(...too much time on my hands, Taiwan is not 'locked down' like the rest of the world and the weather is great...) But tried to make sense of the "German transition" and whatever meaning 8ma1190 had. At least, an ebay discussion with the guy selling the 'uncanny valley' Ferrero Mangusta steering wheel (and hopefully on this forum), mentioning that he'd worked with DeTomaso for many years...and that the Mangusta was basically made from the parts that could be found--makes the last ~50 cars so interesting. At least 2 key pieces---ignition on the column and the umbrella vs. floor mounted brake--seem to be all over the place in no linear order (1236, 1242, 1256, 1264 all with umbrella brakes, but 1224 a column-mounted key, "defroster" dash and no umbrella brake visible). And even weirder, 2 piece seats at least on 1242 and 1256.
I'd like to think the CCC car is 8ma1222 based on the "361st" comment, but the only thing that's clear is how much variety there was at end of production...Lee