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Beeeuuutiful!!!
So jealous!
Cheers!
Steve
Anyone making estimates? I'm thinking $325k
Who knows with the BaT crowd. First picture I looked at of the drivers headlight and I see one of the two trim screws missing. Probably $322 due to missing screw! But seriously, you are selling a car of this significance and do not realize a trim screw like that is missing.
@husker posted:Anyone making estimates? I'm thinking $325k
Price is Right! I'll bid $326k
Beautiful car. Being significantly more versed in Panteras than the Mangusta, I always thought that the wheels were magnesium rather than aluminum. Also this car would have came with the 302 not a 289 wouldn't it have?
Ford wasn't making 289 hipo in anything after 67. Would they have continued to make them for Detomaso? I would be surprised if they would have.
Otis,
The exact number is not known, nor is the logic to who got them....but indeed, the factory did have Campagnolo cast up aluminum wheels for these cars..... Speculation is somewhere around 20 cars......WAG here.... NORMAL wheels are magnesium.
The first 25 or so Mangustas did come with HiPo 289 engines. Exact count is TBD as factory didn't release this sort of production info. There may be a "notebook" that could confirm, but not sure if the owner is sharing freely......!
Ford was indeed still making 289HIPO engines, just not for production cars! The parts division was still receiving them! I was able to check GOose #4 out years ago, pre digital camera...and I can't find my film pictures...DOH!...... and that car had a true 289HPO engine with casting dates on the intake, heads, distributor, and carb, that were all early 1968 dates IIRC. The dates were similar to the dates in the window glass also! This squashed the idea that the cars were being produced (enmass) in 1967.... nope!
The 289HP cars had a couple of unique 6 bolt bellhousings for the smaller diameter flywheels, and "many" bolt jackshaft holders! I forget what all else was different..... everything else should have pretty much been carried over to the cheaper 302-4V Cougar/Fairlane/Mustang engine.
Cheers!
Steve
PS: Not sure the BAT crowd will bring a proper price for this car....but then again, it would seem that buyers have abandoned CraigsList and are paying up for BAT cars??? 
POS cars almost criminally over sold, have brought more than the $325 number. This car deserves the new $400K mark! What's a missing screw!? Probably vibrated out due to being driven!!!!
Pat, I may have noticed or not....if it was one of the two screws holding the headlamp bezel in place, not the round stainless bulb trim, those dang screws were literally hit or miss! There are puny tabs that are supposed to be captured by the screws.....but 50% of the time, one of the screws missed....and no mater what you did, would never be able to fasten the bezel properly!
One would need to remove bezel, remove bulb, figure out where teeny tinyassed screw was suppose to be....then drill a teeny tinyassed hole in the tab and try to bend the tab into position to catch the screw once you put it all back together!!! PITA!!! I found no holes in the tabs where the screw was MIA.
I found my tabs welded in the wrong position....or it surely seemed that way. I think I drove my car for years with no screws......totally friction fit!!! Maybe there was one screw in each......cannot recall only that at least one was missing all the time....just like this one perhaps!!!
Cheers!
Steve
Steve: Here's the picture and missing screw.
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Here's mine! OR rather here it isn't! Lower screw MIA! Other side of the car!
Not a great close up, but you can just make the outline of the hole and the "not there" screw! (Double click on the pic and you may get the larger version where it is more apparent....!)
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it's at $200K with 11 days to go. I guess the seller wants to give people a couple weeks to find the money.
I think they made 2 yellows (Giallo in Italian), is that right? The one pictured above and also a lighter more pastel yellow ... My car was originally the same yellow as the car for sale. Repainted black in the early 1990's. I have to say I never ever considered taking it back to yellow until I saw this car. Maybe the license plate helps sell it or the lighting and photos are just right. Looks wonderful.
If you miss this one, I think Mike King's yellow Goose is still available at $100K more....
@husker posted:Anyone making estimates? I'm thinking $325k
A friend I've known for over 40 years has owned a Mangusta since the early 80's, its a well sorted car. Last year he was at the Barrett Auction and was told by them they could get him $800k! He had someone offer him $575k and turned it down! Both are extraordinary numbers which shocked me.
hmm, needs a new headliner, has the wrong interior mirror, wrong alternator, clock is broken, needs a gasket on the left rear wheel well, needs the plastic chrome edging around the engine bay, ignition keys aren't Magneti Marelli, needs a knob on the heater flap...I'd say near perfect 
, just needs that screw....
Tom,
Those are "crazy NOT to sell" numbers!!!! Sell your car, and go buy another with those sums!!! (I'd never believe an auctioneer however...seems a lot high even for last/this year's market, even in Europe!)
Lee,
Good thing the keys are NOT Magneti Marelli.....that means at least that el-Fiat-o "burn the car down" ignition switch has been replaced!!! Don't ask how I know this......! Knob, what knob.....there's supposed to be a knob on that thing? The clock is perfect, it is correct twice a day vs never!!!
Chow!
Steve
@tomsealbeach posted:A friend I've known for over 40 years has owned a Mangusta since the early 80's, its a well sorted car. Last year he was at the Barrett Auction and was told by them they could get him $800k! He had someone offer him $575k and turned it down! Both are extraordinary numbers which shocked me.
Your friend must have a special attachment to that particular goose. Possibly a family heirloom? The highest sale I know of (I'm no expert but I do watch the market) is around $400k for a highly original and low-mile car. Or he's in no need of money because as Steve points out, you could go buy a nice one and pocket the difference!
@scifi posted:Your friend must have a special attachment to that particular goose. Possibly a family heirloom? The highest sale I know of (I'm no expert but I do watch the market) is around $400k for a highly original and low-mile car. Or he's in no need of money because as Steve points out, you could go buy a nice one and pocket the difference!
There are a few factors, its probably a bit of his legacy, he's well off, in his 80's and doesn't need the money, he's got other cars that he shows. Wilkenson did a rebuild on the motor and put injection on it and it's turn key, so not 100% original, but close. I agree he could sell and buy a new one and pocket a bit of money.
...The highest price I've seen for a Goose is the "Cars" car, 8ma1190, at around $450k with all fees. It was just over what was the low mileage winner (is that 8ma716?)
What has been the highest public price for any DeT, didn't even the 70P not-sell at $550k? A Mangusta is not really a rare car (one of 'hundreds' is not really rare), and the last one on bat (a running, driving, great looking car) sold for about $185k only. The only Mangustas I'd expect to sell for over $500k would be the Spider (8ma512), the long lost first car (8ma506 maybe, the one with the sunroof filled in, solid rear bumper, external hinges) and (I dare say it), that one owner car with the Chevy engine...Lee