Well, in my opinion as a Mangusta owner, (and I will admit I am not the most qualified expert out there) there is lots to be concerned about with this particular car. Aside from the very expensive missing parts, the slap-dash paint job (nicely hides whatever color it was before), the silly asking price (which the seller feels is "not far off what he expects to get"), the inconsistency of pop-up lights on a very early chassis number, there is one other minor inconsistency.
When I looked at the photo of the VIN stamped into the chassis the star that usually separates the 8MA from the chassis number is missing. While not totally surprising (my car is stamped 1114*8MA — backwards), I have not seen a Goose VIN WITHOUT the star stamped. I'm sure there are some out there, but this adds to the flags of warning for me.
One thing that would really be a good indicator is if someone could see the car and remove the stainless trim from the rear-most side window because the chassis number will be stamped into that part on the inside edge. It is found in a host of other locations as well as seen on www.mangustainternational.com (where I lifted the comparison vin number photo without permission).
Mark
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