Reply to "De Tomaso Longchamp"

Robert;

Mine is 3071, and it was completed in May/June of 1981. I know because I built it while working in the factory. Mine was ordered in 1980, but the payment was late and so the body was not ordered and delivered until late in 1980. While I worked there, we had at least 3 other Longchamps sitting waiting for payment, one red one that I recall. This was common, my Aunt/Mafalda would be calling people to get more money to start/finish something.

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Keep in mind also, deTomaso Industries purchased Maserati in 1976. So there were a lot of bodies created for the Maserati peer of the Longchamp. I have asked about how the VINs were doled out, but gotten the family line "why do you care." So I have no new there. I am sure that the VINs were used as part of the order number, but if they were "held" up for a while they would all get out of sync.

Remember that deTomaso was run on a shoe string budget, and therefore a lot of things depended on the money.

William