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It is unfortunate that so much of the documentation on these cars no longer exists, however with some knowledge and time we can piece together most of the way the cars should be. These are just my observations as I have seen most of the original Right hand drive cars in person. I have not seen 1286 nor 1294, however from what I have seen of the other cars is that they were trying to be as 'standard' as possible. By that I mean they all had the one piece seats all had dash mounted handbrake handle with late dash setup with integrated A/C vents. Windscreen wipers pivots were moved to wipe the reverse of the left hand drivers. All had the gussets welded into various corners of the chassis for strengthening, but not all had the large tapered support from the transmission bridge to the engine bay side wall. The other options were just that- some were optioned with rear window demister and some with radio etc. Pretty sure the Ferrero dished all leather wheel was used when they ran out of the flat leather/ wood wheels- last 5 cars I think. All cars, including the last still have the chassis number stamped onto various parts and hand written to interior panels etc. The finish using lead wiping also seemed consistent from early to late cars. As with any hand finished cars there will always be some differences that can not be explained and maybe this just adds to the mystique of the Mangusta production...
Mike