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The re-assembley of my Mangusta 8MA650 has begun and in the very safe hands of Johnny Woods, We will be taking lots of pictures of the work and hope they will be of interest, I or Johnny will be posting them as we progress.

The reason for the post is that Johnny has identified that there are some none original parts on the car that need changing!

The parts that need replacing are;

The engine valve covers for the original steel "powered by ford", and the de tomaso finned decal plates.
The expansion tank cap also is wrong and needs replacing.

i am about to start the search but thought I would put it out here first if anyone has any of these parts they wish to sell.

Thanks Richard
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Richard, You are in good hands with Johnny. You can buy repro Mustang valve covers and RSCorsa / ManguataInternational have some valve cover plates.

The purge tank is a FIM item. The early one were thin and the later ones were thicker (or is it the other way around) . These tanks are similar to the Ferrari ones.
Denis
Thanks Denis, I have been trying to contact RS corse but had no luck either by email and telephone, a couple of months ago I called them and Santiago answered, he asked me to send details of my recent European GTS pantera purchase to verify the origins as it left the factory. I did this immediately but no reply and now I cannot even get them to answer the phone! Any suggestions?
By the way, I am happy Johnny has decided to take on the re-fit, it will be a beauty when finished - very exciting!
Richard,

I haven't seen the repop covers yet but they are probably OK.

Otherwise, if you want to go the original route, the valve covers would be "1968 Ford" items, used on all 302 Fords. I would bet that they would be the same from 1968-1973 or so for 302 and 351W engines. Just in case you have any American parts dealers on your side of the pond.

But, specifically, these engines were 1968 and 1969 bits. If you have a RHD car, I would expect to see later date codes, from 1969 or even 1970 on a car that was very late in production.

Sometimes you can find dates stamped in the various tin works.....and valve covers sometimes have dates in them. Not a terribly big deal at all.....just throwing it out there in case someone that knew, put your stones to the fire about it!

I think Johnny can handle the slight modifications that went along with the Goose "conversion". Again, staying to the later mods which may or may not be the same as the earlier cars! (Carb spring return mounting point and perhaps spark plug wire retainer provisions)

Post us a few pics of your car if you can, and the progress!!!
Cheers!
Steve

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