De Tomaso Mangusta

De Tomaso Mangusta in Daredevil Drivers, Movie, 1978

Class: Cars, Coupé — Model origin: — Made for: USA

00:58:44 Minor action vehicle or used in only a short scene

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s13a ◊ 2020-12-19 21:57	And a white one: Oddly described as Maserati Ghibli. Really??? -- Last edit: 2020-12-19 21:57:49
dsl ◊ 2020-12-20 00:59	Mangusta normally had 4 round headlights and a shield grille outline - I don't think I've seen this twin rectangular lights format before. And mirrors look wrong for googled Mangusta pics. Spoiler on white one but not the green. Any other ideas? US fibreglass thing based on eg Corvette?? Did Fiberfab - for instance do anything like this?? And if you look at green one in thumb, where is the rear spine through the back window??
s13a ◊ 2020-12-20 01:56	Or the rich owner(s) simply ditched the round headlights because he/she(they) didn't like them and swapped them for the rectangular ones? Or maybe this has something to do with the US federal laws which instructed to modify cars a little bit. Granted, on most Mangusta's, sighted in the US, they have round headlights either way. As for mirrors, they look different on nearly every Mangusta I googled. Some examples: Link to "www.cargurus.com" For me, the proportions look right for Mangusta. As well as other details: intakes below the grille (even those little dotted ones), wiper mounting points (even though it doesn't seem to have any wipers??), round door lock position, doors in general, fixed quarter-glass. The spine is also visible: -- Last edit: 2020-12-20 02:22:19

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s13a

◊ 2020-12-19 21:57

And a white one:

Oddly described as Maserati Ghibli. Really???

-- Last edit: 2020-12-19 21:57:49

dsl

◊ 2020-12-20 00:59

Mangusta normally had 4 round headlights and a shield grille outline - I don't think I've seen this twin rectangular lights format before. And mirrors look wrong for googled Mangusta pics. Spoiler on white one but not the green.

Any other ideas? US fibreglass thing based on eg Corvette?? Did Fiberfab - for instance do anything like this?? And if you look at green one in thumb, where is the rear spine through the back window??

s13a

◊ 2020-12-20 01:56

Or the rich owner(s) simply ditched the round headlights because he/she(they) didn't like them and swapped them for the rectangular ones?
Or maybe this has something to do with the US federal laws which instructed to modify cars a little bit. Granted, on most Mangusta's, sighted in the US, they have round headlights either way.

As for mirrors, they look different on nearly every Mangusta I googled. Some examples:
Link to "www.cargurus.com"

For me, the proportions look right for Mangusta. As well as other details: intakes below the grille (even those little dotted ones), wiper mounting points (even though it doesn't seem to have any wipers??), round door lock position, doors in general, fixed quarter-glass. The spine is also visible:

-- Last edit: 2020-12-20 02:22:19

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