542

This is a 1968 build date 4-headlight variant Mangusta model.

Color = Gold

Exterior: Black
Interior: Naturale

History:
European market version later exported to the USA.

this example particularly so given that it is one of the first made and therefore has the most sought after specification. Chassis number ‘8MA542’ was built for the European market, for which 150 were made, and not for the USA, which already had Federal emissions and other particular requirements by 1969. It is a rare ‘four headlight’ model built prior to the standardisation of two ‘pop up’ headlights for both the European and United States markets, which lasted for the rest of Mangusta production. Very early cars such as this can also be identified by their folding bucket seats, whereas later examples were manufactured with a fixed back. This car also retains its original air-conditioning system, which has been carefully rebuilt to be fully functional, and its European specification instruments.
‘8MA542’ has recorded the exceptionally low figure of only 40,500 kilometres (approximately 25,000 miles) from new and close inspection shows it to be exceptionally original, even down to the 43-year-old slightly threadbare carpet to the driver’s foot well! Fortunately and most importantly, the car’s well-informed preceding owner avoided the temptation to ‘upgrade’ its mechanical specification with the many options that became available in the 1970s and ’80s. Very few Mangustas avoided upgrading and fewer still have maintained the same degree of originality as this example.
With careful ownership throughout its 43 years, the car also benefited from many years spent in the sunny and dry state of Arizona. On arrival in the UK the Mangusta underwent extensive servicing by Newlands Motors (there are bills on file totalling £12,000) and has covered fewer than 100 miles since securing its MoT.
The three marque registries estimate that there are only 250 Mangustas remaining worldwide, very few of which are to the first specification outlined above, with a total of only eight in the UK comprising both the early ‘four headlight’ and the later ‘pop up’ versions. Finished in black with light tan interior, ‘8MA542’ is stunning to look at, exciting to drive and sounds just like a GT40.