Wheels Hawaii Mangusta

Nice video Dennis! I agree with you, I'm not much for the "heading for space" look of the high front end. I hope she's still running smooth now and you're back to prowling the Hawaii coastline.

Thanks for the post.

Very cool Dennis! I've added it to the DeTomasos in Movies, Television and Video page at the bottom of the Television section:
http://www.banzairunnerpantera.com/movie_dtinfilm.htm

Dand Dennis, I kinda like the look. Like she is squatting down under hard exceleration. Almost a wheelie.

When I first brought her home, I had a hard time getting into the garage, couldn't see over the dash!

Dennis, what was done to crank the front end up so high? Sort of looks like what we used to do to the REAR END of Chevelles back in the 60's to pretend we were drag racers!

They had incorrect coil springs on the front shocks. It was set up for the weight of a front engined car. The car ran really smooth with the front end up high with a lot of soft travel. I think they did it to gain clearance for the oil pan and bell housing. On the goose, the pan and bell housing are so low that they would scrape going over normal sized speed bumps. I got a 6 quart truck oil pan, shortened the height so that it fits up in the frame. Because of the lengthened sump, it still holds over 5 quarts. I also fabricated a skid plate for the bell housing.