In the category of lessor seen and known sportscars of the 60's with great pedigree and loads of Italian style and intrigue. '66 DeTomaso Vallelunga,
Monaco
RM Sotheby's Sotheby's Motorsport
1966 De Tomaso Vallelunga
€150,000 - €200,000 EUR | Offered Without Reserve
| Monaco, Monaco
Identification No. 807DT0106
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DeTomaso Vallelunga: Alejandro DeTomaso first built a two seater racer, a barchetta, which made its debut at the Turin Motorshow in 1963. This car was made of aluminum. Prior to that DeTomaso and his wife, the former Isabelle Haskell, had made only race cars, and in effect, with OSCA’s development testers, were working for OSCA. In 1959, they left OSCA and began to make cars under their own badge, either for F2 or Formula Juniors, or even, on occasion, F1.
De Tomaso originally planned to build the Vallelunga, (named after a racetrack in Italy at which the roadster had some success), with aluminum coachwork, as a roadster with a removable hardtop but instead he put a coupe into production.
A rare and interesting, if not rather obscure car produced from 1964 through 1967. Early Fissore bodies cars were aluminum over a backbone chassis. Much chassis and dynamics design and development came from Formula single seaters. It is estimated that 40-50 cars were produced. The Vallelunga body was a graceful design in keeping with its era, penned by the legendary Giorgetto Giugiaro. Visually, the Vallelunga resemble some other Italian performance icons like the Ferrari 250LM and Dino 206 as well as the Alfa-Romeo TZ and Giulietta SZ.
FUN FACT: In some cars, it is important confirm chassis numbers with known historic files. Where the correct “VL” prefix number is discovered during an inspection or restoration and then translated catalog description may note that “it is believed that Vallelunga numbers starting with ‘VL16’ correspond to a special ‘Competizione’ series.”
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1moVery cool launch. Picked up the New York and the Los Angeles watches for myself