RE: De Tomaso Longchamp: You Know You Want To
Discussion
Krikkit said:
Unspeakably cool. Possible to retrofit a box more becoming of it? Presumably there's something with a few more speeds and a bit more zest that can be mated to the engine...
I did just that and fitted a 'built' T5 which requires a 302ci V8 Mustang bellhousing + fitted a Steeda quick shift.The The car is a completely different animal with a stick shift
Phil
This used to mine...
http://youtu.be/oiE3F236ZLo
A fun, unique Gran Turismo. When passing other cars it certainly didn´t hang about, and the passed driver definately heard the car!
http://youtu.be/oiE3F236ZLo
A fun, unique Gran Turismo. When passing other cars it certainly didn´t hang about, and the passed driver definately heard the car!
British Beef said:
Wow... this Range Rover is incredible and actually remarkable value considering restoration cost, I want this RR much more than the De Tomaso!!!
http://www.historics.co.uk/buying/auctions/2013-03...
In the write up about that, "'John Eagles' engine upgrade at a cost of over £8,000" - some how, I think that's meant to be John Eales. That is unless John Eagle built my engine.....http://www.historics.co.uk/buying/auctions/2013-03...
sorry if there is an engine builder called 'Eagle'
J4CKO said:
You just know if you buy one it will overheat in traffic, rust, cut out, whiff of fuel/oil/clutch/exahust gasses, generate challenging invoices, get pissed on by modern diesels, do 12 MPG and generally cause you much agro.
But still want.
Was the Deauville based on a Jag, it looks so similar.
Mark,But still want.
Was the Deauville based on a Jag, it looks so similar.
Unlike De Tomaso's Maserati based on the Longchamp (QP3 I believe) the former runs Jag/Mustang mechanical s so invoices only challenging if unemployed.
Without a rad flush every 10 years your 35 year old car would probably overheat in traffic as well:-)
Italian rustproofing was non-existent back in the day (Alfa Sud, fortunately my bus lived it's life in Palermo, Sicily then via Belgium (private collection) then here to London and only the past couple of years has my 79 vintage model started to rust so that is on the list when I can afford a complete strip down and rebuild.
No smells in my car other than leather feed.
The 5.8L Ford Cleveland is arguably Ford USA's best V8 being that is was originally designed for Nascar racing. The 4V (4-barrel carb) engine, as fitted to these cars, same as the Pantera, has cylinder head ports the size of your house.
My aftermarket CHI alloys heads (two houses) allow even better breathing.
The car is no lightweight (3,800lbs) but I feel it can be considered a 70's/80's GT car up there with the best rather than a sports car and would get you to the south of France in comfort, unlike a Pantera over the same distance.
Phil
1979 Longchamp GTS
Transmitter Man said:
J4CKO said:
You just know if you buy one it will overheat in traffic, rust, cut out, whiff of fuel/oil/clutch/exahust gasses, generate challenging invoices, get pissed on by modern diesels, do 12 MPG and generally cause you much agro.
But still want.
Was the Deauville based on a Jag, it looks so similar.
Mark,But still want.
Was the Deauville based on a Jag, it looks so similar.
Unlike De Tomaso's Maserati based on the Longchamp (QP3 I believe) the former runs Jag/Mustang mechanical s so invoices only challenging if unemployed.
Without a rad flush every 10 years your 35 year old car would probably overheat in traffic as well:-)
Italian rustproofing was non-existent back in the day (Alfa Sud, fortunately my bus lived it's life in Palermo, Sicily then via Belgium (private collection) then here to London and only the past couple of years has my 79 vintage model started to rust so that is on the list when I can afford a complete strip down and rebuild.
No smells in my car other than leather feed.
The 5.8L Ford Cleveland is arguably Ford USA's best V8 being that is was originally designed for Nascar racing. The 4V (4-barrel carb) engine, as fitted to these cars, same as the Pantera, has cylinder head ports the size of your house.
My aftermarket CHI alloys heads (two houses) allow even better breathing.
The car is no lightweight (3,800lbs) but I feel it can be considered a 70's/80's GT car up there with the best rather than a sports car and would get you to the south of France in comfort, unlike a Pantera over the same distance.
Phil
1979 Longchamp GTS
But that is your car, a nice one, if I bought one I can guarantee it would do all of the above and a few wildcard failures just to keep it interesting but I get your point about the mechanicals being more prosaic and robust than the metalwork.
Wonder how many are left ?
Twincam16 said:
B10 said:
Your comment that the Deauville influenced the XJ40 is a little misplaced. The Deauville was very much influenced by the 1968 Jaguar.
It wasn't. The Ghia styling of the Deauville was actually finalised before the XJ6 S1 was released in 1968, and was itself an evolution of Giugiaro's De Tomaso Mangusta and Tom Tjaarda's 1966 Lancia Marica concept.I can also assure any detractors that the gearbox in that car is perfectly suited to it and doesn't need ripping out and changing. The torque of the engine (which is a Ford Motorsport Australia-tuned unit) is so instant it pulls hard whenever you put your foot down. You don't even notice the changes, it acts like one massive variable ratio. Putting a ZF or a Tremec in would turn it into a jerky, awkward jack-of-all-trades when it is already one of the best GTs of its era - far superior to the contemporary Aston Martin V8, in fact.
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