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

[Jeff Cobb]

I called and spoke with the seller who was located in Holland back in 09 or 10,
a polite gentleman and he wanted 1 mill euros. 
Peter Brock told me a few weeks late at Laguna Seca, that a New Orleans man had been 
calling Peter about its details and was going to buy it.
I saw it advertised a few times in English magazines.
Then it disappeared.

Jeff Cobb


On Apr 30, 2015, at 5:48 AM, Charles McCall <charlesmccall at gmail.com> wrote:

>   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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