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Yea Denis I think the pics show why I bought this car. Top quality work on the frame which was recreated (much thicker metal and added reinforcing) from the original sad example and original DeTomaso drawings which I got with the car.. Car panels all unusable as they are thin,bent and riddled with rust holes and held together by fiberglass/bondo but what a frame and central spine. Front frame also reinforced . It does present a challenge but hey I have a good sheet metal man who is looking forward to the project.Plan to put in a heavily built 450 HP motor with downdraft Webers which would severely tax a regular Mangusta frame ( read: wreck it). -1 transmission will be a rebuilt with improvements by Les Gray in Phoenix. I love the Mangusta folding hatches with the interior space and big windows to show off the motor (after the 3 engine covers are removed and stored in a vault). The body panels will be modeled after the mangusta prototype shown at the 1966 Turin Motor Show,which was Giorgetto Giugiaro's initial design and it is a knockout.Jerry