Miata Mailing List: September 1996, Message #0120
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   From: "Larry A. Simmonds" 

Subject: [Fwd: Tom Matano's little red car]

   Date: Sun, 1 Sep 1996 20:05:54 -0500



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From: "Larry A. Simmonds" 

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Subject: Tom Matano's little red car

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Takeshi Sasaki inquired on January 6, 1996 8:0133-0550 with question 

201.  Tom Matano displayed his little red Italian automobile at the 

Mazda Research and Design Center in Irvine at the Miata's 5th birthday 

party.  His rare De Tomaso Vallelunga represents one of the first 

production vehicles for their marque.  The ancestor to the Pantera, the 

Vallelunga a thousand pounds less than a Miata, the modern-day 

equivalent.  Less than sixty were built of which most were bodied with 

fiberglass, three with aluminum and five race versions with aluminum 

bodies.  Keep in mind that the Concourse Italiano in August of 1997 in 

Carmel Valley at Quail Lodge shall feature the DeTomaso as the marque 

vehicle, and Tom Matano hopes to be there with his rare Vallelunga on 

display.  That event is always held on the Friday preceeding the Laguna 

Seca Historical Races and Pebble Beach Concourse D'Elegance.  Send me 

some 'e' mail to discuss that beautiful Vallelunga that may have greatly 

inspired the Miata.  LarryMX5@oro.net















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