MANGUSTA DESIGN BOOK

Dick, Can I purchase a copy of your book?

Denis

Dick, sounds perfect for all Mangusta owners and great timing with the 50th anniversary coming up later this year. If you could let us all know when purchase details are available. Mike

Dick,
I am also interested into a copy of this book.
Simon

To everyone who read my message about the book, BELLA MANGUSTA. I will keep the Forum posted about availability.
I would appreciate it if everyone reading this would also pass on the word that it is coming to others who may be interested.

It is going be reasonable in price and a great book to have.

Thanks,
All the best,
Dick Ruzzin

BELLA MANGUSTA,
The Italian art and design of the De Tomaso Mangusta.
Text, Photography and art work by Dick Ruzzin.
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I am almost finished with the book, 124 pages, 70 images. I hope to have it launched at Concorso Italiano in August, this October will be the fifty year anniversary..

I have finished correcting the galleys which are the first printed pages for the book that are done for my evaluation. There are many outstanding images. An earlier edited smaller version is appearing on VeloceToday.com in three parts, the final part, 2300 words will appear there soon. It will be marketed through Google, Amazon, etc.

With 124 pages, text on the left and images on the right, I hope to appeal to the special interest auto community and especially De Tomaso owners and other Italian car fans. It is the only book that focuses on the design of the Mangusta, Giugiaro and Turin.

Of special focus is the forgotten fact that the Mangusta is built on the racing chassis conceived by Carrol Shelby and Alessandro de Tomaso, the P70. A car designer myself and a long time owner I am able to bring special insights into the creation of the Mangusta, how it evolved and why it is so very special. It includes much first hand information close to the period when the car was designed and first shown.

I will let everyone know when It will appear on the internet.
All the best,
Dick Ruzzin

Excellent.

Hers's hoping everything proceeds on schedule

Larry

Hi Dick,
Hope all is progressing well with the Book.

I would also like to put my name down for a copy (signed if possible)of your book.

I know it would have been a labor of love, but is also a lot of hard work.

Thanks for all your effort.

Terry
8MA 1298

Terry,
VeloceToday.com has their third and final edited chapter with seven of my images on today, take a look.

It is a lot of work, very tedious. I have to deliver to the book publisher, the text edited and correct, match the images to the text, there are seventy of them, number all the images and have everything coordinated as direction for them do the job.

It is complex. The images also have captions and the text is seven thousand words. Almost done, they have it now.

Dick Ruzzin

Please keep us posted about the availability of autographed copies.
Jay (8MA600)

HI Dick, it is hard to imagine just how much detail work goes into producing a quality volume such as this. Even the passion of long term Magusta ownership, must wear thin at times to give you the energy to continue to complete the book. Good luck with it all and look forward to getting a copy. Mike

Hi Dick,
I am also in anticipation of the release of your book. My Mangusta is undergoing a full restoration, one week per month I travel a round trip of over 500 miles to help and spend time working on my car with Johnny Woods, each time I see the car I am spell-bound by her beauty no other car I have owned or seen (apart from the Monteverdi HAI 450 SS) has had that effect. I am honoured to own 8MA650 and feel all my efforts and expense (of which there is a lot) will be rewarded as we eventually get her finished ready for the main classic and sports car show here at the NEC Birmingham, ready to commemorate and celebrate its 50th year.
The stand next to us is Lamborghini, they are also celebrating the Miura's 50th so it should be quite a sight for us Brits Mangusta's and Miura's side by side!

Hope this isn't a stupid question but will we be purchasing the book direct from yourself or will there be a distributor i.e. designated book shop.

Well done for taking this on, for me and I guess many others it is very much appreciated, a tribute to the most beautiful and iconic car for me ever made.

Best Regards Richard.

Richard,
Thank you for the message and good luck with the restoration. Don't forget to grease the upper front balljoint under the upper A-arm.

The book will be sold through regular channels, on the internet, etc.
I will let everyone know when it is available,

All the best, please say hello to Johnny for me.
Dick Ruzzin

Hi Dick, will do in both cases!

Richard.

Dick, Book for sale on eBay. Is that the official distribution method?

http://www.ebay.com/itm/NEW-Be...0:g:NmAAAOSwawpXt5Z8

Great book ! And what a reasonable price for all your effort. Thanks and good luck--Lee

LETTER TO FRIENDS ABOUT THE BOOK.
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>BELLA MANGUSTA, The Italian Art and Design of the De Tomaso Mangusta.

Some of you know that I have written a design book. Many do not, so I am taking the opportunity of the launch of the website for BELLA MANGUSTA to inform everyone. I have been writing about my car for years, many articles have appeared in magazines about it, always with my personally written text behind the name of the credited writer.

About five years ago as the De Tomaso Mangusta started to become noticed I realized that I had a unique opportunity. I had owned one for a very long time, I knew it well and I had the knowledge, experience and interest to write about it. More importantly I was uniquely experienced and able to write about the design. I had figured it out mechanically and aesthetically. I realized that no one else that I knew who owned one was likely to do that.
I had the ability to “Reverse Design” my car and to write about it in a way that was easily understood.

Since retiring I had been developing my communication skills, learning to become adept at explaining how design works and how creativity and aesthetic content were applied to car design. I combined the many writings that I had and tried to have my design story printed, sending it to a number of very good magazines in the USA and Europe Everyone loved it but it did not fit the “profile” of their publications, something new to me but very understandable.

Then Automobile Quarterly accepted it and wanted to publish it but they first went out of business. A photographer had photographed the car at the Ford house I then moved it to another spot and took a number of pictures myself. Two years later I decided to put the images together with my text and to create a book. I added more images last December after our first snow in 12 degree weather, the only pictures of a Mangusta ever seen in the real world in the snow.

I developed the book as I went along the way I would any other design project, combining the text, 7000 words on the left and the 64 large full color images on the right. My book has an artistic theme and is also designed for students….

Thank you for spending the time to read this, please take a look at the website, you will find images and pages from the book.  

bellamangustadesign.com 

Please let me know what you think.

All the best,
Dick Ruzzin

Denis,
The official purchase method is to go on the internet. Go to: www.bellaangustadesign.com

The publisher is Xlibris under Books, it is hard to find there. Go to the website first as you will see pictures and some of the pages.

If anyone has a recommendation I will put it on the site.

All the best.
Dick Ruzzin

I will be selling the book on the Panterainternational site also but have not made the arrangements yet. I will ASAP.

Dick Ruzzin

Corrected Link:

http://www.bellamangustadesign.com/

Now make sure you write a real nice entry into the autographed copy I'm ordering!

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Originally posted by Dick Ruzzin:
Denis,
The official purchase method is to go on the internet. Go to: http://www.bellamangustadesign.com/

The publisher is Xlibris under Books, it is hard to find there. Go to the website first as you will see pictures and some of the pages.

If anyone has a recommendation I will put it on the site.

All the best.
Dick Ruzzin

To JMM3

I am going to discuss signed copies with the publisher today.

I will let you know. Dick Ruzzin