Known History
Version: 70P (Sport 5000)
Chassis: Unknown
Engine: 4.7-litre Ford V8
Transmission: TBC
Year built: 1965 / '66
Coachbuilder: Fantuzzi
Exterior: Red
Interior: Black
First owner: De Tomaso Automobili, Modena, Italy
History: November 1965 shown at the Turin Salon (photo 1).
February 1966 shown at the Modena Racing Car Show.
March 1966 featured in and on the front cover of Road & Track magazine.
Re-configured as the Sport 5000 to gain homologation. Fitted with new bodywork housing wider wheels, front turn signal lights and a windshield wiper. Rear wheel spats removed. Fuel tanks and exhaust system now installed.
17/07/1966 Ciruit of Mugello - R. Bussinello (#191) DNF
Kept at the factory until 2004.
June 2004 sold to Philippe Olczyk / VDV Grant, Brussels, Belgium.
Note: some of the original but incomplete 'first version' 70P bodywork (removed in 1966) was salvaged from the factory and used for another car that appeared in 2006. In July 2006 this car was advertised as for sale by VDV Grant on ClassicDriver.com. Click here for more information.