mangusta

completely agree, wrong shade, those look to 'copper ish', could be against the copper car influence, but that color right there wouldn't be bad at all, considering the tan, NOT gold interior color? NOT a fan of the raised white letters, although they are kinda cool

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Originally posted by garth66:
Just guesses here, but here are some things to consider if you were to part out the car...

Mangusta wheels: $2500
Side Glass (in good condition): $1000
Windshield: $1500
ZF Transaxle: $5000
Misc body bits/surfaces: $2000 (or more)

But, if you can't afford to sit on it too long to part it out over time the quick and easy solution is the $7500 offer and you're done with it.

....when you say side glass, what is that ??

baberz, did you retrieve my PM? thanks..

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....when you say side glass, what is that ??

door glass/windows. Again, these are all guesstimates. Any info you get from Steve Leibenow or other Goose owners will be much more accurate.

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Originally posted by red86dd:
baberz, did you retrieve my PM? thanks..

Yes.. i sent one back also..

It's hard to put a value on that car until it is looked over completely. From the time its been sitting and the looks from the pictures, it may have a lot more "damage" than meets the eye. It is probably rusted and corroded more than initially seen and many of the parts may be useless. The wheels have to be inspected as magnesium corrodes and cracks. The ZF was sitting for a long time and the internals may be toast, leaving the case and bell housing (if those are not corroded) You also need to check the glass to make sure that it is not seperating.

I recently looked at the most rusted out Pantera that I have ever seen and upon close inspection, the car although complete was not worth much. All electrical including gauges were corroded internally and shot. Every panel was rusted through, the motor was frozen and the ZF just didn't spin right.

The parts can be worth a lot of money IF they are usable. The key word here is IF.

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The parts can be worth a lot of money IF they are usable. The key word here is IF.

......Thanks dennis..I find it hard to believe there is a car out there with more rust then this..The battery has fallen to the ground..but the tubed frame looks great..the car is up on blocks if you can believe that..

Wow what a find. I have also been looking for a project Mangusta. Tell you one thing, looks scary but at the same time I would spend many days and nights thinking whether I wanted to part-out the car. Keep us posted.

Denis

i really would love to just get it home and look at it for a while..i mean come on how cool would it be just sitting in the yard!! bet i would have a lot of NEW friends stop by. when will I ever be able to get another?? so what if it has no rims..it has no floors so why do i need the rims??LOL

baberz.... Don't do it!! (bring it home and stare at it....!!!) That's what I did! Look what it got me! Goose sh*t spread all over my garage!!! (See other post on forum Mangusta Issues: "Ooops I did it again....")

I was only gonna keep the car "a couple of months" to raid the Boss 302 that was in it and "just drop in a small block to make it go down the road..." Here I am 12-13 years later..no way I'd sell the car!

So, I caution you agains bringing it home and sitting around staring at it.....

Steve

Fascinating pictures! This car is way beyond economical restoration. It's so rusty there would probably be no salvageable panels at all. Even the aluminium panels would be bulging on there frames. Anyone attempting this would end up creating a completely new car and swapping the chassis plate over at the end. In fact, that chassis plate looks pretty rough too, so that would have to be remade also. I bet the glass in the clocks would be salvageable.

It would have to be worth $500,000 when finished to justify it. I would hate to see it broken up for spares, I think it should go into a museum just the way it is. If I had the money and space I would buy a car like this just to look at.

Johnny

I say get a picture of the car put it in front of you and have your wife hit you in the head with a shovel ... it will be very painful but the cost of the doctors bills and the pain will only last a few weeks ... but the pain and cost of this car will last a life time before you can enjoy it.

LOL

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Originally posted by accobra:
I say get a picture of the car put it in front of you and have your wife hit you in the head with a shovel ... it will be very painful but the cost of the doctors bills and the pain will only last a few weeks ... but the pain and cost of this car will last a life time before you can enjoy it./////
///'''Oooooh accobra you MUST know her!! thats a good one ..it will be in the yard Saturday..
LOL

My statement was only in good fun .. good luck and god bless ...enjoy it in good health and happiness. Call me I would like to take a run up with my Pantera one weekend and check it out.

Ron

Good fun , thats how i took it, now the wife might not see it that way..i'll let you know when it will be on DISPLAY !!

Anyone who knows me well knows that I make stupid decisions all the time, but even I would not attempt to restore that car. I'm not sure whether that opinion falls into the "stupid" category or the "finally making good decisions" category, but I agree with the wise men here who all state that even parts from that car might not be worth much given the "storage" conditions.

My advice: put it on eBay with a $8K reserve and see what happens. Someone might actually pay $20K for it. It would not surprise me.

Hey, very few people can ever claim they owned a Mangusta once in their lives and you at least have that now!

Mark

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"finally making good decisions"

..who me.!! never gonna happen.LOL..I really don't do the e-bay thing.

Actually Mark's idea is a GREAT one!! About 2 years ago I dragged my wife out to some remote place in long island to check out a Mangusta that was listed on ebay. This car was toast, I believe PanteraDoug and I spoke about it on the phone in great detail at the time. The owner (no title) leveled with me. He actually got paid to tow it from someone's yard. The car was JUNK, completely burned from the engine compartment forward....BURNED. The only thing left were the 2 fenders (barely repairable) and the ZF. I figured it was my duty to go see this car, as in how many times in my life would I get the chance?
I educated the guy on the car, I offered him $3500 in cash and he accepted with the caveat that we waited until the end of the auction. He did me the favor, I was dreaming. The car sold for around $10,000 sight unseen to someone in CA who sent a flat bed to pick it up. The very same car appeared back on ebay as the buyer got waaay ahead of himself in thinking to either restore it or make it a track car. I followed some of the auction on this car and I believe the guy didn't even recoup a third of his money.
Moral of the story.... Sell it on ebay. Or I'll offer you $3500 for it!
BTW, my wife still thinks I was insane for even contemplating getting involved with a car like that.
Good luck!

What makes people let a car so nice rot like that?
What a great story...guess Pebble Beach is out of her league.
How many mangusta's where ever build?

Michel

I agree with Mark. Put it on eBay. It worked for me last year with a project Pantera I was selling. There is a huge demand for these in Europe. As soon as the listing was up I was getting calls from all over Europe asking what my lowest price was. Finally on the fourth day a gentleman from Germany offered what I was asking so I pulled the listing. He took care of all the shipping arrangements and costs.

I can give you some help with eBay if you like.

PM me.

-William