[DeTomaso] Mangusta box frame.

[zumzum at cox.net]

Question for you Mangusta guys. With my center consol out, the famous center spin box is in plain view. This car is a flexi flyer because this spine allows too much twist/bending action which does distort handling, shifting and braking.  What if I were to engineer a steel, alloy or carbon fibre cover that would be welded or bolted to the spine/box from front to rear walls with also wall overlap?  No doubt torsional rigidity would be greatly increased since now the center floor would have a very low twist or bend action. This over plate would not be seen, so no originality issues should come up from its use. This should have been recommended from the factory, if they would have had more time and money for research. This would only make the car better. I'd like to hear your views. Jeff Cobb - 1196.