by Wallace Wyss - Prototypes are sold if the automaker goes out of business. That's the hard truth of what happened to the first De Tomaso Mangusta, which was sold, as were all the rest of the prototypes. I'd like to see it again in its … [Read more...]
Open Letter to Jim Farley, CEO of Ford: Ford Should Buy DeTomaso (Again)
March 13, 2021 By 3 Comments
To: James D. Farley, Jr., president and chief executive officer, Ford Motor Co. Why would I advise that Ford buy DeTomaso? Last time in the early '70s it didn't go too well. The car--the Pantera--was flawed. Ford even had to go visit the first 100 … [Read more...]
A De Tomaso Mangusta Commissioned by Carroll Shelby is Sold
February 3, 2021 By 3 Comments
Mecum sells a piece of history - a hot rodded Mangusta with Shelby Mk V badges keeps 'Gooses over $300K. by Wallace Wyss - The Mangusta's time in the sun is at last a reality--they have soared to over $300,000 which is up to Iso Grifo … [Read more...]
De Tomaso Mangusta: Rare Birds No. 3
December 10, 2020 By 3 Comments
by Mike Gulett - Below is a short video featuring a rare car that most of us do not see everyday or Rare Birds as I call them. The De Tomaso Mangusta is a mid-engine Ford powered beast that was based on the De Tomaso Vallelunga chassis. … [Read more...]
Design Critique: De Tomaso Mangusta
October 6, 2020 By 13 Comments
by Wallace Wyss - I remember the first time I saw one, in roughly 1968-'69, before the Pantera was announced, in Michigan outside a car museum, in Hickory Corners. The owner was crawling underneath it to adjust the transmission with Allen … [Read more...]
Why Not The De Tomaso Longchamp?
May 5, 2020 By 11 Comments
by Mike Gulett - Alejandro de Tomaso was Argentinean but his cars were Italian with American power and oh, some of his cars were styled by an American working for an Italian design firm. Got it? When I think of De Tomaso I think of beautiful, … [Read more...]
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