Lee, in 3rd photo up from this post, was your cable-operated heater valve ever hooked up? Mine was a basket case and I think Steve said his never had a cable on it. I'm wondering if ANY 'Gooses had functioning cabin heaters?
Bosswrench, I don't know (the valve was definitely not connected to anything during the time it was in my possession, and the valve is missing completely from '1076). Where might it have been actuated from the cabin ? Lee
To remove the engine the first step is to remove the covers.
DO NOT unbolt them from the spine as that will result in a lot of work to re align them later.
Simply lift one side and remove the two 13 mm bolts from the spine on that side. Put the cover down with something to prevent it from locking in place.
Do the same for the other side and with four people lift the covers, joined by the spine and put the assembled unit down in a prepared safe place.
Dick Ruzzin
DO NOT unbolt them from the spine as that will result in a lot of work to re align them later.
Simply lift one side and remove the two 13 mm bolts from the spine on that side. Put the cover down with something to prevent it from locking in place.
Do the same for the other side and with four people lift the covers, joined by the spine and put the assembled unit down in a prepared safe place.
Dick Ruzzin
I do not think the heater valves were actuated from the cabin. They were manually actuated.
Do not close them completely, always allow a little water flow or the hoses will dry out and split.
Dick Ruzzin
Do not close them completely, always allow a little water flow or the hoses will dry out and split.
Dick Ruzzin
quote:Originally posted by Mark Charlton:
Yes, the spine is removable after the wings are removed.
Your 'goose is outrageous. I can't believe how original it was when you found it.
quote:Originally posted by PanteraDoug:quote:Originally posted by Mark Charlton:
Yes, the spine is removable after the wings are removed.
Your 'goose is outrageous. I can't believe how original it was when you found it.
I think you mean Lee's car. It has the oft-lost header shields, Air Filter assembly AND even the paper air intake tubes. I sure would like to see a detailed gallery of photos of the car because it does look really original and complete.
Mark
Mark, I have more 
As long as nobody minds, let me post a few more of interest...
Here is something you may have never seen; this sticker was applied on the bulkhead glass, it is unique per car (with the serial number and signed...here by "Alberto," so seemingly applied in Italy). Btw, I've tried to track the font of the typewriter to Olivetti, still no luck 
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the bulkhead sticker is a duplicate of the generic sticker on the windshield, but w/o the date code or signature...How many owners would have insisted these things stayed on the car ? Has anyone seen another car with the original still in place ?
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spring rating marks still there...also note the very heavy texture of the undercoating.
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Oil pan with a pointer, and temp sensor on passenger side. How tempting it was to run in with a can of paint....
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quote:Originally posted by Mark Charlton:quote:Originally posted by PanteraDoug:quote:Originally posted by Mark Charlton:
Yes, the spine is removable after the wings are removed.
Your 'goose is outrageous. I can't believe how original it was when you found it.
I think you mean Lee's car. It has the oft-lost header shields, Air Filter assembly AND even the paper air intake tubes. I sure would like to see a detailed gallery of photos of the car because it does look really original and complete.
Mark
I meant your yellow car. I was looking at the pictures of it on your web page. It just didn't have the original induction and valve covers. Other then that, it's pretty original. Never saw a Mangust radio before.
If the rest of Lee's car is as original as the induction then, yes it is outrageous too?
So far Mangustas are like Cobras. No one would ever let me sit behind the wheel.
Must be that I grow horns and fangs when I look at them?
I still don't know if I'll fit in a 'goose?
At 6'2", I kinda doubt it.
I thought the skid plate was home-made, but I've seen other pictures of one like this so maybe it was common. Workmanship was quite high...
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Seal on the steering column...Someday this will be worth points at Concours...
(update October 2024---8MA840 is the only other Goose I've seen that has this still on the steering column. And still, nobody can explain why it was there (some guesses that it was a tax emblem, but I think this is wrong...Miura guys have this, they can't explain it either...!)
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more of that texturing on the frame...Anybody know what was used to get this kind of build ? Mufflers are silver/gray (not snazzy black with red stripes...but still Ansa).
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red inspection marks just about everywhere, here on the motor mount brackets. Note yellow insert in the nylocks on the rear suspension--I swear I think other places had red insert nylock. good luck finding those... (ps, red insert Nylocks were probably supplied by ESNA. Yellow insert nyloc nuts were used by Ferrari and are slightly easier to find, see Abbot Interfast).
(BTW, "torque seal" Marking between nut and bolt is otherwise common to detect rotation, but is not used on the Goose---only marking on the top of the bolt head).
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Note gasketing and inspection marks. btw, that metal cover with screws as the heater tubes come in...it has your chassis number on it!
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Bonnet tray...one of several panels with the serial number.
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another view of the bonnet with tray removed
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...it cannot be seen in the photo, but I swore someone had taken a ball-peen hammer and dimpled the area of the fenders here...in fact, these were the raw spot welds that held the fender to the inner support; a DeTomaso fan who had been to the factory explained that DeTomaso didn't do the obvious and put filler here (so this is a quick way to know if the paint is original...). The mirror is not factory.
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Don't know the shock vendor...fronts also were not Koni orange.
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