De Tomaso Vallelunga
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De Tomaso Vallelunga | |
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Manufacturer | De Tomaso |
Production | 1964–1968 |
Assembly | Ghia |
Successor | De Tomaso Mangusta |
Class | Sports car |
Body style(s) | Coupe (53 produced) Spider (one-off) |
Layout | RMR layout |
Engine(s) | Ford 1592 cc straight-4 |
Transmission(s) | 4/5-speed manual |
Wheelbase | 2,310 mm (90.9 in) |
Curb weight | 726 kg (1,601 lb) |
The Vallelunga was an extremely rare mid-engined, rear wheel drive sports car produced by De Tomaso from 1964 through 1968.
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[edit] History
The Vallelunga was based on a roadster designed by Carozzeria Fissore[1] and named after the Autodromo di Vallelunga first shown as a concept car at the Turin Motor Show in 1964[2]. De Tomaso had hoped to sell the design of the concept to another company, perhaps Ford[2], but when there were no takers had the car produced by Ghia[1].
[edit] Specifications
The engine was a 1.5L straight-4 Kent engine from the Ford Cortina[2] with 104 hp (78 kW) at 6200 rpm[1]. A Hewland transaxle was fitted[1]. The chassis was a pressed steel backbone with tubular subframes. Suspension was double wishbone and coil springs at all four corners[2] with uprights sourced from Triumph. The small car weighed just 726 kg (1600 lb)[1] with a fiberglass body and loads of drilled aluminium parts[1]. Brakes were disc all around.
[edit] Demise
Unfortunately the chassis was not as stiff as one would have hoped, and drive train vibrations were a constant problem. Only 53[1] cars were built before it was quickly replace by the De Tomaso Mangusta. The Mangusta used the Vallelunga chassis re-engineered to take a Ford Boss 302 engine with a body by Giorgetto Giugiaro.[2]
[edit] References
Rosetti, Giancarlo. De Tomaso Vallelunga Just the beginning for Alexjandro European Car Magazine Accessed October 24, 2007
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0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | |
RMR | Vallelunga | Mangusta | Pantera | Guarà | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
FR Sedan | Deauville | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
FR Coupé | Longchamp | Biguà |