Reply to "Spark Plug wire "holder" and other parts!"

I can not speak for the Mangusta as I was just a child when they were made, but when I was working on Panteras, each one was different. You have to remember, deTomaso was a small shop. In Modena, all the real car people worked at Maserati, the F car guys (I was told that I would die if I ever said the other car manufacturer with an i at the end) and Fiat (Yes, they made some parts for cars there when they were not building trucks and farm stuff). Even with the Pantera, all of Ford's designers could not influence the way they were built.
I recall one morning, a Note was written on the time stamp machine, "willie come see me." I went to see my uncle, and he asked me if I thought there was enought room in the right hand drive Pantera. I told him that I do not recall sitting in one. I was greeted by "...you are such a fu..ing american, go see" So I went to the floor where we had one finished right hand drive (Red if I recall). I got in and my left arm hit the hump of the engine cover. I went back and told them, there were several of the draftsmen in the conference room with my uncle. We all walked out and looked, several hours later a "memo" came in English and Italian that we were to saw off part of the cover, and then glue it back on after trimming it and the center console. Funny thing was that it did not say only the right hand drive cars only. At luch everyone asked me what I thought, and I said that I thought we should do only the right hand drive, but the next car went to the US with a cut in the cover and center housing. I am sure someone else told them to stop a while later, so those few cars, summer of 1981 went out different than the others.