by Wallace Wyss - 1971 Pantera Any history of DeTomaso has to be “muddled” because unlike the Ferrari or Porsche world the factory itself put out erroneous information, and had no library to speak of. Histories of DeTomaso cars have be be … [Read more...]
DeTomaso Pantera Targa – The Car Ford Should Have Made
July 28, 2022 By 2 Comments
by Wallace Wyss - Writing about DeTomaso is perilous for historians because the company's history is full of dark secrets (one great rumor is that DeTomaso bought Ghia for peanuts from a dictator's son when said son was in jail). The … [Read more...]
Vintage: The DeTomaso Sport 5000 Spyder to be Auctioned in Monterey
May 30, 2022 By 4 Comments
by Wallace Wyss - We have been wondering when DeTomaso race cars will enjoy the price escalation of Ferraris, Maseratis, etc. but so far they haven't. But the owners of the few race cars built by the wily Argentine and his American wife keep on … [Read more...]
DeTomaso: The Man and His Machines – The Story of a Book
August 9, 2019 By 9 Comments
by Wallace Wyss - This is not a new book. It is instead a story of how a book came about and what happened to it before it (almost) disappeared into the sands of time. I had been working for David and Linda Adler in Huntington Beach, … [Read more...]
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