Ok, an invitation for anyone who needs something to do 
, has anyone taken measurements of the Mangusta skid plate? I believe whether DeT made these is forever a mystery, but this design seems to pop-up on different continents...dang me for not spending 10 minutes to measure 8ma1046 when I had it on the lawn, has anybody else? I have a friend with a plasma cutter hobby..
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I’m looking to make a skid plate for my car as well. Any recommendations on the thickness of plate to use?
Oh, a volunteer I've waited for Denis to take on this project (!) and I'm embarrassed that I didn't make a single measurement of that skid plate on 8ma1046 (its just too common to not have had some connection to someone in the DT world...). But my guess-- its 1/8" steel...(and I only guess that instead of 3/16" because my natural inclination, the more I look at something the bigger it gets...!). But starting with the angle iron section at the end, somehow a 0.120" section seems like a logical number...and hopefully won't be too impossible to bend.
deniscCaretaker of 8MA1244 '70 Euro Mangusta DRIVE THEM, THEY WERE MEANT TO BE DRIVEN, IF YOU WANT TO LOOK AT ONE, BUY A POSTER!
I chose a different approach as I have driven many miles and never had any bottoming out issues (ok maybe once going up a steep curb) and I have 245 and 305/50/15 tires. I chose and alas never installed yet, shallower full length (10qt) oil pan.
