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Ok, caught it on Youtube...definitely my favorite CCC ever...so much fun, esp. decisions about the paint color rang home (I decided on Rosso Corsa -6 as well...the original Rosso Fuoco is too orange...Rosso Corsa used on 308's a little blue, the Rosso Corsa 300-12 used on F40's a big orange, so Rosso Corsa 300-6 was just right)... But the line here when the customer is surprised with something he didn't ask for "What have you done with my car?!" was hilarious. Yeah, Doug Pray suggested going with single coat paint instead of color/clear on my car, but at least he was right about it for the era of the car.  Dick R. has talked about how Red is the right color for this car---and looking at the picture of Dennis' car next to a Miura, I think he is right...even if the Drummer's lifetime dream was really the blue/red combination on Steve's car. 

 Polished wheels, yellow zinc plating, but then the big laugh: The carb is reversed  The choke is on the wrong side.! Peculiar ignition switch, wrong windshield washer jets,  solenoid not a Lucas 4ST...missing the fake-chrome edging, heater valves nowhere to be seen, missing the change cup on the console, odd weatherstripping around the rear, and a battery that isn't nearly as beautiful as Dennis'...

But oh, a working clock, one of the rarest things in a Mangusta! The talk about doing so much research and how the car is as the factory made it...Well, that's about as accurate as the final attribution;  The 1969 Detamaso wins the Chairman award and the J. Geils award at the Boston cup. And yeah, that's the spelling used here: https://thebostoncup.com/winners/ . And clearly the wrong year...

But though it would have been fun (in this world of the internet) to give advice and watch the car come together, no question--what a gorgeous car. And more than any other CCC episode I remember, you can see the pride in the guys who put it together. Candy-O, I need you so....! Lee

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