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..Haven't seen the episode, have noticed that F40 has had Mangustas over the years. The in-dash AC vents started with 8ma1100, by this time the half-globe Carello marker lights were replaced with the flat tops for sure. The Spider and and first real car (guessed as 8ma502 on Provamo), used the Lancia Fulvia elliptical side markers but 508 shows the round half-globe Carellos as used on early 850 Fiats.  Silver suspension and a yellow tire jack, just kind of the typical embellishments added in the garage that anybody restoring a car today should be quick to correct...To us, glaring stuff--no Pebble Beach type of research or 3000 restoration hours needed to get right... 

The number of colors on the Mangusta paint wheel had something like 4 or 5 variations of Red alone...The Mort Sahl interview (Road Test 1969) quotes 23 colors ("no duplications and no choice") at least in the early US imports. Good news, there isn't a bad color for these cars. 

At the 2016 concorso Italiano, the judges were grouping to review the huge group of Miuras and I overheard one judge ask 'what's our objective here anyway, the cars here are so perfect...'  Mass production Corvettes obsess about the location of the paint drips on brackets, my brother's Auburn boattail has the correct "W" head bolts and meticulously preserved weld marks on the fenders.  Carrini may be an expert with Model A's or Packards, but specific knowledge about every marque would be superhuman... What is "correct" in the 401 cars included what, 5 different dashes? And he would be right if he suggested that originality has largely not been a priority for most DeTomaso owners. Just a few years ago, we weren't even sure which way the carburetor should face Lee 

 

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