[DeTomaso] 10x15 Campagnolo Pantera GTS wheels

Thu May 28 15:29:32 EDT 2015

At one time, arch-competitor Technomagnesio merged with near-bankrupt Campagnolo- the racing wheel spin-off of the company. The bicycle parts Campagnolo was always more healthy that the racing parts mfg. The logo at the time used one or both company names. Things in Italy are not done like they are in the U.S....

-----Original Message-----
From: cengles <cengles at cox.net>
To: lplugw <lplugw at hotmail.com>
Cc: detomaso <detomaso at poca.com>
Sent: Thu, May 28, 2015 5:41 am
Subject: Re: [DeTomaso] 10x15 Campagnolo Pantera GTS wheels

Dear Larry and Ed,

           I would like to add commentary and confusion to
this topic.

   1)  I had a pair of Technomagnesium 10" wheels.   I loved the
look.
   Perfectly complementary to the Pantera lines.  They seemed meet the
Tom
   Tjaarda requirement of Proportion for classic lines.   Alas, I sold
the
   set when I could no longer get decent tires in the late nineties.

2)  I obtained the wheels decades ago via Italy.  I can't recall if I

ordered them from the DeTomaso factory or from Campagnolo.  As I think
   about
it, I believe that I ordered them from the DeTomaso Factory

   3)  I thought
that the Technomag wheels *were* Campy.  IIRC, they came
   with the oblong
golden Campy logo stickers on them

   4)  Boy, were the technomag wheels
*light*.  I didn't weigh them, but
   they seemed lighter than the original
eight inch wheels.

          FWIW.

                           Warmest
regards,  Chuck Engles

   On Thu, May 28, 2015 at 7:21 AM, Larry Weston
wrote:

   > Wouldn't truly original DeTomaso drawings be the Campagnolo
version
   of the 10" wheel, with the longer reinforcing ribs and the rougher

finish between them, rather than the Tecnomagnesio version with the
   shorter
ribs and the smoother finish (like your photo, which, correct
   me if I'm
wrong, were commissioned by Gary Hall?)

   >

   > From:
edducati at mac.com

   > Date: Thu, 28 May 2015 00:35:09 -0700

   > To:
detomaso at poca.com

   > Subject: Re: [DeTomaso] 10x15 Campagnolo Pantera GTS
wheels

   >

   >

   > > On May 27, 2015, at 23:50, Ed Mendez
<edducati at mac.com> wrote:

   > >

   > >   All,

   > >

   > >   I
have some good news. Hopefully.

   > >

   > >   I have a friend in Italy
who owns a foundry and has the original

   > >   drawings from DeTomaso of
the 10x15 Pantera GTS wheels and all
   DeTomaso

   > >   wheels ever made
including the Mangusta wheels, but we are
   talking

   > >   specifically
of the 10x15 GTS wheels at the moment. As pictured.

   > >

   > >   He can
reproduce the wheels to exact specifications in Magnesium
   with

   > >  
all the latest technology and materials AZ91 Magnesium Alloy. He
   said

> >   he can offer them at 1500 Euros each (aprox. $1640usd). Not cheap

but

   > >   these are new Magnesium not 40 year old Magnesium, and these
are
   not

   > >   the aluminum knockoffs on eBay that are sold for $1400
each
   either.

   > >

   > >   He currently has orders in Europe for 12
wheels (6 sets), and
   says if

   > >   he gets orders for 30 wheels total
(15 sets) he will make the
   molds at

   > >   his expense and produce
them. He says he can also produce the
   8x15

   > >   fronts as well.

> >

   > >   I need to know who might be interested.

   > >

   > >  
Please let me know.

   > >

   > >   Thanks, Ed

   > >

   > >   Ps. I
am not making anything off this just doing it for all of
   you out

   > >  
there and I want to buy a set myself because they look bitchin.

   > >

> >

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   At one time, arch-competitor Technomagnesio merged with near-bankrupt
   Campagnolo- the racing wheel spin-off of the company. The bicycle parts
   Campagnolo was always more healthy that the racing parts mfg. The logo
   at the time used one or both company names. Things in Italy are not
   done like they are in the U.S....

   -----Original Message-----
   From: cengles <cengles at cox.net>
   To: lplugw <lplugw at hotmail.com>
   Cc: detomaso <detomaso at poca.com>
   Sent: Thu, May 28, 2015 5:41 am
   Subject: Re: [DeTomaso] 10x15 Campagnolo Pantera GTS wheels
Dear Larry and Ed,

           I would like to add commentary and confusion to
this topic.