to
     qualify in
     A  A the the GT-class.A  Despite all the good intentions this was
     the last
     A  A the world ever saw of the V8 engined DeTomaso racer and this,
     the lone
     A  A prototype was quietly retired to a corner of the factory where
     it would
     A  A remain until de Tomaso's death a decade ago in 2004.
     References
     A  A 1. [3]http://www.Lcc.us.com/
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References

   1. mailto:reillyms at live.com
   2. http://www.Lcc.us.com/
   3. http://www.Lcc.us.com/
   4. mailto:DeTomaso at poca.com
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