HERE'S A RARE BEAST - AVAILABLE. Intereseted? pm your name and number and I 'll have the owner call u. It is not cheap...expect to pay over a million.
DE TOMASO DEAUVILLE ( pronounced "dough veal" which is a famous town and horse racing track in France.) is the 2nd rarest De Tomaso .
Designer Gianpaolo Dallara (mechanicals)
Design brief: To perform on the autostrada like a super car and drive around town like a best luxury car.
Body by Carrozeria Ghia #1550. manufactured 1975.
Engine : Ford Cleveland C-351 5763 cc 90 degree V-8 with special porting work. Holley four barrel carburetor translates to 330 bhp and 326 ft lbs torque.
Top speed is 150 mph.
Ford C-6 auto transmission.
Leather upholstery.
Wood dash.
Had American under dash air conditioner. Power steering and windows.
Twin fuel tanks and fuel fillers.
Price in 1978 ?21645 and in 1987 ?31,800 . Of the factory claim of 200 Deauvilles made, only 20 were right hand drive. Only six RHD cars survive.
Model in production from 1974 to 1987.
It was 25% more expensive than the De Tomaso Pantera and much more expensive than a Ferrari 308 and almost double than a Mercedes 450 SEL.Engine and gear box were replaced and have done only 3700 kilometers. Engine came from Emilia Concessionare, agents of De Tomaso in U.K.
Car starts instantly but the original Holley carbs fuel feed pipe connection is corroded .
