Mangusta

"Nauraushaun" (nauraushaun12) 10/10/2019 at 15:37 • Filed to: None

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Spotted just a few days after !!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!! , but even rarer. One of 401 built , rumoured to be far less actually still existing. I gave the owner a thumbs up and he seemed chuffed.

VajazzleMcDildertits - read carefully, respond politely > Nauraushaun 10/10/2019 at 15:40

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Me gusta Mangusta is something I say on a semi occasional basis

TheRealBicycleBuck > Nauraushaun 10/10/2019 at 15:41

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Excellent spot! Most people don’t even know what it is and confuse it with the Pantera. A local Baton Rouge fellow has one which he takes out occasionally.

https://oppositelock.kinja.com/man-gusts-1795120403

lone_liberal > Nauraushaun 10/10/2019 at 15:54

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They are supposed to be pretty bad cars, but holy shit are they pretty. 

Nauraushaun > TheRealBicycleBuck 10/10/2019 at 17:09

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Totally, but I reckon the Mangusta is the prettier of the two.

That mix of muscle car and sports car could only have come from the 60s

Nauraushaun > lone_liberal 10/10/2019 at 17:09

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Totally agree

Nauraushaun > TheRealBicycleBuck 10/10/2019 at 17:12

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Interesting that in that post, the guy asks “Why would they change stuff on such a rare car?”

History hasn’t been kind to these. I reckon people are inclined to change stuff, since they weren’t built all that well anyway, and they’re rare but not especially significant. People change things out of necessity and no purists are gonna stop them from adding some bits.

The one I posted is registered as a blue car. Condition looked good, but original it is not.

It’s almost refreshing to see a classic Italian exotic but without the pretension. Likely why the man was cruising around in the thing on a Sunday rather than leaving it locked up.

TheRealBicycleBuck > Nauraushaun 10/10/2019 at 17:17

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The Pantera was a redesign of the Mangusta. The redesign was required because the Mangusta couldn’t meet the new bumper regulations. The Mangusta in Baton Rouge was one of a handful on which they were testing “bumperettes” as a solution.

VincentMalamute-Kim > TheRealBicycleBuck 10/10/2019 at 17:36

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Did the owner go around the nose with bedliner or plastidip?

??!!

Nauraushaun > TheRealBicycleBuck 10/10/2019 at 17:39

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Oh! I didn’t pick that up!

TheRealBicycleBuck > Nauraushaun 10/10/2019 at 17:44

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I’m the guy that asked that question! What I was seeing wasn’t matching with what I knew, so I stopped to talk to the owner. The changes weren’t his - they were factory. The front spoiler was added to solve problems with the front end lifting at speed. The bumperettes were a test to see if it could meet the upcoming bumper regulations. The things they learned from their test cars were incorporated into the design of the Pantera.

TheRealBicycleBuck > VincentMalamute-Kim 10/10/2019 at 17:49

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It’s leather. The owner said it was a factory option, but I don’t know if I believe him. 

VincentMalamute-Kim > TheRealBicycleBuck 10/10/2019 at 17:58

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*mind boggled*

Bedliner or plastidip might be better.

TheRealBicycleBuck > VincentMalamute-Kim 10/10/2019 at 18:27

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Neither of which were available in 1972....

pip bip - choose Corrour > Nauraushaun 10/11/2019 at 03:24

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well spotted.

maybe on way to Motorclassica this weekend?