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Mangusta Restoration work.....engine compartment

V vyprgt2Member
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Originally posted by vyprgt2:
[QUOTE]Originally posted by LeeA:
Richard, the safety brackets are one of the precious mysteries of the Goose, they show up on this car and on the parts drawing...but it seems really not anywhere else.


My car has the bracket as shown in post 104 on each wing.
On closer inspection (now that I know what I'm looking for and where), I found clear impressions of the rectangular brackets which originally must have held the latches on the engine bay walls.


I just got ambitious and looked at the late Geese on provamo

Lo and behold 1288 and 1242 clearly have safety latches !
www.provamo.com/Members/Regist...8MA1242/R8MA1242.asp
V vyprgt2Member
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Originally posted by LeeA:
wow, good eye ! Especially, with so much going on in 1288...
(and Nate, 1242 has a pleated headliner, and Mike, no leather on the Ferrero steering wheel...).

What is the earliest car found with the safety latches ?

so far, the earliest I have found is 1116 with wing brackets to accept latches

1256 has wing brackets

1136, 1242, 1288 have latches (also 1182, which is the subject car of this thread)
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bosswrenchbosswrenchMember
Since all Mangustas newer than #1136 were detail-completed in Germany, maybe the safety latches are a Mercedes or BMW part? Such extras could have been added by POs over 50 yrs.

Heiko Ostmann's class winning race Mangusta #1052 lost a rear cover during competition, DNF-ing that event (Silverstone?) So rear cover safety latches seem worth installing. Note- Heiko still won the 2009 C.E.R World Championship in GT-1 against GT-40s, Lolas, Ferraris and others.
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