[DeTomaso] P72

Mike Drew MikeLDrew at aol.com
Sat Jul 13 15:58:19 EDT 2019


All,

It appears to be a rebodied Apollo IE. 

Check out YouTube for videos on the Apollo IE to see what lies beneath the skin of the new De Tomaso. The same parent company owns both Apollo and the De Tomaso trademark.

Mike

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> On Jul 12, 2019, at 23:55, Matt Wells <nwpantera at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
>   A little searching turned up these tidbits from the Motor Authority
>   article.
>   "The new P72 isn't a spiritual successor to the De Tomaso Pantera,
>   arguably De Tomaso's most famous model. Rather, it pays homage to the
>   P70 prototype racer of the 1960s, which was born of a collaboration
>   between De Tomaso founder Alejandro de Tomaso and Carroll Shelby but
>   sadly only raced once and retired on the opening lap. That was at the
>   1966 Mugello Grand Prix."
>   "Sadly, seeing the P72 will be a rare occurrence, as just 72 examples
>   are planned for production. Build slots are still available, De Tomaso
>   confirmed. The expected price tag is 750,000 euros (approximately
>   $846,250) and buyers in North American will be serviced via Miller
>   Motorcars in Greenwich, Connecticut."
>   And no bloody cup holder still?
> 
>   On Fri, Jul 12, 2019 at 6:02 PM Julian Kift
>   <[1]julian_kift at hotmail.com> wrote:
> 
>   Peter Brock writes that upon the partnership with De Tomaso and Shelby
>   forming he pulled out his original design for the McDonald Lang Cooper
>   and refined the lines for what would become the Shelby - De Toamso P70
>   "Prototipo 7 liter"
>   I think Jack alluded to it but didn't call it out specifically being a
>   reference to the 7.0 liter engine, that it ultimately didn't have.
>   Remember the original concept was for a CanAm car.
>   Julian
>     __________________________________________________________________
> 
>   From: DeTomaso <[2]detomaso-bounces at server.detomasolist.com> on behalf
>   of Matt Wells <[3]nwpantera at gmail.com>
>   Sent: Friday, July 12, 2019 5:07 PM
>   To: [4]jderyke at aol.com
>   Cc: DeTomaso Mail List
>   Subject: Re: [DeTomaso] P72
>   A
>   Good stuff Jack. Thank you for a great story except I don't see any
>   connection between the story and why they call it the P72.
>   Am I missing something?
>   On Fri, Jul 12, 2019 at 3:26 PM <[5]jderyke at aol.com> wrote:
>> Convoluted story. Ten V-8 sports-racers were supposed to run a series
>   in
>> Europe & the U.S. DeTomaso had Brock's blueprints but when his shop
>   tried
>> to build one, they mis-translated the SAE dimensions into metric, so
>   the
>> cockpit literally had no room for a human being. Everyone called it
>   the
>> "Manoletto'- able to be driven only by a legless mannequin. DeTomaso
>   was
>> embarrassed & scrapped the car. It was eventually reclaimed by some
>   local
>> shop into what looked like a Gr-C coupe with a Porsche engine/trans-
>   which
>> left enough room for a human driver. It still exists today. Photos
>   and a
>> brief description are in Olczyck's 'DeTomaso Racing' book, pgs
>   53-101.
>> 
>> A  A few weeks after DeTomaso had thrown Brock and his Shelby project
>   out
>> of his shop, he saw one being finished up personally by Brock at
>   *Carrozzeria
>> Fantuzzi*A  just a few doors down the street. It looked so good,
>   DeTomaso
>> began building another one himself, with more attention being paid to
>> dimensions. About that time, Shelby/Ford refused to pay for the
>> ''Manoletto", using the Ford money instead to win the World
>   Championship
>> for the Cobras, further aggravating DeTomaso who was stuck for the
>   bill.
>> Fantuzzi was likely stuck for the cost of the 'Sport 5000'.
>> 
>> To one-up Shelby/Brock's abandoned Fantuzzi- built car with a 5-L
>   Ford,
>> DeTomaso claimed his would have a 427 (7-liter) in it. In fact,
>   neither car
>> ever ran a 7 liter engine but it was a catchy name. The chassis (with
>   a 5-L
>> Ford) was shown at the Geneva Auto show but no one bought so DeTomaso
>   used
>> the chassis with a prototype Ghia coupe body to create the Mangusta
>   (a
>> Cobra killer- to worry Shelby), so he finally made his expenses.
>   Brock's "Sport
>> 5000" (for its 5-L Ford engine) only ran once in actual competition,
>> DNF-ing on lap 3 at Mugello in'66 while DeTomaso's second one
>   apparently
>> never ran in a race.
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Matt Wells <[6]nwpantera at gmail.com>
>> To: DeTomaso Mail List <[7]detomaso at server.detomasolist.com>
>> Sent: Fri, Jul 12, 2019 9:40 am
>> Subject: [DeTomaso] P72
>> 
>> A A  Hagerty gushing over the P72. Anybody know why they call it that?
>> A A  [1][8]https://tinyurl.com/y2wk2hd3A A
>> 
>> 
>> References
>> 
>> A A  1. [9]https://tinyurl.com/y2wk2hd3
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> References
> 
>   1. mailto:julian_kift at hotmail.com
>   2. mailto:detomaso-bounces at server.detomasolist.com
>   3. mailto:nwpantera at gmail.com
>   4. mailto:jderyke at aol.com
>   5. mailto:jderyke at aol.com
>   6. mailto:nwpantera at gmail.com
>   7. mailto:detomaso at server.detomasolist.com
>   8. https://tinyurl.com/y2wk2hd3A
>   9. https://tinyurl.com/y2wk2hd3
>  10. mailto:DeTomaso at server.detomasolist.com
>  11. http://server.detomasolist.com/mailman/listinfo/detomaso
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