I found this on eBay and have been dreaming since. Take a Euro spec chassis and add AMERICAN horsepower and you get the best of both 1970 worlds. Plus, not much looks meaner. I'd drive it on the street...
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Thread: 1970 DeTomaso Mangusta
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02-27-2012 07:25 PM #1General (Admin)
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1970 DeTomaso Mangusta
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02-27-2012 08:02 PM #2DBA
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Not sure if it's the same one, but it sure sounds sweet:
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02-27-2012 09:21 PM #3Sergeant
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Based on the quick change job on the number, I'd say same car. 55, 56, 155...you don't see many sixes with a squared off top and a round bottom.
Wondering why he re-listed it.Last edited by Stevie G; 02-27-2012 at 09:27 PM. Reason: I had a thought
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02-27-2012 11:21 PM #4Airman
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Aaggh.. This one is lust-worthy.
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02-28-2012 01:20 AM #5
damn it.
high compression small block fords sound goooood.
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02-28-2012 09:42 PM #6General (Admin)
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That car makes me want to kill myself.
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02-29-2012 05:00 PM #7
Love it! Thats a very cool car!
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03-01-2012 12:10 AM #8DBA
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The Mangusta (Italian for mongoose, the only animal that can catch and kill a Cobra... get the picture?
) was a very cool Euro-American hybrid, back when that wasn't a hideous word in car culture. Marrying a big V8 with a great body and drivetrain was an easy recipe for a fast car, and this was a very good one. It's one of my favourites, only pipped from top spot by the style supremo, the Iso Grifo. That one makes me go weak at the knees...
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03-04-2012 06:32 PM #9DBA
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The Pantera gets all the press, and it's not that it isn't a great car, but the Mangusta or Vallelunga would be my first choice.
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03-10-2012 02:26 PM #10DBA
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god almighty, that blend makes it into some kind of gnarly "muscle exotic"... so dope
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