Skip to main content

Replies sorted oldest to newest

You can knock $12 off the price for the dings in the front of the hood, $34 off for the drivers fender damage, and $76 for the damage on the roof and quarter window.  That will be harder to fix.  So the guy will probably let it go for $248,850.

Lucky guy to have one of those.

Anyway - TO ME it seems unmolested - but what do I know - I don't have a Goose.  But someone ought to save off those pictures for posterity in support of original restorations.

Thanks for posting this up, so us "hoi-polloi" can drool over it.

Rocky

 

Last edited by George P

Not really un-molested, I know the seller said he had extra boxes of parts, but it is missing the correct intake, jackshaft, bell housing has been amputated and an external fuel pump has been installed. Certainly a good start compared to the Gullwing car.

rocky posted:

… someone ought to save off those pictures for posterity in support of original restorations ...

Rocky

Whenever a "Look what I found" comes up, the first thing I do is consider saving the photos for posterity. But posterity will need to know the VIN so they can do a search. Without the VIN its an unknown vehicle … that's the bailiwick of Mr. Melton and associates.

Craigslist ads, auction house pages, eBay ads … all that stuff is temporary. In order to save information about De Tomaso cars I invite and encourage everyone to download those photos here because the information at the links will eventually disappear.

I also encourage everyone to flood the titles of topics with VIN numbers and chassis numbers. It serves posterity.

Finally I hope this 'Goose goes to a loving home. I hope the new owner will be a forum member too.

8MA1074-18MA1074-28MA1074-38MA1074-48MA1074-58MA1074-68MA1074-78MA1074-88MA1074-98MA1074-108MA1074-118MA1074-128MA1074-138MA1074-148MA1074-158MA1074-16

Attachments

Images (16)
  • 8MA1074-1
  • 8MA1074-2
  • 8MA1074-3
  • 8MA1074-4
  • 8MA1074-5
  • 8MA1074-6
  • 8MA1074-7
  • 8MA1074-8
  • 8MA1074-9
  • 8MA1074-10
  • 8MA1074-11
  • 8MA1074-12
  • 8MA1074-13
  • 8MA1074-14
  • 8MA1074-15
  • 8MA1074-16
Last edited by George P

Wow, props for taking that many pics.

I didn't see the jackshaft in there...  or missing frunk panels, but it looks like he has most of the parts there. 

I'm still wondering how on earth he mounted the alternator up front, those pulley fins are a fraction of an inch from the bulkhead.

it needs a lot, but certainly worth restoring if he adjusts the price.

if you go up a level in his album he has a total of 58 cars!

https://carsanddogs1970.zenfolio.com/f574526459

he also has it on eBay for $10k less

https://www.ebay.com/itm/1970-...7:g:L2AAAOSwEp5cH5vE

MH

 

Last edited by mkeh

...Was lucky to be in SFO east bay and see this car, about 5 minutes walk from Fantasy Junction.  The car was hidden inside a garage (a wall was built so that nobody could see the car when the garage door was open) for 35 years, so in some ways the car is remarkably a survivor with no restoration. Except for the jackshaft, alternator, original carb, headlight lever, trunk floor, and spare wheel, most pieces are there--the brake handle, tool bag (with lug wrench, no other tools); all the heater and AC pieces, the original intake/valve covers/oil pan, package tray, original headers and exhaust, jack handle (no jack or extension), smog equipment, original carb copper lines, spare tie down, carb choke riser... Seats need recovering, the rearview mirror was gone, the defroster vents are gone- but the interior otherwise is very good, and all carpets actually quite good.  Body is actually very good, except for the rash around the front spoiler and left side hood no signs of traumatic history.. Yeah, of course a 50 year old car could always enjoy $100k for a complete restoration, but this could be a very good car with a lot less invested.

   A couple of details on the car, note the weatherstripping on the forward of the engine covers...Also, an interesting black paint spot on the forwards of the doors. 

   Trivial things; Distributor date coded 9M4, AC compressor dated E-69. Headlight cables 1.82 and 2.45meters long, Cast iron 3-piston girlings front and rear. AC condenser meant for my car (marked '76'! btw, mine is marked '28). 

 Just a matter of time until this car finds a good home...The pair who have the car will Not restore it--Lee   

paint detail on 107x

forward weatherstrip on 107x

Attachments

Images (2)
  • paint detail on 1074
  • forward weatherstrip on 1074
Last edited by leea

Provamo has it listed as 8ma1074...   Lucky for me, since this is the car directly before mine, same colors, 2 headlight car, was interesting to see details...His wheels may have been aluminum (at least, they were nicely polished), mine are mag.  And he has the leather wrapped Ferrero, mine (like very few geese) is wood without the leather wrap.

Last edited by leea

...some details, I wonder are best ignored But on '1074, I thought some of the paint lines were interesting...I know there are precious few Geese with original paint, so knowing if the 'blackout' is correct here or not is still a fond guess. But in addition to that stripe on the door edge, note the blackout on the sides of the spine (picture above), and along the perimeter of the bulkhead/roof edge, halfway thru the engine cover latches, and halfway (!) around the perimeter of the trunk. '1074 had definitely been topped out after the factory (there was a smudge of red paint on the windshield rubber). 

  From what I can tell, the factory pretty much nuked the car with body color and then followed up with undercoating (esp, the trunk under the felt was painted body color). Interior of the engine covers was not body-color, only undercoated, and interior only caught some overspray)... I've seen plenty of Geese blacken out the interior of the spine (and looked at original pictures to believe the interior was body color). The details here might be a bit obsessive for most owners...and would be interested if anybody with a very original car has the same markings.  

1074 hood paint line

'1074 right hatch

Attachments

Images (2)
  • 1074 hood paint line
  • '1074 right hatch
Last edited by George P

Oh, while on the topic...Years ago I posted pictures on '1046 that looked like someone had taken a ball-peen hammer to the fender,  https://pantera.infopop.cc/top...otos-to-share?page=2  below is a picture that better shows these (on the passenger side fender, rightmost in the pic, in front of the mirror). These are the factory spot welds and suggest original paint (since any self-respecting body guy will of course use filler...!). Unfortunately, with an all-black car, much harder to answer the question of paint lines...Lee

DSCN4313

Attachments

Images (1)
  • DSCN4313
Last edited by George P

LEEA,

Thanks for all the detail. Sadly my Goose (596) was repainted in the early 1990's so I can't offer any insights on original paint details. As I'm sure you are aware, the uneven fenders are actually considered correct on a Goose. Some guys think it's caused by mirrors being attached there at some point in time. However I believe the real cause was part of the original construction of the cars. The example you posted is the worst I have come across so far.

 

Thanks

-Ryan

 

…Once explained, I think the golf-ball-bumps are pretty cool--that the quality of welding and fit at Ghia was so high. Filler is used on the car, but only lead (not plastic) and as I remember on 1076,  especially around the area around the lower rear door opening. But other seams (like the front and rear valances) even the welds are a bit hard to find---almost seamless tie-in. 

 Btw, the oldest color picture I've seen of the Mangusta is in the  rear view of the car with the engine covers up in the April 1969 Road and Track...and I don't think its a shadow, it really appears that the engine cover latch areas are blackened out as '1074 is now...Lee

 

Last edited by leea

Add Reply

Post
×
×
×
×
Link copied to your clipboard.
×