DeTomaso Mailing List: August 97, Message #206
     



From: Bjorn Carlsson <bjorn.carlsson@sapa.se>

Subject: Re: What's a LongChamp Cost ?

Date: Thu, 07 Aug 1997 16:46:32 +0200



$10 000 would buy a very rough daily driver and $20-30 000 DM would buy a

nice example. They can be bargains in GB sometimes but then in lousy

condition. They are not that common in Europe either. Remember that they

have made only 375 to 800 of them. Exact figures are hard to get. We have a

great network around Europe so one can check out the market pretty quick on

available cars.



Mike

-I_don't_like_attached_pictures_in_my_e-mail_that_I_can't_read_on_my_silly_M

ac- Drew is writing an excellent article on Longchamps. Most of the

tech-stuff is in it. 



They are nice cars to ride (I've been told, I bought mine dismantled). The

late GTS cars can be very quick. Most of the parts are priced like the

Pantera. Some stuff quite expensive but they are few. Remember, this is an

exotic. Almost everything is available from the factory.



I think this is a great excuse for another trip to Europe

NB There will be a DeTomaso reunion next summer at the border of France and

Swiss. Put that in your calendar. Maybe it can be a little shopping trip?





The Swedish DeTomaso Club

Bjorn Carlsson, with -71 pushbutton and L GTS that will miss me when I'm in

Monterey.









At 14:00 1997-08-06 -0700, you wrote:

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>Fanciers,

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>So I've been eyeing longchamps from a distance.  I know some people out 

>there have recently picked up nice examples.  What prices are these car 

>fetching?  I haven't had the chance to drive one as I haven't seen one 

>for sale locally(Sacramento,CA).  How available are these?  I'm not 

>against importing either,  I need an excuse for another trip to Europe :)

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>On a Pantera note - I need to replace my kick panels.  I had ordered a 

>set from Hall but they were really poor quality and not like the 

>originals at all (fiberglass instead of wonderfully thin plastic).  Any 

>comments on preferred solutions?

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>Brian in Sacramento, it's going to be ~110 degrees today.  

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>Brian L'Ecuyer    email: lecuyerb@rosemail.rose.hp.com

>Hewlett Packard   Phone: 916.785.1038 

>"A Scientist discovers that which exists.  An Engineer creates 

>that which never was."                   - Theodore von Karman

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